International mobility

Degree-seeking students (Bachelor’s and Master’s) and exchange students are welcome under certain conditions:

Students must follow the general guidelines of the Dutch government regarding entry. This means:

• undergoing a Covid-19 test;
• quarantining upon arrival for the required period.

As a student, you are required to cover the costs and arrange accommodation during your self-quarantine. Student organisations ASVA and ISN can help connect you with buddies who assist international students who are required to quarantine upon arrival. Please see the ASVA and ISN websites for more information.

Your AUAS programme will start online in the event that the Dutch government has banned your departure country from entering the Netherlands. The programme will arrange this.

Exchange students are also required to obtain permission from their home university prior to travelling.

As a student, you can go abroad at your own risk for the purpose of internships and exchange, both within and outside of the EU/EEA, under certain conditions. Please refer to the Going Abroad website for a detailed overview of all conditions, deadlines and country colour-codes prior to your departure.

It’s important to note the following:

• You’re required to sign an agreement and to make a Plan B in case your international internship or exchange can’t go ahead.
• If the destination’s colour-code permits outgoing travel on 15 December 2021/1.5 months prior the official start date of the exchange or internship, students can go ahead and book their travel arrangements. If this is not the case, then Plan B applies. If the official start date takes place in the month of February 2022 the date of 15 December 2021 applies. If the official start date takes place in the months of January or March (and later months) the 1,5 month prior the official start date applies.
• These deadline were chosen to help avoid unnecessary costs related to booking travel and accommodation arrangements. It also gives faculty staff the chance to redirect students to back-up programmes.
• You only travel if the colour-code of your destination on the day of departure is green or yellow, as classified by the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. If your internship or exchange is based within the EU/EEA/United Kingdom or Switzerland and the colour-code is orange due to Covid-19, then the decision is up to you. Be aware! You must decide on this yourself. You’re required to arrange additional insurance if you choose to go ahead with the trip.

If you have any questions about the rules listed above you can contact your programme.

Other forms of mobility, such as short-term AUAS study trips or group travel, are permitted within and outside the EU/EEA if you only travel when the colour code is green or yellow on the day of departure according to the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Please refer to the Going Abroad website for a detailed overview of all conditions, deadlines and country colour-codes prior to your departure.