The application will be open from?1 December 2026?until?1 February 2027 (deadline: 31 January 23:59).
This scholarship is designed for full-time first-year master students with excellent results, both from EEA and non-EEA countries. The scholarship amounts to a maximum of € 17.500 for prospective Master students for the year 2027-2028. Students who wish to apply for this scholarship, need to meet specific requirements. Not only ESE students, but also students from other schools can apply for this scholarship.
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Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship Master's Scholarship
Aim and Benefits of Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship Master's Scholarship
The Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship amounts to a maximum of €17.500. The scholarship is split into multiple parts:
- The tuition fee will be waived, both for students paying the statutory fee or the institutional fee. For EEA/EU students, the tuition fee would have been €2.695,-. For non-EEA/EU students, the tuition fee would have been €21.000. For non-EEA/EU students, €2.695?of the tuition fee will be waived through the scholarship, the residual of €18.305?will be paid by the school.
- Living allowance equal to €1.200 per month, so €14.400 for one academic year.
- Personal allowance equal to €249 will be granted once.
- The immigration fee (if applicable) equal to €228?will be waived.
This means, should you be awarded an Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship, only the living allowance and personal allowance will be transferred to your account. The tuition fee and immigration fee will only be waived.
Requirements for Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship Master's Scholarship Qualification
- Must have never been enrolled before as a full degree Master student at an educational institution in the Netherlands. However, it is allowed that a student has followed a Pre-master programme before at Erasmus School of Economics and is going to pursue a Master programme at Erasmus School of Economics in the academic year 2027-2028.
- Must be admitted to one of the following programmes*:
- Master Accounting, Auditing and Control
- Master Econometrics and Management Science
- Master Economics and Business
- Must have registered for one of the above-mentioned Master programmes at Erasmus School of Economics in StudielinkOpens external, as well as having submitted the application documents in the EUR Application Portal before before 1 February 2027.
This refers to a complete application, including an English language certificate if applicable. Current ESE Pre-master students can contact us for their application procedure
- Must have achieved excellent study results during their previous Bachelor programme. This means an average final result of at least grade 7.50 on a grading scale of 1-10.
- Must be able to demonstrate the reason why this scholarship will enlarge their opportunity to study at Erasmus School of Economics by including a detailed financial statement, describing their financial situation and how they plan to finance their studies (i.e. cover their tuition fee payment), in case they will receive the Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship.
- Must eventually be enrolled no later than 1 September of the academic year for which the scholarship is being requested. An admission offer is not required at the moment of application, however, only students with an admission offer will be considered for the Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship.
- Must have completed the immigration application. The deadline to complete the immigration procedure is 10 July. However, we instruct students with a scholarship application to send their immigration application by May at the latest. Completing the immigration procedure entails having submitted the immigration application documents, as well as having transferred the tuition fee + the deposit of living costs + the IND handling fee. For more information, please see the section ‘amount and payment’ below and the website on immigration procedures for prospective students).
Interview date, Process and Venue for Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship Master's Scholarship
- The applications will be reviewed after 1 February 2027.
- All applicants will be officially informed via e-mail about the outcome of their scholarship application by 13 March 2027.?If you are awarded the Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship, you will receive further details in the nomination email.
Check also:
Swedish Institute Scholarships 2027
Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship 2027
Application Deadline
February 1, 2027How to Apply
The application will be open from?1 December 2026?until?1 February 2027 (deadline: 31 January 23:59).
To apply for the Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship, you need to prepare the following documents:
- Motivation letter: stating your motivation to study at Erasmus School of Economics, showing evidence of being an excellent student and demonstrating why the scholarship would expand the opportunity to study at Erasmus School of Economics (max. two A4, font Arial, font size 11).
- Financial statement: describing your financial situation and the reason and need to receive the scholarship (max. one A4, font Arial, font size 11).
- Budget plan: overview explaining how you plan to finance your studies in case you will receive Erasmus Trustfonds Scholarship using the 'Budget plan' template.
- Certified copy of your (most recent) academic transcript. This document must contain a wet stamp and signature of a school official. Screenshots of online portals are not accepted.
- Certified statement from your educational institution confirming your obtained GPA. The GPA?template document can be used for this. You can also provide a statement from your home university, but it is important that this statement contains the same information as our standard statement.
Once you have gathered all the required information, you can submit your application online via Osiris student
For more information, kindly visit Erasmus University Rotterdam scholarship webpage.
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