The statutory tuition fee is: €2,530 for the 2024/2025 academic year. 

You are entitled to the statutory fee if you:

• have the nationality of a country within the European Economic Area (all EU countries, Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein); AND
• do not already have a Bachelor's degree at the time of enrolment in a Bachelor's programme, a Master's degree at the time of enrolment in a Master's programme, or an Associate degree, Bachelor's degree or Master's degree at the time of enrolment in an Associate degree programme. This applies to degrees obtained after 31 August 1991 at a Dutch-funded institution.

The exceptions, who are also eligible for the statutory tuition fee, are students with:

• Swiss or Surinam nationality;
• a previously obtained Bachelor's or Master's degree, registering for the first time in a programme in the field of education - provided the previously obtained degree was not in the field of health care or education;
• a valid asylum residence permit for a fixed or indefinite period;
• a valid permanent regular residence permit;
• a valid temporary regular residence permit on the basis of family reunification, family formation, partnership (only provided that the family member/partner is an EU citizen living in the Netherlands);
• a valid residence permit for the Netherlands in combination with a valid residence permit for an indefinite period from another EU country;
• a residence permit via the special regulation 2007 (the general pardon);
• a residence document ‘Permanent residence Citizens of the Union’.

A residence document for the purpose of study or as highly skilled migrant does not qualify to pay the statutory tuition fee.

Students must send a supporting document confirming their residency status to the Central Student Administration in order to be considered for payment of the statutory tuition fee (in the case of partnership/family formation/family reunification with an EU citizen living in the Netherlands, a copy of the ID card of the partner/the family member is also necessary).

Regulation for British students
Please read the tab ‘British students and Brexit.

If you are not entitled to the statutory fee, you have to pay the institutional fee. The institutional fees are set annually by the Amsterdam University of the Arts.

The fees apply to non-government-funded study programmes to students from outside the EEA and to students who previously obtained a Bachelor's degree (when enrolling in a Bachelor's programme) or a Master's degree (when enrolling in a Master's programme). Students with an Associate degree, Bachelor's degree of Master's degree who enrol in an Associate degree (Ad) programme also pay the institutional rate. This applies to degrees obtained after 31 August 1991 at a Dutch-funded institution.Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree who are enrolling into an Associate degree (Ad) will also have to pay the institutional fee.

The institutional fees for the 2025/2026 academic year are:

• Bachelors Music, Music in Education, Dance, Dance in Education, Theatre, Theatre in Education, Cultural heritage, Film and Television:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311) 
   
• Bachelor Fine Art in Education (full-time and influx programme):
  € 9,808 
   
• Master Education in Arts:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Master Music, Choreography, Opera, Theatre, Film:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Master Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture:
  € 9,808 
   
• Master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies fulltime:
  € 9,808 
  Master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies parttime:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Master DAS Creative Producing:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
• Associate degree AEMA (Amsterdam Electronic Music Academy):
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Associate degree Technical production:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Associate degree Classical Ballet:
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)
   
• Associate degree AEMA (Amsterdam Electronic Music Academy):
  € 7,375 (exception rate* € 6,311)

*Exception rate:
This fee applies to students who started in academic year 2023-2024 or earlier. To bring institutional tuition fees more in line with the cost of education, the institutional fees for students who started in 2024-2025 or later will increase more significantly than for those who enrolled earlier. a detailed explanation, please refer to the tuition fee clarification in the tab below.

If you are not entitled to the statutory fee, you have to pay the institutional fee. The institutional fees are set annually by the Amsterdam University of the Arts.

The fees apply to non-government-funded study programmes to students from outside the EEA and to students who previously obtained a Bachelor's degree (when enrolling in a Bachelor's programme) or a Master's degree (when enrolling in a Master's programme). Students with an Associate degree, Bachelor's degree of Master's degree who enrol in an Associate degree (Ad) programme also pay the institutional rate. This applies to degrees obtained after 31 August 1991 at a Dutch-funded institution.Students with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree who are enrolling into an Associate degree (Ad) will also have to pay the institutional fee.

