The NHL Stenden Excellency scholarship is a performance-based financial award, which is granted to our best-performing non-EU/EEA full-time Bachelor students. If you are in the top 40 at the end of your first or second year at NHL Stenden, you will be awarded a scholarship of €2,000. This is based on the number of ECTS (study points) you have acquired in the previous year at NHL Stenden. If you do exceptionally well two years in a row, you may be awarded a maximum of €4,000 over the course of your studies at NHL Stenden. The Excellency scholarship is available for students starting their study in September or February and for those who have already earned themselves a NL scholarship.
Please note, that the Excellency scholarship is not an entry scholarship.
How do you qualify?
- You are a full-time registered Bachelor student at NHL Stenden.
- Your nationality is non-EEA.
- You started your studies in or after academic year 2023-2024 and you have earned at least 54 ECTS (study points) during either your first or second year of study at NHL Stenden.
- The 40 best-performing students per academic year (only year 1 and/or year 2) will be granted a scholarship.
- If more than 40 students qualify annually, only those with the highest amount of ECTS (60, 59, 58, etc.) will be selected.
- You have to actively study at NHL Stenden, participate in classes and all projects in The Netherlands.



