After your admission (bachelor)

All Dutch students must arrange their tuition fee payment through Studielink. From 1 May, a task will appear in your Studielink To Do list. There, you must:

•    Set up your digital authorisation (direct debit).
•    Choose to pay in five instalments (additional €24 administration fee) or one payment (no additional fee)

Deadline: Complete this by 15 August. We recommend doing this as early as possible. Once you submit your digital authorisation, you have met your payment obligation, even though the tuition fee will only be collected on 27 September.

Enrolment and WUR Account: As soon as you meet all other enrolment requirements, you will be officially enrolled and receive access to your WUR account (available from 1 July).

Cancelling Your Enrolment: If you withdraw your enrolment (or enrolment request) before 1 September, your digital authorisation will be cancelled automatically.

Proof of Payment: If you want to submit a Proof of Payment of Tuition Fees (BBC) from another Dutch university or university of applied sciences, please contact: ssc@wur.nl.

For more information about the tuition fee, please visit Tuition fees and study finances bachelor.

Your conditional admission was based on the documents you uploaded in Osiris, the application portal. However, these uploaded documents are not enough for your final enrolment at the university.

Please read your personal admission result letter carefully. It explains exactly which documents you still need to submit and how to submit them.

If your school documents are not written in Dutch, English, French, or German, you must also provide a certified English translation. This translation must be issued either by your school or by a sworn translator.

• Preferred deadline: Submit your documents as soon as possible, and before 15 August.
• Final deadline: 27 August. If your graduation date falls between 27 August and 31 August, please contact the Admissions Office.

Where to send your documents

Please send the required certified hard copies to:

Wageningen University
SSC – Admissions Office
Droevendaalsesteeg 2
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

If you have graduated but have not received your diploma yet

If you have completed your studies but do not yet have your official diploma certificate, you may submit a certified statement of graduation instead.
Once your official diploma becomes available, you will still need to present the original diploma certificate.

What is a certified copy?

A certified copy is an official copy of an original document. It must include:

• An original stamp or seal; and
• An original signature from the institution that issued the document.

Please note:

• A normal photocopy of a certified copy is not considered certified and will not be accepted.
• Documents can be certified by the school or institution that awarded your diploma, or by an authorised professional such as a solicitor, lawyer, or notary.

You can use the admissions page to check whether your current or future VWO diploma gives you direct access to the bachelor's programme you want to study, or whether you still need to obtain additional VWO subject certificates.

If additional subject certificates are required, please visit the information page about subject requirements. There you can find details about which VWO subject certificates are accepted and how to submit them.

If you have already obtained your VWO diploma, Wageningen University receives this information automatically through DUO once you have graduated. You can check whether your diploma has been registered correctly in Studielink.

Are you graduating at the end of August? In that case, we strongly recommend contacting us via ssc@wur.nl to ensure that your diploma information is processed in time for your enrolment.

All EU/EFTA students must arrange their tuition fee payment through Studielink. From 1 May, a task will appear in your Studielink To Do list. There, you must:

• Set up your digital authorisation (direct debit).
• Choose to pay in five instalments (additional €24 administration fee) or one payment (no additional fee)

Deadline: Complete this by 15 August. We recommend doing this as early as possible. Once you submit your digital authorisation, you have met your payment obligation, even though the tuition fee will only be collected on 27 September.

Enrolment and WUR Account: As soon as you meet all other enrolment requirements, you will be officially enrolled and receive access to your WUR account (available from 1 July).

Cancelling Your Enrolment: If you withdraw your enrolment (or enrolment request) before 1 September, your digital authorisation will be cancelled automatically.

Proof of Payment: If you want to submit a Proof of Payment of Tuition Fees (BBC) from another Dutch university or university of applied sciences, please contact: ssc@wur.nl.

For more information about the tuition fee, please visit Tuition fees and study finances bachelor.

Your conditional admission was based on the documents you uploaded in Osiris, the application portal. However, these uploaded documents are not enough for your final enrolment at the university.

Please read your personal admission result letter carefully. It explains exactly which documents you still need to submit and how to submit them.

If your school documents are not written in Dutch, English, French, or German, you must also provide a certified English translation. This translation must be issued either by your school or by a sworn translator.

• Preferred deadline: Submit your documents as soon as possible, and before 15 August.
• Final deadline: 27 August. If your graduation date falls between 27 August and 31 August, please contact the Admissions Office.

Where to send your documents

Please send the required certified hard copies to:

Wageningen University
SSC – Admissions Office
Droevendaalsesteeg 2
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

If you have graduated but have not received your diploma yet

If you have completed your studies but do not yet have your official diploma certificate, you may submit a certified statement of graduation instead.
Once your official diploma becomes available, you will still need to present the original diploma certificate.

What is a certified copy?

A certified copy is an official copy of an original document. It must include:

• An original stamp or seal; and
• An original signature from the institution that issued the document.

Please note:

• A normal photocopy of a certified copy is not considered certified and will not be accepted.
• Documents can be certified by the school or institution that awarded your diploma, or by an authorised professional such as a solicitor, lawyer, or notary.

