Payment possibilities: bank not based in SEPA country

From a bank not based in a SEPA country, you can pay your tuition fees in the following ways.

Pay the tuition fees or arrange a (digital) direct debit payment before the start date of your degree programme.

For example:

• Start date 1 September: the university must have received your payment no later than 31 August*.
• Start date 1 February: the university must have received your payment no later than 31 January*.

Please note:
An academic year runs from 1 September to 31 August.

• If you start on 1 September, you pay (initially) for twelve months.
• If you start on 1 February, you pay for the period from February to August (seven months). If you continue with your degree programme as of 1 September, you will pay again from 1 September to 31 August.

If you deregister, you may be entitled to a refund of (part of) the tuition fees.

* For non-EU students, other deadlines may apply due to immigration procedure.

As long as you have not paid your tuition fees you are not officially registered. This will have consequences for

• your student grant from DUO,
• student travel pass (DUO),
• computer account,
• access to the University Library,
• access to other University facilities.

You can transfer the entire amount to account number NL84ABNA0425600904 of 'Rijksuniversiteit Groningen', stating ‘onderwijsgelden’. Also state your student number or your name, initials and date of birth.

If you transfer the amount from a foreign account in another currency, also state the University’s BIC or SWIFT code: ABNANL 2A. The address of the ABN AMRO Bank.N.V. is Gustav Mahlerlaan 10, 1082 PP Amsterdam.

In that case, we cannot debit the tuition fees. We recommend that you make the payment yourself.

Yes, as long as you are registered, you have to pay tuition fees, even if you are not taking any courses.

The instalments will be collected in the last week of the months September, November, January, March and May.

Each instalment is a fifth of your tuition fees plus the one-off administration fee.

More information can be found on our website.

A "Bewijs Betaald Collegegeld" (BBC) is proof that you have paid the statutory tuition fee. You need this proof if you want to be enrolled at another institution of higher education besides the University of Groningen.

You apply for a BBC in the following way:

• Via Studielink you can indicate that you want to pay via a BBC.
• Complete the application form statements and the BBC will be sent to the institution where you also want to enrol.

You will only receive a BBC if you are officially enrolled. This includes whether you have paid the tuition due or your authorization form has been processed.

Important: Compared to other payment details and options in Studielink, a BBC is only valid for one academic year. Should you wish to be enrolled on the basis of a BBC for the following year as well, you will need to submit a new BBC.

Your employer or somebody else can pay your tuition fees by

• a direct debit payment or a personal payment instruction to their bank.
• an invoice. Fill in the form Application invoice and the payer of your tuition fees will receive an invoice. This will not be possible anymore once the academic year is started. 

Questions?

Please contact the Student Information & Administration.

Once you have entered and confirmed your payment details in Studielink, you can still make certain changes to these details afterwards. Keep in mind that certain changes will only become effective at a later date. For instance, if you have already paid your tuition fees in full for this academic year, any changes made to your details will only become effective from next academic year. For more information, please visit the Studielink website.

Have you made an error or decided to want to use a different method of payment, please contact the Student Information and Administration department.