All students are required by Dutch law to pay the tuition fee for each year they are registered at the university. Tuition is subsidised by the Dutch government for all EU/EEA citizens, which is why the tuition fee rate differs depending on your nationality.

Because LUC The Hague offers small scale education an additional fee is charged to cover the costs for small class sizes, academic advisors, study advisors, student psychologists, student association Fortuna membership, college-wide events and additional facilities and services. This additional fee for studying at LUC, called ‘institutional fee’, is €2.892 for the academic year 2025-2026, and needs to be paid by all students on top of the standard tuition fee each year.

If you have multiple nationalities, and if one of them is an EU/EEA nationality, you qualify for the EU/EEA tuition fee. The EU/EEA fee for 2025-2026 is set later in the year. The fee for 2024-2025 is €2.530. The total fee for 2025-2026, if you have an EU/EEA nationality and including the institutional fee, is at least : €TBD.

If you do not have an EU/EEA nationality the tuition fee for 2025-2026 is €17.000. The total fee for 2025-2026, including the institutional fee, is: €19.892.

*Please note that these fees are subject to change annually and will be charged when you extend your registration in the following academic year. The standard tuition fee for 2025-2026 will be set around October 2024.

Campus fee 
LUC charges an annual non-refundable campus fee to all students living on campus in the first two years of the programme. This fee is used as a contribution towards the costs of the residential programme, such as the Student Life Officer, Resident Assistants, support staff and facility costs related to the residential areas. The campus fee is charged when you receive an offer of admission. In your second year of living on campus you will receive an invoice for the campus fee. The campus fee for the academic year 2025-2026 is €613 and is subject to change annually. 

Rent LUC studio apartments 
All first- and second-year LUC students live together on the campus at the Anna van Buerenplein in The Hague. LUC offers single studio apartments which are fully furnished. The rent per month is subject to change on a yearly basis. The monthly rent per August 2024, including service costs, is €637.52. Please note that the rent will increase, but new prices are not set until the summer of 2025.  

All studio apartments on the LUC campus qualify for rent subsidy from the Dutch government. The rent subsidy is approximately €220 (2024) per month and can be used to cover part of the rent. Please view this page for more information on rent subsidy from the Dutch government. 

Living expenses can only be estimated as this largely depends on your individual life style. These expenses include but are not limited to health insurance costs, food, transportation and leisure activities. 

Some students may be able to request financial support from the government for health insurance costs, as well as a travel component.

Both enrolled students and future students of LUC can request financial support. Please refer to the information on the LUC Financial Support Programme website. You can also contact financial.support@luc.leidenuniv.nl with any question you may have. 

The Dutch government provides options for student finance. You may be eligible to apply for either loans, supplementary grants or both. You need to have either the Dutch nationality or a nationality/residence permit that provides the same rights as Dutch nationals. You can find more information about this on www.duo.nl. Additionally, students may also qualify for rent subsidy and/or a health insurance benefit.   

If you are obliged to take out Dutch public health insurance, you may be eligible to receive a health insurance benefit which can reduce your personal expenses. For more information and to see if you qualify, please visit the following website.

There are also other possibilities to receive funding for your studies.  

• Holland Scholarship Programme (for non-EU/EEA students only) 
• Grantfinder Nuffic
• Grant finder EU Scholarships 
• Salliemae Smart Option Loan 
• Financial aid of Leiden University and scholarship search engines