Scholarship for non-EU/EER students
The Knowledge Grant(*) is an allowance awarded on a year-by-year basis, which promotes the enrolment of high-quality international degree students. A high-quality student is a student who completes their programme at Inholland University of Applied Sciences within the nominal study duration (thus, attaining 60 EC credits per year, not including exemptions).
(*) Subject to change and no rights can be derived from this page.
Eligible international students are those students who at least meet the following basic criteria:
enrolled for a full-time programme at Inholland University of Applied Sciences for the first time and also arranged to re-enrol in the subsequent years;
are not nationals of the EEA, Surinam or Switzerland;
required to pay the institutional tuition fees, and;
started their programme in or after the academic year 2021 – 2022 (Please note: different criteria and allowances may apply depending on the start year of your degree).
You can apply for this grant after you have arrived in the Netherlands and started your studies.
For the academic year 2025-2026 it will be mandatory to fill out an online application form to be considered for the 2025-26 Knowledge Grant.
You will receive an email during your current study year in October with general information about the grant and in January with instructions for application.
It will invite you to apply through the same portal you used for your initial enrollment. The online application form can be found in the Student Self Service portal after login (under Scholarships), in due course (most probably from May 2026 onwards).
The application deadline will be 31 August 2026.
Your application will be reviewed after the end of the current academic year (around October 2026), once you have re-enrolled for the next academic year.
You will get the grant after the end of the current academic year (around November/December 2026), but only if you meet all the requirements.
So keep an eye on your student mailbox and make sure you follow the steps in the email.
| Year | Information |
| 2021-22 until 2025-26 start year |
The basic criteria apply, grant amount is according to the allowances table below and the 60 EC (or more) have to be achieved in the specific programme year the EC’s belong to (and onwards from each programme year for each consecutive Knowledge Grant)(truly nominal) |
A regular academic/study/programme year is always 1 September until 31 August.
Students who meet all the above-mentioned requirements can apply to obtain this allowance by attaining 60 EC credits per year, not including exemptions.
The Inholland Knowledge grant is divided into three components:
In case you meet all requirements, and complete the academic year 2025-2026 successfully (60 EC credits or more), you may expect the payment of the grant in December 2026 for students (re-)enrolled in September 2025.
More information regarding the rules, regulations and exceptions of the Inholland Knowledge Grant are published in the 2025-2026 Education Guide (Education Guide 2025-2026; Chapter 3; 3.3 Student Support Fund Regulations; Part B, Article 5 Knowledge Grants).
For more information please contact knowledgegrant@inholland.nl.
EU and Dutch students are advised to use the Nuffic Grantfinder, which allows you to determine if you are eligible for any scholarships/grants/loans from external sources. DUO is the key source of information and all queries regarding study finance need to be directed to them.