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University of Groningen

University of Groningen, in Groningen, Netherlands, has 20 undergraduate courses listed on StudyPath. International tuition runs from €14,000 to €32,000 a year depending on the course. Groningen publishes its own accommodation prices, from €700 per month. 10 of the 20 publish an application deadline. Every figure above was read from Groningen's own published pages and last checked on 24 August 2026.

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International tuition across 20 courses

€14,000to€32,000a year

Lowest: BSc in International Business BSc and 4 othersHighest: Medicine BSc in Medicine
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Not set — every fee below is the international rate. Home and EU/EEA rates are often far lower.

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19 of 20

BSc in Artificial Intelligence

BSc · 3 years · Data Science & AI, Computer Science

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
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2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

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Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

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September
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English
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Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
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English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 24 Aug 2026
“previous education Secondary education equivalent to Dutch pre-university (vwo) is required. A list of qualifications that are considered equivalent to pre-university education in the Netherlands can be found here: https://www.rug.nl/vwo-equivalent-qualifications”
Artificial Intelligence | University of Groningenrug.nl
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BSc in Computing Science

BSc · 3 years · Computer Science

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 24 Aug 2026
“previous education Secondary education equivalent to Dutch pre-university (vwo) is required. A list of qualifications that are considered equivalent to pre-university education in the Netherlands can be found here: https://www.rug.nl/education/application-enrolment-tuition-fees/admission/procedures/non-dutch-qualification/”
Computing Science | University of Groningenrug.nl
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BSc in Applied Mathematics

BSc · 3 years · Mathematics

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
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BSc in Applied Physics

BSc · 3 years · Physics

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
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BSc in Biomedical Engineering

BSc · 3 years · Biomedical Engineering

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Groningen states subject rather than diploma requirements for this degree: sufficient background knowledge in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, judged by its Admissions Board, with Biology recommended but not mandatory.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 24 Aug 2026
“additional subject Sufficient background knowledge in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry is required. The Admissions Board will determine whether your background knowledge in these subjects is sufficient to start the Bachelor's degree programme of your choice. Biology is not mandatory but highly recommended.”
Biomedical Engineering | University of Groningenrug.nl
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BSc in Chemical Engineering

BSc · 3 years · Chemical Engineering

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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What you'll study

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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
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BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management

BSc · 3 years · Engineering (General), Business & Management

International tuition

€19,800 per year

~€59,400 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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Entry requirementsEnglish · grades

English language

  • IELTS (Academic), 6.5 overallGroningen’s Faculty of Science and Engineering table also sets 6.5 for each of reading, listening, speaking and writing.
  • TOEFL iBT, 90 overallThe 90 is the "old score" column; the same row gives 4.5 overall on the new 1–6 TOEFL scale that takes effect in January 2026.
  • Cambridge EnglishCAE or CPE certificate with a minimum score of 180.
Source

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
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BSc in International Business

BSc · 3 years · International Business, Business & Management

International tuition

€14,000 per year

~€42,000 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
15 January 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source
✓ Word for wordRead 24 Aug 2026
“Application deadlines Type of student Deadline Start course Dutch students 15 January 2027 01 September 2027 EU/EEA students 15 January 2027 01 September 2027 non-EU/EEA students 15 January 2027 01 September 2027”
International Business | University of Groningenrug.nl
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BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research

BSc · 3 years · Economics

International tuition

€14,000 per year

~€42,000 for the whole 3 years, at today's fee
Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in this faculty charges. The figure is the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the far lower Dutch statutory fee instead — EUR 2,694 full-time for 2026-2027 on the same page — so the gap between the two audiences is roughly sevenfold and is the single biggest cost variable for an applicant here.

Show the fee on the university's site

Groningen charges either the nationally set statutory tuition fee or its own university tuition fee, depending on the student's situation. The figure published here is the university rate, which is the higher of the two.

