Higher tuition fee for second master's degree

Students who have already completed a master’s programme in the Netherlands pay a higher tuition fee for their second master’s:

  2011-2012 2012-2013
second master’s in humanities, law or social sciences € 14.650 € 13.600
second master’s in the field of science
or in Biomedical Sciences		 € 18.100 € 17.200
second master’s in Medicine € 19.700 € 20.200

Some students are exempted from this higher fee, and for some Leiden University students a transitional arrangement sometimes applies. For more information please see the international students website. Dutch and EU/EEA/Swiss/Surinamese students are exempted from this higher fee if:

  • the second master’s is a master’s programme in Medicine, provided the first master’s was not a health care master’s programme.
  • the second master’s is a teacher-training programme.

Please note: for some master’s you pay a higher tuition fee because the programmes are not subsidised by the government.

All students pay this higher fee, regardless of whether they have already completed a Dutch master’s programme. The programmes in question are:

  • International Relations and Diplomacy
  • Air and Space Law (Advanced)
  • European Business Law (Advanced)
  • International Tax Law (Advanced)
  • Public International Law (Advanced)
  • Vitality and Ageing