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Students return to Maastricht and Venlo in September, statutory tuition fees halved, self-tests available, and PhD defences.
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We would like to invite our students to come back to Maastricht and Venlo in the new academic year. The government wants to help students as much as possible in this difficult time and has therefore decided to reduce the 2021/22 statutory tuition fees by half. From today onwards, you can order free self-tests, and the number of attendees for on-site PhD defences will soon be increased.
Come to Maastricht and Venlo! A few weeks ago, we let you know that our basic principle still stands: on campus if possible, online if necessary. Nobody can predict exactly what will happen in the coming months and how this will affect our education at the start of the new academic year. But we are confident that we can already invite you to come to Maastricht and Venlo after the summer—because one way or another, we are going to welcome you on campus. Whether it will be for all of your classes and extra-curricular activities or for part of them, we no longer want to just see you on a screen. All of our preparatory work ensures that we can do this safely and responsibly. At the beginning of June, we will know precisely what form our education will take in period 1, but there is no doubt that you will be able to walk around campus again. So, dust off your suitcase; we are going to see each other again in person. And we are really looking forward to it!
Statutory tuition fees for 2021/22 halved The government wants to help students as much as possible in this time of COVID-19. To streamline that help, a National Education Agreement (NPO) has been drawn up. One of the measures from the NPO is that the statutory tuition fees for the 2021/22 academic year will be reduced by half.
Statutory tuition fees
This 50% reduction applies to the statutory tuition fees, which are the fees that Dutch and EEA students pay for a degree programme in higher education. For 2021/22, the statutory tuition fees were set at €2,168. This amount is now being reduced to €1,084.
First-year bachelor’s students in higher education
If you start in the first year of a bachelor’s programme at a Dutch higher education institution and you are from an EEA country, your fees will be even lower. You have already received a 50% reduction of the statutory tuition fees, and with the new measure you will pay only half of the previously reduced amount. This means that, as a first-year bachelor’s student, €542 is the amount you will pay for statutory tuition fees in the 2021/22 academic year. Different tuition fees apply for University College Maastricht and the Maastricht Science Programme.
University College Maastricht, Maastricht Science Programme and master’s programme in Forensic Psychology
For University College Maastricht, the Maastricht Science Programme and the master’s programme in Forensic Psychology, higher tuition fees apply. On top of the normal statutory tuition fees, a surcharge (an increased amount for the fees) is charged due to the ‘small-scale and intensive’ nature of these programmes. For these programmes, only the statutory tuition fees are reduced by half; the surcharge (the amount of which is determined by the institution) is not reduced by half.
Institutional tuition fees
Institutional tuition fees are determined by the university. These are the fees you pay if you are a non-EEA student or an EEA student who is getting your second bachelor’s or second master’s degree. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has called upon all universities to also grant these students a €1,084 reduction in the institutional tuition fees. Like all universities in the Netherlands, we are responding to this call. This means that, as a non-EEA student or an EEA student who is getting your second bachelor’s/master’s degree, your institutional tuition fees will be €1,084 less for the 2021/22 academic year (for part-time students, the institutional tuition fees will be reduced by €772). For example, if you come from Japan and start the bachelor’s programme in International Business at UM in the 2021/22 academic year, your institutional tuition fees for this academic year will be €6,916 instead of €8,000.
As soon as these new tuition fees for the 2021/22 academic year are processed in our systems, we will publish a link to that information in one of the upcoming communication emails. This will be completed sometime in May.
On this page of the Dutch government website, you will find Q&A about the reduction of tuition fees.
Self-tests As of today, 6 May, students and employees can order free self-tests by mail, even if they live in Belgium or Germany. You can do this using your UM account at www.zelftestonderwijs.nl. This website is available in Dutch and English. You will find instructions in both languages on how to administer the self-test and general information on self-testing.
You can order a maximum of one self-test per person per week. It is preferable that you only order a self-test if you are sure that you will be visiting one of the UM buildings. This is to ensure that there will be enough self-tests available for people who definitely need to come to UM.
For people without a UM account who need to visit a UM building regularly, we will have a (limited) number of self-tests available on site. The distribution of these will be handled within each organisational unit. More information about this will be given as soon as possible.
The use of a self-test is and will remain voluntary. By using a self-test, you will be helping to detect corona infections quickly and contributing to a safer environment within UM. You do not need to provide proof of a negative test result in order to enter the UM buildings. The self-tests are an addition to the existing corona measures within UM. Also for this, we appeal to your sense of responsibility: if you have symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, please go to the GGD for a test. In any case, the self-test should not be a replacement for the GGD test if you are experiencing symptoms!
15 attendees at PhD defences Since 26 April, it has been possible to hold PhD defences on site with a maximum of 3 attendees. But from 17 May onwards, PhD candidates can welcome 15 attendees at their defence ceremony. The Office of Academic Ceremonies (BAZ) will contact the relevant PhD candidates directly about the related guidelines. Of course, all COVID-19 rules are to be strictly followed during the on-site ceremonies.
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