Show the source
Intake
September
Source
Taught in
English
Source
Application deadline
01 May 2027 for non-EU/EEA applicants, for the 1 September 2027 start. Groningen publishes the same date for Dutch, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA applicants on this programme.
Source

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Entry requirementsgrades

Academic offer

Secondary schooling equivalent to the Dutch pre-university (VWO) diploma; Groningen assesses non-Dutch qualifications against its own published equivalence list.
Source
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BSc in Physics

BSc · Physics

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Astronomy

BSc · Physics

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Chemistry

BSc · Chemistry

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Mathematics

BSc · Mathematics

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Biology

BSc · Biology & Life Sciences

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Life Science and Technology

BSc · Biotechnology, Molecular Biology

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Pharmacy

BSc · Pharmacology

International tuition

€19,800 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Science and Engineering charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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Not verified
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BSc in Economics and Business Economics

BSc · Economics

International tuition

€14,000 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Economics and Business charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Business Administration (Bedrijfskunde)

BSc · Business & Management

International tuition

€14,000 per year

Verified

2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Economics and Business charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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BSc in Psychology (English-taught)

BSc · Psychology

International tuition

€14,000 per year

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2026/27 · Faculty-wide rate · Non-EU students

Groningen prices tuition by faculty, not by individual degree, so this is the rate every bachelor's programme in the Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences charges: the 'university tuition fee II' a non-EU/EEA student pays for 2026-2027. Students with an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationality pay the much lower Dutch statutory fee.

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“University tuition fees II for non-EU/EER students Faculty Academic year 2025-2026 Academic year 2026-2027 Economics and Business € 13,500 € 14,000 Behavioural and Social Sciences € 13,500 € 14,000”
Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nl
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How Groningen compares

Against the other universities in the Netherlands on StudyPath, using each one's verified international fees and its own published housing prices. Universities are only compared with others charging in the same currency (and, for housing, for the same period), so no figure here has been converted. A ~ marks a year worked out from a per-term or whole-course fee.

Groningen's lowest undergraduate fee for international students is €14,000 a year, for BSc in Business Administration (Bedrijfskunde). Of the 7 other universities in the Netherlands we list with undergraduate fees in EUR, 3 charge more at their lowest, 4 charge less. Their lowest undergraduate fees run from €10,648 (AUAS / HvA) to €19,906 (TU Delft).

Student housing. Groningen's own lowest published rate is €700 per month. Of the 6 other universities in the Netherlands we list that publish housing per month in EUR, 6 charge less. Their lowest published rates run from €300 (WUR) to €561 (Radboud).

Living costs. The living-cost figure for a student visa to the Netherlands is €1,130.77 per month, on top of tuition (figure for valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026; read 19 Aug 2026 from ind.nl). The authority attaches conditions that can change this amount; see them in full on student finance.

By subject
SubjectLowest fee hereAgainst other universities in the NetherlandsTheir lowest fees
Biology & Life Sciencesundergraduate€19,800BSc in Biology1 of 5 charge more€17,701 to €19,906
Business & Managementundergraduate€14,000BSc in Business Administration (Bedrijfskunde)1 of 5 charge more€10,648 to €18,300
Computer Scienceundergraduate€19,800BSc in Artificial Intelligence1 of 5 charge more€16,400 to €19,906
Data Science & AIundergraduate€19,800BSc in Artificial IntelligenceHighest of 5€17,809 to €18,600
Engineering (General)undergraduate€19,800BSc in Industrial Engineering & ManagementHighest of 5€16,400 to €18,600
International Businessundergraduate€14,000BSc in International BusinessHighest of 5€10,648 to €13,793

Subjects taught at Groningen

Each one opens every course in that subject, at every university we hold, with the same verified fees.

Where these figures come from

19 sentences from Groningen's own site each back several figures above. Each is quoted once here; every course that uses one still opens it and links to its own source page.

  1. Used for fee on 10 courses

    “Statutory tuition fees Student Academic year 2025-2026 Academic year 2026-2027 Full-time € 2,601 € 2,694”
    Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  2. Used for cost note on 10 courses

    “Depending on your personal situation, you pay the statutory tuition fees or the university tuition fees.”
    Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  3. Used for international fee on 8 courses

    “University tuition fees II for non-EU/EER students Faculty Academic year 2025-2026 Academic year 2026-2027 Economics and Business € 13,500 € 14,000 Behavioural and Social Sciences € 13,500 € 14,000 Religion, Culture and Society € 13,500 € 14,000 Arts € 13,500 € 14,000 Medical Sciences - Human Movement Sciences € 19,800 € 19,800 - Medicine and Dentistry € 32,000 € 32,000 Law € 13,500 € 14,000 Spatial Sciences € 13,500 € 14,000 Philosophy € 13,500 € 14,000 Science and Engineering € 19,800 € 19,800”
    Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  4. Used for application deadline on 8 courses

    “Application deadlines Type of student Deadline Start course Dutch students 01 May 2027 01 September 2027 EU/EEA students 01 May 2027 01 September 2027 non-EU/EEA students 01 May 2027 01 September 2027”
    The same sentence appears on 8 pagesrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  5. Used for entry requirements on 7 courses

