39 cheapest universities in the Netherlands in 2026

A Christian university of applied sciences in Gouda, specialised in teacher training and educational studies.

Amsterdam's federation of leading arts schools: theatre, dance, music, film, fine art and architecture.

The European campus of Webster University in Leiden: US-accredited degrees taught in English in a truly international Dutch setting.

A public Dutch university of applied sciences for life sciences: agriculture, food, environment and teacher training.

A Utrecht teacher training institute: the pabo, a hands-on and demanding route into primary school teaching.

A top-rated hogeschool in Zwolle: 80+ programmes including the Global Project and Change Management honours college.

Saxion, the hogeschool of Deventer and Enschede: tech, care, business and hospitality, with a large international community.

A small private Utrecht university devoted to humanistics: meaning in life, ethics, spiritual care and contemporary social questions.

Avans, a top-rated hogeschool in Breda, Den Bosch and Tilburg: business, tech, arts and care.

A hogeschool in the north of the Netherlands (Leeuwarden, Emmen, Groningen): design, hospitality, technology and innovative teaching.

One of the largest Dutch universities of applied sciences in the Amsterdam region: business, tech, care, media and tourism.

The largest university of applied sciences in the Netherlands, offering practice-driven programmes in business, digital media, IT, health and sports.

HAS, the green school of Den Bosch and Venlo: agriculture, food, nature and environment for the transitions ahead.

Rotterdam's conservatoire and school of dance and circus arts, training professional performing artists to an international level.

An internationally renowned academy of art and design in The Hague, founded in 1682, blending centuries of craft with cutting-edge creation.

An international business school in Apeldoorn, the most international hogeschool in the Netherlands: 100+ nationalities on campus.

Utrecht's university of the arts: music, theatre, visual art, design, games and media training for the creative professions.

A major Dutch university of the arts in Arnhem, Enschede and Zwolle: fine art, music, theatre, design and architecture.

The Netherlands' second-oldest university, founded in 1614: a broad, research-intensive community of 36,000 students in vibrant student city Groningen.

A research university in Enschede with the Netherlands' only true campus: technology, entrepreneurship and people-centred social science under one roof.

Design Academy Eindhoven, a globally influential design school that treats design as a way of questioning society.

The Netherlands' most international university, based in Maastricht and renowned for Problem-Based Learning and strong programmes in health, law and economics.

A research university specialised in the social and human sciences: economics, law, psychology, sociology and theology.

A Rotterdam research university named after Erasmus, world-renowned for economics, management, medicine and law, in Europe's largest port city.