Scholarships administered by Nuffic
Nuffic manages various scholarship programmes including Erasmus and NFP.
China Programme
The China Programme awards 25 scholarships a year to Chinese candidates for study or research in the Netherlands.
Erasmus
The Erasmus Programme is part of the European Commission's LifeLong Learning Programme for mobility of higher education in Europe. Erasmus aims to encourage cooperation between higher education institutions in the EU. You can use an Erasmus scholarship to do part of your studies or an internship in another EU country.
Erasmus Mundus
Erasmus Mundus is a programme of the European Commission. It aims to raise the quality of higher education in the EU and promote cooperation with non-EU countries through joint master’s degree programmes offered by partner institutions in EU member states.
MENA Scholarship Programme
The MENA Scholarship Programme offers around 120 scholarships a year to professionals. The scholarships can be used for selected short courses in the Netherlands.
Netherlands Fellowship Programmes
The NFP promotes capacity building within organisations in 62 countries by providing training and education through fellowships for professionals. The NFP is funded by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs under the budget for development cooperation.
Orange Tulip Scholarship Programme
The Orange Tulip Scholarship Programme was first launched in China in 2008. It now also runs in Indonesia, Korea, Mexico and Taiwan.
Science without Borders Holland Programme
The Science without Borders Holland Programme (SwB Holland), part of the general Science without Borders Programme, offers 200 scholarships a year to Brazilian students to study one semester or an academic year at undergraduate level in one of priority areas in the Netherlands.
StuNed Scholarships
StuNed Scholarships for master studies, short courses and customised training programmes are available for Indonesian professionals with at least two years' work experience in a development-related organisation.
Tempus
The Tempus programme enables universities in a number of countries in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, the Western Balkans and the Mediterranean region to establish partnerships in the European Union that help them restructure their higher education systems.
Discontinued scholarships
Below is an overview of scholarship programmes that are managed by Nuffic, but do not offer any new scholarships.