    “Accepted tests for English-taught Bachelor's programmes IELTS 6.5 / CEFR B2-C1 Overall Reading Listening Speaking Writing IELTS (Academic) 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 6.5 New score TOEFL IBT *(internetbased) Old score 4.5 90 4 21 4.5 21 4 21 5 24 Pearson Academic 66 64 58 58 70 LanguageCERT Academic 70 70 70 70 70 Cambridge English CAE or CPE Certificate with a minimum score of 180”
    Language requirements | Faculty of Science and Engineering | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  6. Used for international fee on 7 courses

    “Science and Engineering € 19,800 € 19,800”
    Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  7. Used for international fee on 4 courses

    “University tuition fees II for non-EU/EER students Faculty Academic year 2025-2026 Academic year 2026-2027 Economics and Business € 13,500 € 14,000”
    Tuition fees Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  8. Used for entry requirements on 4 courses

    “previous education Secondary education equivalent to Dutch pre-university education (vwo) is required. A list of qualifications that are considered equivalent to pre-university education in the Netherlands can be found here: https://www.rug.nl/vwo-equivalent-qualifications”
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  9. Used for entry requirements on 2 courses

    “previous education To meet the general entry-level requirements, you will need an educational background equivalent to the Dutch pre-university education (VWO). For an overview of VWO-equivalent qualifications, please check https://www.rug.nl/vwo-equivalent-qualifications .”
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  10. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Industrial Engineering & Management Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56994 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Industrial Engineering and Management | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  11. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Chemical Engineering Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56960 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Chemical Engineering | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  12. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Econometrics and Operations Research Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56833 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Economics and Business”
    Econometrics and Operations Research | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  13. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course

    “Facts & Figures Degree BSc in Medicine Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56551 Language of instruction Dutch Start September”
    Medicine | Bachelor's degree programmes | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  14. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Artificial Intelligence Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56981 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Artificial Intelligence | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  15. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Biomedical Engineering Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56226 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Biomedical Engineering | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  16. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in International Business Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 50019 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Economics and Business”
    International Business | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  17. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Applied Mathematics Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56965 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Applied Mathematics | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  18. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Computing Science Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56978 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
    Computing Science | University of Groningenrug.nlread 24 Aug 2026
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  19. Used for course length on 1 course, start dates on 1 course, teaching language on 1 course

    “Degree BSc in Applied Physics Course type Bachelor Duration 36 months (180 EC) Croho code 56962 Language of instruction English Start September Faculty Science and Engineering”
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More about Groningen

Student body

QS's own figures · QS World University Rankings 2027

Students
30,969
International students
10,529
≈34% of the student body (worked out here)
Faculty
4,200

These come from QS, not the university's own pages. Unlike every fee and deadline on this site. QS is the primary source for its own rankings and measurements, which is why it is cited here and rejected everywhere else.

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“Students & Staff Total students 30,969 UG students 46.4% PG students 53.6% International students 10,529 UG students 62% PG students 38% Total faculty staff 4,200”
University of Groningen : Rankings, Fees & Courses Details | TopUniversitiestopuniversities.com
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About & contact

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Accommodation

€700–€900per month

Furnished rooms the University reserves for new international students with SSH Student Housing, a non-profit student housing corporation — single rooms, double rooms and studios, on contracts of at most one year. The page gives one price band across all three room types rather than a per-type rate table. Numbers of rooms are limited and reservations are described as fully booked within a few days.

The price is stated as including all utilities — rent, heating, electricity, furniture and internet access. A reservation fee of €113 plus the first and last month's rent is payable at the time of reservation. SSH housing is not available to PhD students except on ultra-short-stay contracts, and the university tells students to check the SSH website for the latest room pricing.

Published by the university itself, not a live listings price. Actual cost depends on room type, availability and when you apply.

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“SSH is a non-profit housing corporation specialised in student accommodation, with furnished rooms available for a maximum of one year. You can choose from a single or double room or a studio, with prices currently ranging from €700 to €900 a month, including all utilities (rent, heating, electricity, furniture, and internet access).”
University of Groningen — Accommodation (Study in Groningen)rug.nl
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After you graduate

Rules read 17 Aug 2026. Check the current rules, this may be out of date

What Netherlands's own immigration authority currently publishes. Not a ranking, not a guarantee, and not the same as what any agent or forum will tell you. Whether someone actually obtains residence depends on occupation, points, funds and policy that can change between application and graduation.

