Student type: International students
Level of study: Masters
Study area: Any
Scholarship value: up to€ 32,370
Closing date: 1 February, 2026
Description: The Faculty of Geo-information Science and Earth Observation at the University of Twenteis offer the ITC Excellence Scholarship Program for master’s degrees to a limited number of applicants with a very good academic track record. These academic scholarships are designed for students exhibiting as a high-skilled geospatial professional.
ITC expects applicants to score an average mark for the ITC study programme that falls in the 10% highest mark range obtained by their regular students. As such, only academically excellent applicants will be selected for the award of these scholarships.
Eligibility:
- Residing in and being a national of a country listed as eligible
- Have been (conditionally) admitted into the Master’s Geo-information Science and Earth Observation or Spatial Engineering
- Having completed a Bachelor’s degree from a well-acknowledged university outside the Netherlands
- Academic performance among the top 10%
- English overall score: IELTS 6.5
- Relevant background for the intended field of study
- Not eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans
- Comply with the conditions for obtaining an entry visa in the Netherlands
- First-time enrolment at the University of Twente
- This scholarship cannot be combined with other UT/Dutch scholarship programmes (with the exception of the NL scholarship) and not with any full external scholarship funding
- When applying for the ITC Scholarship Programme the applicant confirms to be in the position of paying the costs of the own contribution before the payment deadline.
- To maintain the ITC Scholarship for the second academic year, awardees should have obtained a minimum of 53 credits points by the end of the first academic year.