Financial compensation for study delay

If you fall behind in your studies by more than one month due to personal circumstances, you may in some cases be eligible for financial compensation for the study delay. You can receive financial compensation via DUO or TU/e Student Financial Aid.
It is important that you report the circumstances that led to the study delay within two months of the occurrence or that you have them reported to your academic advisor or student counselor.

Financial compensation is subject to a number of conditions:

• You experience the study delay during your performance-linked grant period due to personal circumstances. The performance-linked grant period equals the nominal study duration of bachelor’s and master’s programs at TU/e, i.e., five years.
  If you have previously followed a program in higher education and made use of study financing, the performance-linked grant period equals five years minus the years that you have already received study financing. This condition applies solely to students of Dutch nationality.
• You report your personal circumstances to your academic advisor or student counselor within two months of the circumstances arising. This can be done via email or during a discussion. With these supervisors, you will consider how to minimize your study delay and will keep in regular contact (four times a year). If you report your personal circumstances too late, your application for compensation may be rejected in whole or in part.
• It must be demonstrable that your study delay is caused by your circumstances.
• There is formal evidence (for example, a statement from a doctor or psychologist) regarding your circumstances. Foreign expert statements must be translated into English by an official translator. In addition, the evidence must indicate the period of the circumstances and include an explanation of the circumstances. If it is difficult to provide evidence, consult with the student counselor.
• If personal circumstances prevent you from attending classes for more than two months, consult with the student counselor to determine whether it is necessary to terminate enrolment in the interim. If you are not enrolled, you cannot receive compensation.

In general, study delays due to voluntary choices are not usually compensated:

• if you delay your studies by voluntarily taking more courses than required by your examination program.
• if you choose to pursue a double diploma track or a track with a more than the nominal course load.
• if you make the wrong study choice.
• if you did an administrative officer year and already had an administrative grant for that study delay.