Money you must prove before the visa

€1,130.77per month, for a student at a university or hbo (higher professional education) institution — the IND publishes this as a monthly figure and it is stored as one, not multiplied out

Shown as a balance in a bank account. You keep control of it.

Figure published for: valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026, in the IND's own wording — the table is headed 'Study amounts 2026' and is reissued for each calendar year This amount is revised regularly, so check it again before you transfer anything.

This is the rate for higher professional education (hbo) or university. A student at secondary education or senior secondary vocational education (mbo) level needs less: € 928.58 per month. There is a separate route where someone already in the Netherlands finances the study instead, and then the test is on that person's income rather than the student's savings: for an hbo or university student the financier must have a gross SV (social-security) salary of at least € 3,467.77 per month without holiday allowance (€ 3,654.73 with it) if married, in a registered partnership or cohabiting, or € 2,766.67 without holiday allowance (€ 2,897.54 with it) if single or a single parent — those financier amounts run from 1 July 2026 to 31 December 2026, a different validity window from the student amounts above, so the two halves of this rule change on different dates.

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“Study amounts 2026 These amounts are valid from 1 January 2026 up to and including 31 December 2026. Study type Monthly amount Higher professional education (hbo) or university € 1,130.77”
Required amounts income requirements - Immigratie- en Naturalisatiedienst (IND)ind.nl
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Work during study

An international student holding a residence permit for study purposes at a Dutch university or institute of higher professional education (HBO) may work, but only if their employer first obtains a work permit (tewerkstellingsvergunning, TWV) for them from the Employee Insurance Agency (UWV) — the right to work is not automatic the way it is for on-campus work in some other countries. Within that TWV, a student may work up to 16 hours per week during the academic year, or full-time in June, July and August. The Dutch Labour Inspectorate checks compliance, and working more than permitted, or without a TWV, can result in a fine for the employer.

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“The student is allowed to work maximally 16 hours per week, or fulltime in June, July and August.”
Employing a foreign national | INDind.nl
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Post-study work visa

Residence permit for the orientation year for highly educated persons (zoekjaar hoogopgeleiden) . Up to 1 year
A residence permit valid for exactly 1 year that lets a recent graduate look for a job (typically as a 'highly skilled migrant') or start a business, applied for within 3 years of graduating. It cannot be extended, and a person can hold it more than once only after completing a further, later study programme or research project. During the orientation year the holder may work freely — their employer does not need a separate work permit (TWV) — or work as a freelancer or self-employed person. Eligibility requires having completed, within the 3 years before applying, an accredited bachelor's or master's degree at a Dutch higher-education institution (no extra test needed), a PhD, an Erasmus Mundus Joint Master's, or a master's/doctoral/post-master's programme at a 'designated foreign educational institution' — defined as one placed in the top 200 of the general or by-subject rankings of at least 2 of 3 named publishers (Times Higher Education, QS World University Rankings, or ShanghaiRanking's Academic Ranking of World Universities) at the time of graduation — in which case an IELTS score of at least 6.0 (or an equivalent recognised English test) is also required unless the programme itself was taught in English or Dutch. All foreign diplomas must additionally be evaluated by Nuffic, the Dutch credential-evaluation body.

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“The residence permit for the orientation year for highly educated persons is valid for 1 year.”
Residence permit for orientation year | INDind.nl
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Route to permanent residence

The orientation year permit does not itself lead to settlement, and by IND's own classification it is a 'temporary regular residence permit' (type I) — a category distinct from the 'non-temporary residence purpose' permit that Dutch permanent-residence rules require a holder to have at the time they apply. In practice, a graduate who wants to stay long-term must first move onto a qualifying work route — commonly the national Highly Skilled Migrant scheme, which is gated on a minimum salary set annually (around EUR 5,000/month as of this reading, lower for applicants under 30 or on a reduced-salary criterion) rather than on a specific occupation or shortage list. From there, a person who has held a valid Dutch residence permit for at least 5 consecutive years, kept their main residence in the Netherlands throughout, always renewed on time, met the income requirement, registered in the Dutch population register (BRP), and passed a civic-integration exam at A2 level (or been exempted) may apply for a permanent residence permit — or, on largely the same 5-year qualifying basis, an EU long-term resident's permit. It is not clearly stated on IND's own pages whether time spent under a temporary-purpose permit (such as the orientation year, or study itself) counts towards that 5-year clock the same way time on a non-temporary work permit does, so StudyPath does not assert either way.

