Overview

With the student travel product you can travel for free or at a reduced rate by train, tram, bus and metro throughout the Netherlands. You can choose either a weekday or a weekend subscription. You arrange the student travel product along with your student finance. Unless you are studying at MBO and are not yet 18, in which case you will not receive student finance yet. You must then apply for the travel product separately.

Conditions

• You receive a student travel product if you are studying full-time at MBO, HBO or university, even if you are not yet 18. Your course must meet the conditions for receiving student finance.
• You must be under 30 when your student finance takes effect.
• Foreign students can also get the student travel product. See the nationality requirements for student finance. These also apply to the student travel product.

You are not eligible for a student travel product if you are taking a part-time or BBL (work-based) programme (MBO). However, you are eligible for a student travel product for a dual programme (HBO or university).

Gift or repayment

• If you are enrolled in an MBO level 1 or 2 programme, the student travel product is a gift.
• If you are studying at MBO 3 or 4, HBO, or university, then the student travel product is not always a gift. The student travel product becomes a gift if you graduate within 10 years. That is why it is called a performance-related grant. If you fail to obtain your degree on time, you must repay the public transport (OV) loan, including interest. This also applies to the months in which you had a travel product but were not yet 18.

Cancelling

If you are no longer eligible for your student travel product, you must cancel it. This does not happen automatically. Unauthorized use of a student travel product costs € 92,98 per half a calendar month for the first month (€ 89,54 in 2024) and € 185,98 per half a calendar month from then on (€ 179,10 in 2024).