ELIGIBILITY:

Your nationality is non-EEA.

You are admitted to one or enrolled in one of the bachelor or master programmes of the Prince Claus Conservatoire.

For specific requirements set by the Prince Claus Conservatoire please see their programme pages.

The application deadline for the Hanze Music Scholarship is 8 June 2025

If you wish to apply for the Hanze Music Scholarship for students of the Prince Claus Conservatoire, please visit one of the programme pages below. Here you can find the application form as well.

Bachelor

Classical Music

Composition & Music Production

Jazz

Master

Classical Music 

New Audiences and Innovative Practice 

New York Jazz 

For questions send an e-mail to educationalsupport.spcc@org.hanze.nl. If you wish to be eligible for the scholarship in your first year, you first have to be admitted to the programme itself. For information on how to get enrolled please see Application and enrolment. 

Further practical information concerning acceptance of the scholarship, procedure and payment will be sent to you after selection.

BENEFIT:

The amount of the Hanze Music Scholarship amounts to a maximum of € 5,549.

The scholarship consists of a one-time payment. Selected students will receive this at the end of November. 

The Hanze Music Scholarship is a contribution towards to costs of living and cannot be used to reduce the tuition fee.

Please note that this scholarship is only a small part of what is needed to be able to study at Hanze. See our pages on costs of living and immigration procedures for more information. 

ELIGIBILITY:

This scholarship will be granted solely to students who meet the following criteria:

you have a Non-EU/EEA nationality

you must have passed the entrance exam and have been accepted into one of ArtEZ’s full-time Bachelor’s or Master’s courses

you have enrolled through Studielink

you will start your study in September 2025 as a first-year student

you have never studied in the Netherlands before

you will have to pay the institutional tuition fee

you are an excellent student

Please note: every year we receive a lot of applications for this scholarship, but we have only a few scholarships to award.

You can start your application as of 1 February 2025, after you have been admitted to a course of ArtEZ. The Student Affairs Department will invite you to apply for a scholarship. You will receive an email with all the information. Before 1 May 2025, they must have received all the required documents. Incomplete applications and applications received after the deadline will not be processed.
The required documents are:

a copy of your passport

a motivation letter (this motivation letter—no longer than 2 pages/no more than 450 words—contains an in-depth explanation as to the reasons why you have chosen to apply)

a recommendation letter (this letter attests your excellence; you may strengthen your application by adding awards you may have received or mentioning exhibitions, concerts or other events you may have participated in)

BENEFIT:

The scholarship amounts to €5,000. You will receive this in the first year of your study. Please note that this is not a full-tuition scholarship.