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“You have had a valid Dutch residence permit for at least 5 consecutive years. There are exceptions to the 5-year period for permanent residency .”
Permanent residence permit | INDind.nl
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Route to citizenship

Naturalisation (naturalisatie) is decided by the King on the Justice and Security Minister's recommendation, but administered day-to-day by IND, the same service that runs residence permits. The standard route requires having lived in the Kingdom of the Netherlands for at least 5 consecutive years with a valid residence permit, always renewed on time, plus passing a civic integration exam at Dutch language level A2 (unless exempt, e.g. already sufficiently fluent). Shorter routes exist — for example 3 years if married to or the registered partner of a Dutch national and living together throughout, or in some cases naturalising while living abroad. Unlike most of the other countries on StudyPath, the Netherlands' default rule points the other way on dual nationality: IND's own page states plainly that 'Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality' and that an applicant aged 18 or over 'must renounce' their other nationality or nationalities after naturalising. Exceptions exist and are common in practice — including a spouse/registered partner of a Dutch national at the time the Royal Decree is signed, an asylum residence permit holder, someone born and still living in the Kingdom, or a national of a country (IND names Taiwan and the Palestinian Territories) that the Netherlands does not recognise as a state — and the IND will not require renunciation where the applicant's own country's law simply does not allow it.

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“Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality. But there are exceptions.”
Dual nationality | INDind.nl
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Read 17 August 2026. inDemandOccupations is deliberately left null rather than populated with a weak substitute: the Netherlands' main channel from the orientation year into longer-term work — the national Highly Skilled Migrant scheme — is gated purely on a minimum salary threshold (revised every 1 January) rather than on membership of any occupation or shortage-occupation list, confirmed on IND's own background article on the scheme ('The IND checks whether the salary criterion is met, among other things... This salary must be in conformity with the market'). UWV (the Employee Insurance Agency) does publish its own labour-market shortage analyses, but uwv.nl is not the immigration-granting authority and sits outside StudyPath’s allowed domains for the Netherlands, so it was not used. Two collection notes: (1) IND's own English-language pages for both the orientation-year permit and the standard student permit are interactive decision trees that return almost no static text to a plain HTTP fetch (a nationality/situation questionnaire must be answered first) — the orientation-year page was captured with a browser capture after answering it, and its plain-HTTP snapshot is a JS-shell stub-turned-empty result that was overwritten by the browser capture; the 5-year permanent-residence figure and the 16-hour work figure were both found on genuinely static IND pages, so no browser fallback was needed for them. (2) The Netherlands does not appear on StudyPath's university list yet, so this entry is general country-level context, collected the same way New Zealand's was. citizenshipRoute added 17 August 2026, cited to two ind.nl pages: 'Becoming a Dutch national through naturalisation' (2fc3229d3e3a93a3, for the 5-year/A2 standard route) and 'Dual nationality' (5ce95fd234897070, for the renunciation default and its exceptions) — the latter chosen as the primary provenance quote since renunciation is the single fact StudyPath’s brief flagged as most likely to differ sharply from other countries, and it needed its own clean citation rather than being folded into the naturalisation page's own brief mention of the same rule. A third page, 'Renouncing your nationality', was also archived and supplied the specific exception categories (asylum permit holders, RANOV-based residents, those born in the Kingdom, Taiwan/Palestinian-Territories nationals) described in value above. naturalisationStatus set to 'published-route' on 18 August 2026: the authority already cited under citizenshipRoute publishes criteria a foreign resident could actually follow, which is the only claim this field makes. It is deliberately not a judgement about how attainable that route is in practice. Recorded as a published route even though the Netherlands' default rule requires an adult naturalisation applicant to renounce their existing nationality: a renunciation condition is a term of the route, not the absence of one, and collapsing the two would tell a reader the Netherlands never naturalises foreigners, which is false. citizenshipTerms cites a second, already-archived IND page (ind.nl/en/dutch-citizenship/becoming-a-dutch-national-through-naturalisation) because it states the 5-year period, which the dual-nationality page cited by citizenshipRoute does not. dualCitizenshipAllowed is false: IND states Dutch citizens are usually not allowed to have dual nationality and that an adult applicant must renounce their other nationality, with the named exceptions listed in citizenshipRoute above. studentVisaFunds added 19 August 2026, from the IND's own consolidated 'Required amounts' table, which is the page the IND itself maintains for every income threshold it applies. The monthly figure is stored as published — the IND states no annual total for students, so none was calculated here. Note the two different validity windows on the same page: the student amounts run for the calendar year 2026, while the amounts for a Netherlands-based financier run only from 1 July 2026, so a reader checking one half of this rule is not automatically current on the other.

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