HAN University: Dutch scholarships

Han University of applied sciences suggest to prospective students the following scholarships which a student can receive from Dutch organizations or the government organizations:

 

1. Dutch scholarships

The Dutch organizations and/or the government supply scholarships in special cases. You can find these on the Grantfinder website.

• The best-known scholarship is the Huygens scholarship
  
• Also ECHO offers scholarships.

You can find the most recent information concerning scholarships on the Nuffic website.

 2. Scholarships for EU-students

EU students can obtain a scholarship within the framework of the Erasmus programme.   You can find the most recent information concerning scholarships on the Nuffic-website

Students who wish to receive more information on this, are requested to get in touch with the international office of HAN University in Arnhem or Nijmegen.

 3. Scholarships provided by HAN University

Yearly HAN University of Applied Sciences determines if scholarships are granted. Recently it has been concluded that First year Life Sciences students can qualify for a Life Sciences scholarship for the study year 2008-2009. Below the conditions.

Scholarship Institute of Applied Sciences 2008-2009

The objective of this scholarship program is to stimulate young good students from the target countries: China, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, South Africa, Russia and Mexico to study Life Sciences. Students from each target country will be invited to apply for this scholarship program.

Selection criteria

• the programme for the senior High School had to be finalized with good marks for: biology, chemistry, physics and mathematics. Top 20% year group.
• score for TOEFL or IELTS test at least 550 or 6.0 
• students must be involved in extra curricular activities (sports, social or school). 
• two letters of recommendation, one must be from the director of the High School (ranking High School, profile student) 
• positive interview: English communication skills and motivation.

The scholarship will amount to 2,500 Euro paid during the end of the academic year 2008/2009. At the end of the first year a special board will decide which 33% best students from the target countries in the first year will receive the scholarship. Selection requirements
will be:

• marks foundation year 
• extra curricular activities

Students must apply for this scholarship program before the first of June 2008.

4. Study through an exchange programme

Students from partner-universities of Life Sciences can study Life Sciences for a half year by means of the exchange programme. They do not have to pay tuition fee. With the partner institutions we made the agreements of exchange students. Life Sciences students can study for a semester at the partner university. Students from our partner universities can come to HAN University.

HAN University