World Archaeology (BA)

Tuition fees

Your nationality, study programme and previous Dutch higher education qualifications determine the amount of tuition fee you have to pay. There are three categories of tuition fee:

• The statutory tuition fee
• The institutional tuition fee for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland.
• The institutional tuition fee for a second Dutch degree programme

Statutory tuition fee

Statutory tuition fee applies if you will follow a government-subsidised study programme, which is not a second degree programme, and you are a national of: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Suriname, Sweden or Switzerland.

Statutory tuition fee applies whether you study full time or part time.

• First year bachelor's students The statutory tuition fee of the academic year 2025-2026 for first-year bachelor's students is: €2601,-. 
• For students who have already started a bachelor'programme but starting a new study programme, the statutory tuition fee for the academic year in 2025-2026 is €2601,-

Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland

If you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland you must generally pay an institutional tuition fee. However if, on the basis of your Dutch residence permit, you are eligible for student finance from the Dutch education agency (DUO) you are entitled to pay statutory tuition fee. Information on qualifying residence permits can be found at the DUO website.

If you do not qualify for Dutch student finance and you are not a national of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland you can find the amount of tuition fee you are required to pay for your study programme here below. These tariffs apply for both full and part-time study. 

Please note! If you will study at Leiden University via a cooperation agreement the tariffs stated in the agreement apply

Tuition fee: €13.800,- (academic year 2025-2026)

Second Dutch bachelor’s programme

If you will undertake a second Dutch bachelor’s  programme you will generally have to pay an institutional tuition fee that is higher than the statutory tuition fee.

If you obtained a Dutch Bachelor’s, doctoraal, ingenieurs or HBO (Bachelor’s in professional education) diploma  after 1991, and you are a national of an EEA country (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden), Suriname or Switzerland, the following institutional tuition fees apply.

Institutional tuition fee: €9.800,- (academic year 2025-2026)

Please note! Other tariffs apply for students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland. Please refer to the information in the section ‘Students who are not nationals of an EEA country, Suriname or Switzerland’.

Exceptions
In some cases, nationals of EEA countries, Suriname or Switzerland may be permitted to pay tuition fees set at the same amount as the statutory tuition fee for their second degree programme.

• Legal transitional arrangement for second bachelor's or master's degree: student pays the statutory tuition fee when:
  • Student has already obtained a bachelor's or master's degree but is starting a programme in the field of education or healthcare for the first time.
  • The student has already started a second bachelor's or master's programme before the first programme was completed and remains registered for it uninterruptedly.
• Institutional transitional arrangement for a second bachelor's or master's degree: student pays the institutional tuition fee equal to the statutory rate) when:
  • Student has already obtained a bachelor's or master's degree, but is starting a teacher training programme.
  • After completing a bachelor's or master's degree at Leiden University, a student will subsequently start a second programme (in academic years).