Grants and funds

Master BME and master ME

The information on this page applies to both the master Biomedical Engineering and the master Medical Engineering. Click here if you want to go back to the master ME curriculum page.  

A complete overview of different grants can be found on the website of NUFFIC (Dutch organization for international cooperation in higher education). Always contact your supervisor, mentor of graduation professor before applying for a specific grant.

More information on grants and funds (Erasmus, etc.) can be found here.

Heroes for Heroes – external internship funding

One of the important experiences for personal development is the external internship. Therefore, our department wants to give you the opportunity to gain foreign experience through an external internship, especially after the past Covid years. Thanks to donations during the Heroes for Heroes campaign, we have the opportunity to support you in this financially, in the academic year 2022/2023.

One-off payment

To encourage you to do your internship abroad, you can claim a one-off payment of € 400.00.

The conditions to qualify for this payment are as follows:

  • the compensation only applies to master’s internships;
  • the internship must take place entirely abroad;
  • the start date of the internship must be between 01-08-2022 and 31-07-2023;
  • this one-off payment can only be requested through the "Heroes for Heroes" scholarship application form.

Please complete the following form, including your signature and send to j.g.c.hartholt@tue.nl: Aanvraagformulier beurs Heroes for Heroes fonds ENG-1.docx

If you have any questions about this allowance, please contact Jacqueline Hartholt, Internationalization coordinator BmE, at j.g.c.hartholt@tue.nl.

Bèta beurs

During the bachelor's program some students receive an international scholarschip (Huson prijs, BMT bachelor beurs). These scholarships are only paid if you hand in a copy of the certificate and a confirmation of the host institution (Learning Agreement) at the departmental international office (Gemini South 1.105).