Extended grant for tuition fees

Some educational institutions abroad entitle you to an extended grant if you have to pay high levels of tuition fees.

If you have started an education programme that entitles you to an extended grant, then you will receive that grant until you complete your programme.

Below you can se the full list applicable to the upcoming 2024-2025 academic year. This list has been drawn up by the Directorate for Higher Education and Skills.

Australia (6)

  • University of Melbourne
  • University of Queensland
  • Monash University
  • University of Sydney
  • Australian National University
  • University of New South Wales (UNSW - Sydney)

Belgium (1)

  • KU Leuven

Canada (3)

  • University of Toronto
  • University of British Columbia
  • McGill University

France (3)

  • Université Paris-Saclay
  • Université PSL
  • Sorbonne University

Japan (2)

  • University of Tokyo
  • Kyoto University

China, including Hong Kong (9)

  • Tsinghua University
  • Peking University
  • Zhejiang University
  • Shanghai Jiao Tong University
  • Fudan University
  • University of science and technology of China
  • University of Hong Kong
  • Nanjing University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

Netherlands (1)

  • University of Groningen

Singapore (2)

  • National University of Singapore
  • Nanyang Technological University

United Kingdom (8)

  • University of Oxford
  • University of Cambridge
  • Imperial College London
  • University College London (UCL)
  • University of Edinburgh
  • University of Manchester
  • King's College London
  • University of Bristol

Switzerland (3)

  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
  • Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)
  • University of Zurich

South Korea (1)

  • Seoul National University

Germany (4)

  • Technical University of Munich (TUM)
  • University Munich (LMU)
  • Heidelberg University
  • University of Bonn

USA (32)

  • Stanford University
  • Harvard University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Princeton University
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • California Institute of Technology
  • Yale University
  • University of Chicago
  • Columbia University
  • University of Pennsylvania
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • University of California, Los Angeles
  • Cornell University
  • University of Washington
  • University of Michigan – Ann Arbor
  • University of California, San Diego
  • New York University
  • Northwestern University
  • Duke University
  • Washington University in St. Louis
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • University of Texas at Austin
  • University of Wisconsin – Madison
  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of Southern California
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • University of California, Irvine
  • Vanderbilt University
  • Brown University
  • University of Maryland, College Park

No separate application

When you submit your application for a loan and grant, we will assess whether you are entitled to an extended grant for tuition fees.

If you want to see what level of loans and grants you are eligible for, you can complete the calculator at the top of the page.

Read more

The Directorate for Higher Education and Skills’ pages on the qualification list.