The NL Scholarship Erasmus University is financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science and Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences. The scholarship is meant for international students from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) who want to do their Master’s at Erasmus School of Health Policy and Management (ESHPM).
Scholarship amount and conditions
- Eligible for Institutional tuition fees
- NL Scholarship Erasmus University amounts €5.000, €10.000 or €15.000 (to be decided by the faculty) for maximum 12 months.
- The scholarship amount will be paid in 10 installments after you have paid the full tuition fee amount.
- The scholarship will only be rewarded if you start the same programme for which you have applied and for which you have received an admission. Must be enrolled by September 1, 2025.
An admission offer from ESHPM is not required at the moment of application. However, only students with an admission offer will be considered for the NL Scholarship at Erasmus University.
Application criteria
- Students must submit their grant application before 15 April, 2025;
- Your nationality is non-EEA
- You are a prospective student of ESHPM starting studies in the academic year 2025-2026.
- The applicant must have registered for a full-time, English-taught master’s programme in Health Care Management (HCM) or Health Economics, Policy & Law (HEPL) and submitted the application documents in the EUR Applications Portal before 15 April 2025.
- You do not have a degree from an educational institution in the Netherlands (excluding exchange programmes in the Netherlands).
- You meet the specific requirements of the programme you are applying for.
- You meet the scholarship deadline: 10 July 2025.
- By accepting this scholarship, you agree to start your visa procedure before 1 June 2025. ESHPM holds the right to cancel your scholarship if you have not started your visa procedure and holds the right to offer the scholarship to a student on the waiting list. For more information, please see the immigration procedures for prospective students.
The application procedure for NL Scholarship Erasmus University (2025-2026) is as follows:
Please fill in the online application form completely. The registration form shall be complete only if accompanied by:
- Motivation letter (max. 2 A4, in PDF format)
- CV.
- Complete application or enrolment for the HCM or HEPL programme
- Financial statement: describing your financial situation and the reason and need to receive the scholarship
- Budgetplan using this template.
- The application will be open until 16 April 2025 (deadline: 15 April 23:59 CET). Please note that scholarship applications received –or incomplete– after the deadline, will not be considered.
- Selection will take place from 1 May to 20 May 2025.
- Students will be notified of the awards committee's decision before 1 June 2025.