A reduced tuition fee

The tuition fees for certain groups of students from Ukraine will be reduced to the statutory tuition fee rate, which is lower than the institutional tuition fee rate. We are taking this measure to make it easier for affected students to start or continue their studies at the UvA.

So how will this work?
This exception only applies to the 2022-2023 academic year. Eligible students will be notified and the tuition fees automatically adjusted.

Other useful information and help

Request a payment arrangement
If you have difficulties paying your tuition fees the payment arrangement might help. Request the payment arrangement.

Having problems paying rent?
In emergency situations, students can always turn to a student counsellor. Together you will examine what help can be offered. 

Work and income for refugees from Ukraine
Adults and children get €260 per person per month: €205 for food and €55 for clothing and other personal items. Find more information on www.government.nl. 

Student counsellors
For short or emergency questions, you can call a student counselor from Monday to Friday between 09:00 and 10:00 at +31 (0)20 525 9297.

We feel a responsibility towards all our students. In addition to students from Ukraine, students from Russia and Belarus can therefore also apply to the fund. They form part of our academic community and are not held personally responsible for the Russian invasion. The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science has explicitly asked universities to do this. That is why we are currently providing emergency aid to any of our students who need it, regardless of their background.

The Dutch Immigration Service is going to be dealing leniently with Ukranian students and staff whose residence permits are set to expire in the coming period. You can read more about this on the website of the IND.

If you have to pick up your MVV in Kiev, you can contact the Immigration Office to switch the pick up location to another Dutch embassy in a neighbouring country. Residence permits of Russian students will not be revoked because of the situation in Ukraine. This information is based on ongoing events. 

If you need assistance such as accommodation or basic services you can find more information here.

Students coming from Ukraine and Russia and those with family or friends in the region are very concerned. This offcourse can affect your study progress. The UvA’s Teaching and Examinations Regulations and the Profiling Fund Regulations contain provisions in which (special) personal circumstances are or can be taken into account.

If necessary, students will be approached to discuss this with their study adviser and/or to share their personal circumstances with a student counsellor.

The Dutch government is examining how refugee Ukrainian students can be given a place in higher education here in the Netherlands. As soon as more information about the possibilities at the UvA is available, we will communicate this here. 

To apply for one of our English-taught programmes you will first need to check the entry requirements and the application deadline on the programme’s website and follow the application steps.

Unable to provide documentation?

If you are unable to provide documentation please provide us with a ION (Indication of level of previous education) and add all the information and documents you do have. This ION can be obtained via IDW-Nuffic. Please note that an interview and/or topic specific tests can be part of the admissions process. If you encounter difficulties with obtaining an English language score report, please contact the admissions office.

A decision has already been made to freeze all collaborations with Russian institutions. As a result, the student exchanges with institutes from Russia cannot take place for the first semester of 2022/2023.

Student refugees will receive a library card free of charge if they show their passport or identity card at the library desk. This gives them unlimited access to the locations as well as access to wifi/internet. Student refugees who have reported to Student Services with the request to register as a student will receive a library card as soon as the request is submitted. This means that the student will not have to wait for the outcome of the registration and enrolment procedure.

For students:

The situation is having a major impact on the wellbeing of students in our community. Naturally for those with family and/or friends in the region, but also for students who empathise with them and are concerned. 

• If you have concerns, problems or questions, please contact your study adviser, student counsellor or one of the student psychologists.

For employees

The situation is having a major impact on the wellbeing of researchers, teaching staff and other staff members in our community. Naturally for those with family and/or friends in the region, but also for students and staff who empathise with them and are concerned. 

• If you have concerns, problems or questions, please contact your supervisor.  
• Staff members with a Belarusian, Russian or Ukrainian nationality can also contact one of the HR advisors in their faculty.

The UvA is an active member of several organisations which scholars in need can turn to for help.

• Scholars at Risk
• Universitair Asiel Fonds

The situation in Ukraine and Russia is changing daily. As usual, the UvA is following the travel advice of the government. Find frequently asked questions about the situation in Ukraine here. 

Students and staff who are in a country coded red are advised to return to the Netherlands as soon as possible if their stay is not absolutely necessary. The UvA is in contact with these individuals.

The Akno/UNE mentor program is a program launched by a collective of scholars and activists with a fixed set of places for Ukrainian students, scholars, and cultural workers who have to flee the war and for Belarusian and Russian students, scholars, and cultural workers who risk or face political persecution.

It aims to connect these groups to experienced experts elsewhere. Mentors and mentees receive a starting package to make the work a bit easier. The package consists of our extensive, daily updated list of fleeing/grant/shelter/sabbatical resources, plus some info on how to start the contact and how to make most out of the connection. 

In the past weeks, more than 300 mentees & mentors signed up, and we managed to couple about 140 students/scholars/curators/artists etc. at risk to experts elsewhere (which means that a total of ca. 280 out of 300+ people are now connected). 

How to participate
To participate as mentor or mentee, all you need to do is send an email to universityofneweurope@protonmail.com with the following details:

• name; disciplinary expertise (in 3-4 keywords)
• participating as mentor/mentee?
• and if mentee: seeking short-term or long-term advice?

More information
More information on the platform and how to partake can be found here.

Would you like to support UvA-students who are directly affected by the situation in Ukraine? Donate now!  All contributions, in whatever size, shape or form, are valuable and are greatly appreciated. You can also start a fundraiser to get others involved, and you can share this crowdfunding campaign via social media. 

Ukrainian academics who are looking for a place at a Dutch university can do so on a new national platform: AcademicsNLforUkraine. On the website, universities can offer workspace and research facilities and tell researchers where they can go for help in the academic community.

Find more information here. (In Dutch)

#ScienceForUkraine

In addition, there is the #ScienceForUkraine initiative of academic institutions in Europe and beyond. #ScienceForUkraine is a platform on which institutions can publish their offers of help for Ukrainian students and researchers. 

Find more information here.

The buildings of the UvA will turn blue and yellow in the coming days with protesting against Putin's attack on Ukraine, and calling for peace, freedom and democracy. The campaign is an initiative by Professor of Latin American Studies Barbara Hogenboom, and is supported by the UvA. Download the poster and take part

If you want to help by offering a place to stay or donating supplies, you can do so through the online platform of VluchtelingenWerk.

Find more information here (in Dutch). 

If you would like to contribute by donating money you can do so through Giro 555. 

Find more information here (in Dutch).

UvA students have set up an online database of aid opportunities for those affected by the war in Ukraine. This is currently accesible in the form of a Google spreadsheet:

Open the Google spreadsheet Help Ukraine Now

You can also submit aid initiatives via this link:

Submit an initiative