Foreign diploma
Did you graduate abroad? A foreign diploma can also lead to your student debt, or part of it, being converted into a gift. But this does not happen automatically.
Send your diploma and list of marks
- Send a of your foreign diploma and list of marks to DUO. Enclose a short letter asking for your student debt to be converted into a gift. Sign the letter and mention your BSN. The address is:
Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs
Verzoek omzetting prestatiebeurs
Postbus 50021
9702 BA Groningen
The Netherlands - DUO will assess if your diploma entitles you to conversion of (part of) your student debt.
- You will receive a notice as soon as your diploma has been registered. This notice also mentions any consequences for your student debt.
You can also have a certified copy issued by one of our Service Desks. Take your original diploma and list of marks with you.
Which schools exchange data digitally?
- Antwerp Maritime Academy
- Artesis Plantijn (AP) University of Applied Sciences and Arts Antwerp
- Artevelde University of Applied Sciences
- Erasmushogeschool Brussel (EhB)
- Gent University
- HOGENT
- Hasselt University
- Howest University of Applied Sciences
- Karel de Grote (KdG) University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- KU Leuven
- LUCA School of Arts
- Odisee University of Applied Sciences
- PXL University of Applied Sciences and Arts
- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences Kempen
- Thomas More University of Applied Sciences Mechelen-Antwerp
- Transnational University Limburg
- UCLL University of Applied Sciences Leuven
- UCLL University of Applied Sciences Limburg
- University of Antwerp
- Vives University of Applied Sciences North
- Vives University of Applied Sciences South
- Vrije Universiteit Brussel
These schools have exchanged their diplomas with DUO since 1 January 2014.