Talent Grants (tuitition waiver)

Background

Talent Grants are offered to make MSc programmes accessible to select groups of foreign students. These grants are intended only to defray university tuition costs; specifically, they cover the extra fees levied to foreign, non-EEA students (the so-called bovenwettelijke collegegeld). Talent Grants are not intended to cover living expenses or pay for research. 

Available amounts

Talent Grants correspond to a 'partial waiver' of the RUG tuition fees for non-EEA students. These tuition fees currently amount to about 9,400 euros per year in most cases; the maximum waiver from a Talent Grant is therefore currently 7,780 euros (note that grants are indexed based on actual tuition fees).

Target groups and eligibility

(1) Existing scholarship holders - MSc students who have obtained a scholarship via a programme such as Eric Bleumink Fonds or Erasmus Mundus (Action 2) may still require extra financial assistance to cover university tuition. Whenever possible (as the budget allows), a Talent Grant is typically made available for this purpose. The decision to award a grant is made on an ad hoc basis under oversight of the Graduate School Director.

Note that when a scholarship programme already includes full tuition support, the scholarship holder will not be eligible for an additional Talent Grant. 

 

(2) Excellent RUG students - Students already enrolled in one of FMNS's MSc programmes may, in exceptional cases, be nominated by a staff member for a Talent Grant to partially cover their tuition expenses. Nominations may be submitted electronically to the Graduate School Office (ggss@rug.nl) and will be reviewed once per semester.

Nominations must include the following:  

• a reference letter (from an FMNS staff member)
• a motivation letter (from the student)
• a dossier including academic transcripts 

The decision to award one or more tuition waivers per semester is made by a small committee.

 

The selection procedure for the Talent Grants is administered by the GSS, in close collaboration with FMNS's Faculty Education Office (FOB) and the University Office for International Relations (BIS).