From March onwards all non-European and non-EFTA students admitted to a BSc programme will receive an email with the subject line: “Towards enrolment: Payment details – Wageningen University”. If you cannot find this email in your inbox, please check your spam or junk mail folder. This email contains important information regarding the so-called ‘Payment First Year Process’. 

If you currently live in an EU country and hold a valid residence permit there, please upload a copy of this permit during the Payment First Year Process. This information is needed to determine the tuition fee that applies to you.

If your nationality is included on the sanctions list, you must first complete and upload the International Sanctions Financial Identification Form as part of the same process.

You must complete the Payment First Year Process and upload all required documents no later than the 1 June deadline.

After you have completed this process, you will receive your first-year invoice and/or have the option to upload a scholarship award letter.
The 1 July deadline applies to either:

• pay the full first-year invoice to the Wageningen University bank account; and/or
• submit a scholarship award letter that has been approved by the university,

Important: The first-year invoice is approximately €35,000 and includes tuition fees, living expenses allowance, health insurance and residence permit costs.

Your conditional admission was based on the documents you uploaded in Osiris, the application portal. However, these uploaded documents are not enough for your final enrolment at the university.

Please read your personal admission result letter carefully. It explains exactly which documents you still need to submit and how to submit them.

If your school documents are not written in Dutch, English, French, or German, you must also provide a certified English translation. This translation must be issued either by your school or by a sworn translator.

The 1 July deadline applies for handing in the required Admission Documents. In case you receive your diploma results between 1 and 15 July your documents are still accepted when we receive them before 15 July. Your graduation date can therefore not be later than 15 July.

Where to send your documents

Please send the required certified hard copies to:

Wageningen University
SSC – Admissions Office
Droevendaalsesteeg 2
6708 PB Wageningen
The Netherlands

If you have graduated but have not received your diploma yet

If you have completed your studies but do not yet have your official diploma certificate, you may submit a certified statement of graduation instead.
Once your official diploma becomes available, you will still need to present the original diploma certificate.

What is a certified copy?

A certified copy is an official copy of an original document. It must include:

• An original stamp or seal; and
• An original signature from the institution that issued the document.

Please note:

• A normal photocopy of a certified copy is not considered certified and will not be accepted.
• Documents can be certified by the school or institution that awarded your diploma, or by an authorised professional such as a solicitor, lawyer, or notary.

After you have paid your tuition fees and the Admissions Office has received and approved all documents confirming that you meet the admission requirements, the Student Immigration Office (SIO) will start your entry visa and residence permit application.

You will receive an email with a link to the Osiris portal. In Osiris, you must complete a questionnaire and upload the required documents, including:

• A copy of your passport
• A completed Antecedents Certificate

If all information and documents are complete and correct, the SIO will begin your visa and residence permit application, usually around the end of May.

Passport Requirements

A valid passport is required for your visa application. The passport scan you upload in Osiris must clearly show:

• Your personal details
• Your signature
• Your passport number
• The date of issue and expiry date

Your passport must be valid for at least six months after the start of your study programme. However, we strongly recommend that it remains valid for at least four months after your studies end.

If you have previously visited the Netherlands, please also include the passport page showing the Dutch exit stamp you received when leaving the country.
More information about the visa and residence permit application process can be found on our visa and immigration page.

After submitting your enrolment request via Studielink, you can apply for student finance with DUO.

The costs of studying include more than just tuition fees. Read more about the costs of rent, groceries, and insurance on the bachelor's study expenses page.

Wageningen University has a large and vibrant student community, but finding a room in or near Wageningen can sometimes be challenging. The earlier you start looking, the better your chances. Most students rent a room through Idealis, the main student housing organization in Wageningen. However, you can also choose to search for housing independently through other channels.

As a prospective student at Wageningen University you can register and apply for a room at Idealis via ROOM.nl. You may receive priority housing if your home address is more than 130 km from Wageningen. For more tips on finding a room you can visit this page.

Important: You must pay your tuition fee to Wageningen University on time. Priority for housing based on your home address will only be granted after your tuition payment has been confirmed.

A laptop is essential for your studies. You can purchase a laptop with a student discount through the WUR LaptopShop. See WUR Support for more information.

Of course, you will also need textbooks for your programme. You can usually order these with a discount via the Acco website, usually from mid-August onwards. Students who are members of a study association can order books with an additional discount and will be informed about this by their own study association. Please note: it is your own responsibility to decide where to order the required books.

In the study handbook you can find which books are recommended for each course. If you are unsure, contact the course coordinator. Many of the recommended books can also be found in the Study Collection in the Library in Forum. Books from the Study Collection cannot be borrowed, but they can be read in the library. Readers can be ordered via the webshop of proefschriftmaken.nl.

On the Current Students page, you can quickly access the most important systems and information you need during your studies, such as the digital learning environment and your class schedule. For a wide range of information, we refer you to our WUR Support Portal. As long as you are not yet able to log in as a student, select the "I don't have an account" option to view the publicly available information.