Tuition and fees
Studying costs money, we cannot ignore that. If you are going to live in student housing you must also take rent, insurance and all daily shopping into account, in addition to your tuition fees, the purchasing of books, lecture notes and manuals.
Tuition fees
Tuition fees are legally defined and change every year. You will find the current rates in the blue box on this page.
Tuition fees (per year)
Resident EU/EFTA
2024-2025: €2.530
2025-2026: €2.601
Resident Non-EU/EFTA
2024-2025: € 16.705
2025-2026: € 17.310
Laptop and software
TU Delft offers you a wide range of hardware and software, as well as granting you access to both the wired and the wireless network. The wired network is particularly useful if you are working with large files. Through the University’s laptop project you can buy a laptop at a discount and download a wide range of software at competitive prices.
You will need a laptop for projects and self-study. You can buy a good laptop via the TU Delft laptop project, which also comes with tech support. This means you can bring your laptop along for repairs and you will receive a replacement laptop if needed while repairs are carried out. Prices for a laptop start at €1350. TU Delft students can also buy software at a reduced price. A number of commonly used programs can even be downloaded for free
Apple
For your studies you mainly use Windows software that is often not available in an Apple Mac (OS) version. A Mac is therefore less suitable for your studies. On a Mac with an Intel processor (the i7 processor) you still use this Windows software via a detour. Follow the Bootcamp manual from Apple for this. You do need a Windows 10 installation file and serial number (available from Surfspot) and a lot of free disk space.
Apple now also offers Macs with an Apple M1 processor. This processor is not compatible with the Intel processors, which means that no Intel version of Windows 10 can be installed on it and therefore these Macs are less / not suitable for your studies.
Textbooks
You will probably spend around €500 on textbooks each year. Books are in English and can be bought at a discount from the Christiaan Huijgens (CH) study association. CH posts an overview of books and a price list on its website every quarter. Besides textbooks, you will also need to buy lecture notes and manuals for your degree programme, although these are considerably cheaper.
Living costs
In addition to the costs of studying itself, you will also incur living costs, especially if you are going to live in student housing or by yourself. TU Delft has investigated how high these costs are on average per month for students in Delft. This resulted in the following numbers:
- Student living in student housing: €909 per month
- Student living at home: €290 per month
Note: These numbers are based on average calculations and may vary by lifestyle and living situation. The calculations of these numbers can be found here.
Tuition fees (per year)
Resident EU/EFTA
2024-2025: €2.530
2025-2026: €2.601
Resident Non-EU/EFTA
2024-2025: € 16.705
2025-2026: € 17.310