No, please don’t wait, as you may miss the scholarship application deadline. Make sure you send in your scholarship application on time, even if you are not yet sure if you are going to be offered a place at AUC.

No. The scholarship application process and AUC admissions process are separate, and applying for a scholarship will have no impact on your chances of being offered a place at AUC.

Unfortunately not. We regret that late applications for scholarships cannot be considered. This is why it is important to submit your ASF application before the given deadline.

You can apply, but priority is given to prospective students. It is assumed that if you started your studies at AUC without having applied for an ASF scholarship, then you do not need one. Applications from students already at AUC are therefore usually only considered if there has been a sudden, unforeseen and drastic change in their family income since the most recent scholarship application deadline, or other extreme circumstances that prevented them from applying for an ASF scholarship before they started their studies.

Yes, you can still apply. Getting study finance from (for example) the Dutch government is not an obstacle to getting an ASF scholarship; you can receive both.

Yes, you can take out a tuition fee loan and continue to receive an ASF scholarship.

If you are under the age of 30 but want the AUC Scholarship Fund to disregard the income of one or both of your parents because you cannot obtain the necessary financial documents from them (e.g. there has been no contact with that parent since you were a baby), you can request this by uploading an explanation and supporting evidence with your application. Evidence could include a statement from your other parent and/or from a professional (such as a social worker or psychologist) familiar with the situation, and/or court documents.

If you have started your studies at AUC even though you did not get a scholarship, a new application for a scholarship will usually only be considered if there has been a sudden, unforeseen and drastic change in your family income since your previous application. It is assumed that if you started your studies at AUC even though you did not get an ASF scholarship, you do not need one.

If you have not yet started your studies at AUC because you did not get or did not accept a place at AUC last time, then you can apply again for an ASF scholarship for your new intended starting date.

No, the ASF Selection Committee only sees the letter of motivation that you write for your scholarship application. They will be given information on your current GPA (average grade), which is calculated from the data you send with your AUC application, but they will not see your AUC application itself. This is why it is important that you include all of the information that you want the ASF Selection Committee to consider in your letter of motivation.

Priority is given to applicants who have not yet had an opportunity to complete their higher education. This means that it is less likely you will be awarded an ASF scholarship if you have already completed university-level studies.

Priority is given to applicants who have not yet had an opportunity to benefit from higher education. This means that it is less likely you will be awarded an ASF scholarship if you have already studied for a year or two at university level. However, if you needed a year of university-level studies in order to meet AUC’s admission requirements, we make an exception: in that case, your year of university-level studies will not affect your chances of getting a scholarship.

Scholarships are not restricted to a major and ASF scholarships are awarded each year to applicants from all three majors at AUC (Sciences, Social Sciences, Humanities). However, applications from prospective Science majors are usually considered first by the Selection Committee as AUC enrols up to 50% Science majors each year.

If you are under 30, then you must send documentation on the income of your parents, even if you consider yourself financially independent from them. If you are over 30, you can do the calculations and upload the documents on your own income.

If you don’t completely meet the conditions for renewal, your scholarship will not be automatically withdrawn. You will be given an opportunity to explain any extenuating circumstances. Taking into account these individual circumstances, it is possible your scholarship will still be renewed.

The scholarship is paid in 10 instalments: one in each month except in July and August. The money is transferred to your Dutch bank account.

There are two types of ASF Scholarships: standard and full-ride.

A standard ASF scholarship is intended to help cover some of the costs of studying at AUC. You will need to be able to supplement a standard ASF scholarship with some of your own money or with other study financing, grants, or scholarships, in order to pay for rent, food, books etc. as well as your tuition fees.

The full-ride ASF Scholarship is intended to be sufficient to cover all of the costs of studying at AUC, including tuition fees. Only a very small number of full-ride scholarships can be awarded each year.

No, the AUC Scholarship Fund pays the scholarship to you personally and you are then responsible for paying your own tuition fees.

If you are awarded an ASF scholarship for a September start, you will receive the first instalment in mid-September (for current students awarded a scholarship starting in February, payments will start in mid-February). This means that you will not begin receiving the money until after you have arrived and started your studies. By extension, it also means that you will need to have enough money of your own for your first few weeks to cover your first bills and expenses until you start to receive the scholarship instalments.

No, an ASF scholarship must be paid into a Dutch bank account in your name.

If you are awarded an ASF scholarship, you will receive it for six semesters/three years, as long as you meet the conditions for renewal at the end of each year (or until you graduate, if that is sooner). It is assumed you will graduate within three years of starting your studies at AUC.