The NL Scholarship is the Dutch government's main partial scholarship for non-EEA students, offering a €5,000 award in the first year of a bachelor's or master's degree at participating Dutch universities.
Scholarship Details
- The scholarship amounts to €5,000 and is paid in the first year of studies; it is explicitly not a full-tuition scholarship.
- The grant is awarded for one year and can only be received once.
- A one-time award of €5,000 towards the first year of a full-time bachelor's or master's programme at a participating Dutch research university or university of applied sciences.
- Available to international students from outside the EEA, including Pakistanis, across a wide range of English-taught programmes.
- Financed by the Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science together with participating Dutch research universities and universities of applied sciences.
- The list of participating institutions changes every year.
Eligibility for Pakistani Applicants
- Your nationality is non-EEA (Pakistani applicants are eligible).
- You are applying for a full-time bachelor's or master's programme at one of the participating Dutch higher education institutions.
- You meet the specific admission and scholarship requirements of the institution of your choice, as published on its website.
- You do not hold a degree from an education institution in the Netherlands.
Required Documents
- Not published in the source; each participating institution sets its own document requirements, published on that institution's website.
Important Dates
- No fixed deadline published — the 2026–2027 application round opened on 1 November 2025; each participating institution sets its own closing date, published on that institution's website.
How to Apply
Apply for admission to a full-time bachelor's or master's programme at one of the participating Dutch institutions and follow that institution's own NL Scholarship application process and closing date, as published on the institution's website.
