Course fees for our part-time programmes

The 1-year Postgraduate Certificate Programme costs 3,600 euro.
The 2-year Postgraduate Diploma Programme costs 6,200 euro.
(this is 3,600 euro for the first year (=the Certificate programme) plus 2,600 euro for the second year)
The 3-year Master of Science Programme costs 8,800 euro.
(this is 6,200 euro for the first two years (=the Diploma programme) plus 2,600 euro for the third year)

These fees also comply to Dutch students who already have a Master degree, and to students from outside the EU.

The costs for the Premaster programme are 500 or 1,000 euro, depending on whether or not you have to follow only one or both courses to bring you up to entry level.

These fees include payment for:

• All learning materials, course notes, selected texts and readings, computer based learning software, data, helpline support, assessment, feedback and certificates.
• A FREE annual educational license of ArcGIS 10.1, including extensions such as Spatial Analyst (for raster GIS), 3D analyst and more.
  Note: From summer 2011 onwards, students will optionally receive a free annual student-license of ArcInfo 10, so ArcGIS with full functionality.
• GeoMedia Professional v6.0 (excluding the GRID extension).
• FREE and UNLIMITED access to ESRI's Virtual Campus training courses for ArcGIS software products.
• The right to buy IDRISI software at the UNIGIS discounted student rate.

NOT included are:

• Workshop expenses:- when attending the workshops you will need to cover your travel and accommodation expenses. All workshops are held in Amsterdam.
• Hardware: you will need to have internet access and a computer at your disposal, for more details consult the handbook.

The course fee is payable either in full at the start of the course or by installments.

Note: An annual additional fee for prolongation of your subscription as a VU-student must be paid if you fail to meet the deadline to finish your studies in time. For more information on course fees, payments and the maximum period of registration as a VU-student, see the Study Guide.

Follow one or two individual courses - Contract education

It is possible to take one or two individual courses instead of following the whole programme. You can do this through contract education. A module costs 950 euro. When completed successfully, you will receive a course certificate for the module.
For more information, please contact the Programme Coordinator, Niels van Manen ().

Note: the FREE GIS-software and FREE access to ESRI's Virtual Campus is NOT included with following individual courses. This is only included in the UNIGIS PgC, PgD and MSc programmes.

Tax deduction of Educational expenses

Did you know that you may be entitled to tax deduction for the educational expenses of the UNIGIS study?
For more information, see the Dutch Treasury (Belastingdienst).

Financial aid

If you are an international student, a good place to start looking for financial aid is:
www.grantfinder.nl