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.