StudyDesk Scholarships
About the scholarship
The Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarships are TU Delft’s flagship master’s awards for outstanding international applicants. Worth approximately EUR 60,000 for non-EU students (about EUR 28,000 for EU students) over the two years of a master’s, they cover full tuition fees plus a contribution to living expenses — making this one of the most generous technical-university packages in Europe.
There is no separate scholarship portal: the scholarship application is uploaded inside the standard TU Delft MSc application, and everything — form, references, English certificate — must be complete by 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET. No document can be added after submission, so treat the deadline as absolute.
Eligibility
- Excellent international applicants (conditionally) admitted to one of the 2-year regular TU Delft MSc programmes — International Joint Education Programmes are excluded.
- Top academic results: an indication of being among the top 10% of previous graduates. No formal ranking proof is required — the transcript speaks for itself.
- Excluded: TU Delft bachelor’s students; applicants who obtained their bachelor’s at a Dutch university; and students who have already started their MSc at TU Delft.
- A complete MSc application submitted before the scholarship deadline — the application itself is the entry ticket.
Benefits
- Full tuition fees for both years of the MSc.
- A contribution to living expenses — the total package is about EUR 60,000 for non-EU students (about EUR 28,000 for EU students) over two years.
- Prestige of a named Excellence Scholarship at one of Europe’s leading technical universities.
Documents required
- The complete TU Delft MSc application — CV, transcripts, degree certificate, motivation letter and English-language certificate.
- The scholarship application form (for 2026/2027), uploaded within the MSc application.
- Two reference letters.
- Everything must be in the file by 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET — nothing can be added afterwards.
How to apply
- Start the TU Delft MSc applicationChoose a 2-year regular MSc programme (not a joint programme) and begin the standard admission application.
- Add the scholarship packageUpload the completed scholarship application form, your two reference letters and the English certificate inside the same application.
- Submit complete by 1 December 2026File the entire application before 23:59 CET. Successful candidates are informed by email by the end of March 2027.
FAQs
No — the scholarship form is uploaded inside the standard TU Delft MSc application. There is no standalone scholarship website to submit through.
No ranking certificate is required — the selection team looks for an indication in your transcript that you were among the top 10% of your previous graduating cohort.
No — applicants who obtained their bachelor’s at a Dutch university are excluded, as are TU Delft bachelor’s students and those who already started their MSc at Delft.
No — the application must be complete by 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET, and nothing can be added after submission.
Successful candidates are informed by email by the end of March 2027.
Verified 21 Oct 2026 via two official TU Delft pages (Delft University Fund — Justus & Louise van Effen Excellence Scholarships: EUR 60,000/EUR 28,000 figures, top-10% indication, exclusion list, in-application form process, 1 Dec 2026 23:59 CET deadline, end-of-March-2027 results by email). Two agreeing research passes confirmed each fact before writing.
