Summary

(Re) enrolment and termination of enrolment during the academic year.

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According to the “enrolment decision” in the student charter of WUR, you are allowed to re-enrol during the academic year. You can re-enrol on 1 September, 1 November, 1 January, 1 February, 1 March, 1 May and 1 July.

For whom is this info?

For all Bachelor’s and Master’s students who have been enrolled at Wageningen University for at least one month and who want to re-enrol in the same programme.

Deregistration | advantages & disadvantages?

If you decide to temporarily terminate your enrolment during the academic year, first consider the advantages and disadvantages.

Advantages

You do not have to pay tuition fees for the months that you are not enrolled. Exception: you will not receive a tuition fee refund if you deregister on 1 July or 1 August.

Disadvantages

Your WUR account will be closed

Be aware that after deregistration, you are no longer a student at Wageningen University. This means you no longer have access to Brightspace, and your WUR account will be closed. You will also no longer receive emails from your study adviser or from SSC. In addition, you may no longer follow courses or receive guidance from lecturers.

Registration of grades

If you have taken an examination or submitted a paper for which you have not yet received a mark, you can already submit a request for deregistration. Your mark will still be registered provided that you were still registered on the date you took the examination or submitted your paper.

Registration for future courses, exams and resits will be cancelled

See also “How and when (including deadlines)” for how to proceed.

Housing

If you rent a student room, for example, from Idealis, you may have to leave it within a certain period. Always check your rental contract before deregistering.

Student loan and/or public transport student travel product

Deregistration has consequences for your student loan via DUO and the student travel product on your OV-chipkaart. During the period that you are not enrolled you are not entitled to student finance. If you make use of this, go to the DUO website (in Dutch) and stop it.

Residence permit expires (NON-EU)

If you deregister at Wageningen University, we are obliged to inform the IND that you are no longer enrolled. This means that your residence permit for the Netherlands, based on study, is no longer valid from the day your enrolment ends, regardless of the expiry date on your residence permit. You must leave the Netherlands within one month after the end date of your enrolment.

Deregistration | non-EU students

For non-EU students, temporary deregistration at Wageningen University has additional consequences. Therefore, you must contact the Student Service Centre before deregistration. Depending on your plans and possible return to the Netherlands, SSC can advise you, mainly regarding legal residence.
(SSC) to arrange your deregistration. Depending on your plans and potential future return to the Netherlands, the SSC can provide advice, primarily concerning legal residence.

Residence permit

Please note that if you want to re-enrol, we must apply for a new residence permit for you.
This process takes at least 60 days and requires full payment of the invoice (tuition fees, 12 months living allowance and additional costs) before the application can be submitted to the IND. For more information, go to the page: Residence permit current students.

Deregistration | How and when?

Terminating enrolment

The deregistration request must be submitted via www.studielink.nl.

The enrolment will be terminated as of the 1st day of the month following the month in which the Student Service Centre received the request. You cannot terminate enrolment retroactively. If you submit a deregistration request on 1 April (for example), then your enrolment will be terminated as of 1 May.

Registrations for courses, exams and resits

Students who were registered for courses, exams or resits before deregistering as a student will be deregistered from all courses, exams and resits taking place after the date of deregistration.

Re-enrolment during the academic year

Contact SSC to be re-enrolled. We will then send you instructions by email on how to register via our application portal. Re-enrolment during the academic year is not possible via Studielink.

Please note: After re-enrolling, you must re-register for courses, examinations, or resits.
In order to register on time, there are registration deadlines for each period. You must also have met the payment conditions by those dates.

Deadlines for Dutch and EU students 2025-2026


	Re-enrolment as a student as of	Application deadline via the application portal
Period 1	1 September 2025	27 July 2025
Period 2	1 November 2025	21 September 2025
Period 3	1 January 2026	16 November 2025
Period 4	1 February 2026	4 January 2026
Period 5	1 March 2026	1 February 2026
Period 6	1 May 2026	29 March 2026
Resits	1 July 2026	15 June 2026

Deadlines for Non-EU students 2025-2026

	Re-enrolment as a student as of	Application deadline via the application portal	Final payment deadline
Period 1	1 September 2025	1 June 2025	1 July 2025
Period 2	1 November 2025	1 August 2025	1 September 2025
Period 3	1 January 2026	1 October 2025	1 November 2025
Period 4	1 February 2026	1 November 2025	1 December 2025
Period 5	1 March 2026	1 December 2025	1 Januari 2026
Period 6	1 May 2026	1 February 2026	1 Maart 2026
Resits	1 July 2026	1 April 2026	1 May 2026

Is your situation not listed here?

For example, because you wish to deregister (temporarily) for medical or psychological reasons? If so, please contact the student dean to discuss whether deregistering mid-term will have any consequences for you.

Questions & Answers

If you have any questions about admission, applications, tuition fees or housing, don't hesitate to contact the Student Service Centre.