The institutional fees for the 2024/2025 academic year are:

• Bachelors Music, Music in Education, Dance, Dance in Education, Theatre, Theatre in Education, Cultural heritage, Film and Television:
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)
   
• Bachelor Fine Art in Education (full-time and influx programme):
  € 9,540 (all students)
   
• Master Education in Arts:
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)
   
• Master Music, Choreography, Opera, Theatre, Film:
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)
   
• Master Architecture, Urbanism, Landscape Architecture:
  € 9,540 (all students)
   
• Master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies fulltime:
  € 9,540 (all students)
  Master Applied Museum and Heritage Studies parttime:
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)
   
• Master DAS Creative Producing:
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)
• Associate degree AEMA (Amsterdam Electronic Music Academy):
  € 6,500 (new students), € 6,139 (current students)

If you are following a second bachelor's or master's degree programme, you will not pay statutory tuition fees but institutional tuition fees. This also applies if you come from a non-EEA country and start a study programme at the AHK. This is stipulated in article 7.46 of the Higher Education and Scientific Research Act (WHW).

Higher education institutions apply this institutional fee because the Dutch government does not fund the education of the above-mentioned group of students. The amount of the institutional tuition fee is set annually by the Executive Board and may vary per programme or per group of students. It may not be lower than the statutory fee.

Increase in institutional tuition fees for new students as from academic year 2024-2025
To bring the institutional tuition fees more in line with the costs of education, from academic year 2024-2025 the AHK's institutional fees for new students will increase more sharply than in previous years. Over a period of four years, the fees will gradually increase to a minimum of €10,000*. Keep a close eye on our website for the current fees.

* No rights can be derived from this amount. Annual increases depend on internal and external factors and may be higher due to, for example, inflation, AHK policy, government policy or changes in the law.
 
Exception fee
The rate for students who started in academic year 2023-2024 (or earlier) in an associate degree, bachelor's or master's programme will be increased annually by the percentage by which the central government increases the statutory tuition fee rate.
 
Institutional fees for students in a preliminary programme
If you are following a preliminary study programme at the AHK in 2023-2024 and want to continue your studies here in 2024-2025 on an Associate Degree, Bachelor's or Master's degree, you will pay the rate for new students from 2024-2025 when you are not entitled to the statutory tuition fee rate.

These are the course rates for the academic year of 2025-2026.

Academy of Architecture:

• Pre-master Urbanism & Landscape Architecture: € 1.300
• Pre-master Architecture & Technology: € 1.300

Academy of Theatre and Dance:

• Preparatory course National Ballet Academy (NBA): € 1.900; non-EU students: € 3.950
• Pre-NBA 1: € 800
• Pre-NBA 2: € 1.175
• Pre-NBA Groningen: € 550
• Preparatory dance course 5 o'clock class: Junior €680, Teen €990, Peer €1.100
• Weekend 5 o'clock (teen / peer): €715
• 5 o'clock Talent class: €275
• Orientation class: €675
• Combi Class: €715

Breitner Academy:

• On the Movie: t.b.c.

Conservatorium van Amsterdam:

• Preparatory Course bachelor Music (Classical and Jazz): € 2.601
• Preparatory Course master Music: vanaf € 3.750
• Young talent Classical (Sweelinck Academy): € 1.710
• Young talent Jazz (Junior Jazz College): € 1.710
• Young talent Percussion Friends: € 1.575
• Young talent Pop (Young Pop Academy): € 1.710
• Post-Graduate Course in Music Education: € 3.750

Master of Education in Arts:

• Professional artists in the classroom / Post-hbo-opleiding Beroepskunstenaars in de klas (BIK): t.b.c.
• Kinderen als Cultuurmakers: t.b.c. (t.b.c. voor AHK alumni)

Netherlands Film Academy:

• Course Light assistant, Production design assistant en Production assistant: € 2.250
• Course Visual Effects: € 1.000

The British departure from the European Union (Brexit) on 1 January 2021, can affect the tuition fee rates of British students. British students will pay the higher institutional tuition fee rate, starting from a point of enrolment after 31 December 2020, unless they were registered at a Dutch municipality on or before this date. For British students that were Dutch residents before Brexit it is important to apply for a Dutch residency permit with the Dutch Immigration and naturalization Service (IND) before 1 July 2021.

For students that moved or will move to the Netherlands after 31 December 2020, or temporarily left the country before that date, the situation is different.

Check the IND website for more information about Brexit and what impact the changes have on your personal situation.

From academic year 2023-2024 onwards, the institutional fees for non-EU students applies to new students with a Ukrainian nationality.

The tuition fees for Ukrainian students who commenced their study programmes at AHK in 2022-2023 or earlier, will be lowered to a statutory fee for academic years 2023-2024, 2024-2025, and 2025-2026. This also applies to students who were already enrolled in a bachelor's programme from 2022-2023 and will progress to a master's programme in 2025-2026.