VU University Amsterdam is pleased to offer fellowships to international students of high academic ability for 2020 entry. Fellowships are awarded to undertake a postgraduate degree programme at the university.

University aims to assist students who require financial assistance with fellowships, specifically for overseas students.

The VUFP scholarship is a tuition fee waiver. VUFP scholarship does not provide any additional allowance towards study or living costs.

• Eligible Countries: International students (who do not have Dutch nationality) are eligible for this VU Fellowship Programme.
• Entrance Requirements: The VU Fellowship Programme (VUFP) is a Merit programme for strongly motivated students with excellent study results.
• Eligible candidates must be able to prove their academic excellence, and they must be admitted to an English-taught Master’s degree at VU Amsterdam. Students with the Dutch nationality and/or a Dutch degree (given that the Dutch degree is used for admission) are not eligible for admission.
• Students following a one-year Master’s programme may not apply for the VUFP funding for a second year. Students already enrolled in a two-year Master’s programme who have not been awarded the VUFP award in 2020 are not eligible to apply for the VUFP scholarship 2020.
• Only when a student was granted a scholarship from the beginning, then the program can be extended if he/she achieved 100% of the credits of the first year. The
• Faculty VUFP committee will be asked to demonstrate to the Central VUFP committee that these credits have indeed been achieved.

• IELTS: 6.5 – please note that candidates must take the academic test and not the General one!
• TOEFL paper-based test: 580
• TOEFL Internet-based test: 92-93
• Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE): A, B, C
• Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE): A, B, C
• Vu-test English-language proficiency: TOEFL ITP
• Some programmes have higher language proficiency requirements. Please see the webpage of a programme for exact language proficiency requirements.
• For TOEFL and IELTS, the test must have been completed no more than two years before 1 September of the year in which course starts.
• For TOEFL and IELTS, the Test Institute can forward the results directly to our office.