Paying for your studies in the Netherlands without a residence permit

If you do not have a residence permit yet, but have applied for asylum in the Netherlands, according to the rules, you may also study here. However, you must be able to pay for your studies yourself and will not receive money from the government.

You are not entitled to study financing

You are not entitled to

study financing

if you have not yet received an asylum residence permit from the

Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND)

. This means you must be able to pay for the study yourself. Or you must be able to make use of a

scholarship

.

Stichting UAF

may be able to support you in finding ways to finance your studies. For this too, you must meet certain conditions.