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If you are enrolled as a student in university, HBO, or MBO, you can apply for student finance. Apply in time, preferably 8 weeks before your student finance is due to start, so you don’t miss out on any money.

Student finance consists of various components. You decide which components to apply for.

Apply for student finance

  1. Apply for a DigiD on digid.nl Link opent externe pagina . With a DigiD you can access online services offered by all Dutch government organisations. You will receive an activation code by letter within 3 working days of your application.
  2. Log in to Mijn DUO to apply for student finance. You will need either a DigiD or a European digital identity (eIDAS).
  3. Apply for a personal OV-chipkaart Link opent externe pagina . You will need it to load the student travel product conto.

Log in to Mijn DUOwith DigiD

No access to Mijn DUO

If you have no access to Mijn DUO, you can use a form. The processing time of a form is longer than a digital application.

  • For higher professional education (HBO) or university, use the Application student finance higher education form.
  • For secondary vocational education (MBO), use the Application student finance MBO form.
Applying for past months

You can still get student finance for past months, up to the start of the current academic year (1 August for MBO, 1 September for HBO or university). This is called applying retroactively. You cannot apply for a student travel product for past months.

  1. Log in to Mijn DUO.
  2. Go to 'Mijn producten' and then 'Studiefinanciering'.
  3. Click on 'Studiefinanciering' in the top right. Here you find a green button 'Aanvraag studiefinanciering vervroegen', meaning 'moving up your student finance'. The rest is self-explanatory.

Log in to Mijn DUOWith DigiD

Applying for student finance from the Caribbean

Do you live on Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten or in the Dutch Caribbean? Go to duo.nl/cariben to apply for student finance.

Waiting for exam results or admission

Still waiting for the results of your school exams? Or for a decision about your admission to a programme? Just apply for student finance for the programme you are planning to take.

Failed exams or different programme

Did you fail your school exams? Or did you decide to take a different programme after all? Please let us know as soon as possible in Mijn DUO.

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