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for students who want to support themselves financially
for students who thought it's too hard to find a job
for students who are afraid to get started
The Working Student Program is the step by step system for EU/EEA students in the Netherlands ready to stop relying on their parents. We give you the roadmap, accountability, and support to get a part time job, claim every grant and allowance you're entitled to, and build a real income, without falling behind in your studies.
Guaranteed: €1,000/month within 6 months, or your money back plus we keep working with you for free until you get there.
Built by Milan & Andrei, students who've helped 500+ people worldwide relocate, find housing, and build a real income.
You were told working isn't worth it.Nobody showed you our strategy.
Most students arrive with the same three assumptions, and all three are wrong.
- “Working while studying means falling behind.”It doesn't, when it's 8–12 hours a week and scheduled around your semester.
- “Part time jobs don't pay enough to bother.”On their own, maybe not. Stacked with the allowances you're entitled to, they do.
- “I'll figure out the DUO grants and loans later.”Most students who wait lose months of money they can never claim back.
None of that holds up once you know the system. A few hours a week, done right, plus the grants and allowances most students never even apply for, adds up to real money: enough to stop asking your parents for a transfer every month.
All you really need is the right system, the right guidance, and the willingness to do the work for four months.
The Working Student Program completely changed their lives. It can change yours too.
Real students. Real income. Real results.
My first year, I had no idea any of this existed. I worked the whole year as a freelancer without ever applying for the grants or allowances I was entitled to, and by the time I figured it out, I'd already missed out on over €10,000 in free money. Once I understood the system, I was earning around €1,500 a month on top of more than €20,000 in DUO grants, finished my bachelor's in three years, and walked straight into a well paying job right after graduating.
Outcome
€35K+
Within 30 months
I didn't even know international students could get huurtoeslag, but it turns out I qualified for €523 a month toward my housing. Combined with my DUO grant and zorgtoeslag, I'm sitting at almost €1800 a month as a master's student, without a part time job.
My studio was €1100 a month and I felt like I was drowning in rent as a first year. Now I get €295 back through rental allowance, and since I started working at a fast food chain, I bring in €1500 a month total, plenty to stop asking my parents for money.
It felt awful knowing my parents were paying for everything when I knew they couldn't really afford it, so I stopped going out with friends just to save money on their behalf. Now, as a second year, I make around €1250 a month on my own, and I don't feel guilty anymore.
I genuinely thought working while studying medicine adjacent courses was impossible. I'm 19, working 16–20 hours a week, still pulling good grades in a demanding program, and earning about €1600 a month. I was wrong about all of it.
I'm into fitness and never bothered looking into part time jobs before. Now I work at a restaurant with a solid staff food discount, so I'm basically getting my protein in for cheap on top of the paycheck. I'm making around €1200 a month and still managing to put away €200 a month for a summer trip.
I didn't even know international students could get huurtoeslag, but it turns out I qualified for €523 a month toward my housing. Combined with my DUO grant and zorgtoeslag, I'm sitting at almost €1800 a month as a master's student, without a part time job.
Wanting to support yourself financially vs.
finally making it happen.
Before you can get paid, there's a maze of BSN registration, health insurance, and separate zorgtoeslag and huurtoeslag applications, each with its own deadline. Miss one and you lose money you were owed. Here's what changes with a system that's already mapped it out:
If we haven't met before,
hi, we're Milan and Andrei.
We built Student in the Netherlands because we both worked through our own student years.
I'm Milan. I worked part time throughout my degree, but didn't learn about student financing until my second year: six months of money I never got to claim.
Together, we turned what I learned the hard way into a system any student can follow from day one.
This isn't theory. It's the exact path, minus the mistakes.
How to go from zero to a real income
in four simple stages.
Four stages, roughly four months, one outcome: real money landing in your account every month, without it costing you your degree.
Your bank account, DigiD and rental allowance,
set up step by step.
Why a Dutch bank account and DigiD matter, how to set up both in a few minutes, and how to check your eligibility for rental allowance and apply for it on Mijn Toeslag. We also show you what happens once you submit, so you know what to expect next.
What You'll Do
Opening your Dutch bank account and setting up your DigiD
Checking your eligibility for rental allowance (huurtoeslag) and applying on Mijn Toeslag
What to expect once your application is submitted
Your bank account, DigiD and rental allowance,
set up step by step.
Why a Dutch bank account and DigiD matter, how to set up both in a few minutes, and how to check your eligibility for rental allowance and apply for it on Mijn Toeslag. We also show you what happens once you submit, so you know what to expect next.
What You'll Do
Opening your Dutch bank account and setting up your DigiD
Checking your eligibility for rental allowance (huurtoeslag) and applying on Mijn Toeslag
What to expect once your application is submitted
Want more hands on support?
The Hands On track pairs you with a coach for 1:1 guidance through every stage, not just the group program.
Three things that make this
actually work.
We haven't found another program that actually teaches this. So we built the version we wish we'd had: a curriculum, a coach, and a community, because no student pulls this off with only one of the three.
A live group call every two weeks, with real people behind it.
Some calls are Milan and Andrei walking through that stage of the process and taking your questions live. Other calls have a guest who did this in hospitality, retail or an office job, sharing exactly how it went for them.
Individual & Hands On Plan: Group call every 2 weeks for 6 months, with walkthroughs, guest talks and open Q&A
Individual & Hands On Plan: 1:1 onboarding call to personalize your starting point
Individual & Hands On Plan: Community and email access for 6 months, with questions answered within 48 to 72 hours
Hands On Only: Four scheduled 1:1 checkpoint calls at the moments that matter most
Hands On Only: A direct WhatsApp line to our team, answered 24/7
Hands On Only: We search and send you job openings that match your profile
Meet your coaches
We're Confident, So We Guarantee It.
Follow every step on schedule and if you haven't reached €1,000/month within 6 months, we refund every euro you paid, and keep working with you 1:1, completely free, for as long as it takes. You don't choose between your money back or the outcome. You get both.
Because we guarantee results, we only accept students we know we can help.
Two ways to work with us.
We accept a limited number of students per intake.
One time payment
Everything you need to do this yourself, with real support along the way.
One time payment
Everything in Independent, plus hands-on help finding the work itself.
Open to EU, EEA, Swiss and UK students. 14 day EU withdrawal right, plus our 6 month money back guarantee: reach €1,000/month or get a full refund and continued free support.
Any questions?
Don't see your question below? Email us directly at studentinthenetherlands@gmail.com, and we will try to reply with in 72 hours.
By next semester, you could be fully supporting yourself in the Netherlands.
Or you can spend the next year doing what most students do: asking your parents for money, missing the grants you're owed, and wondering if it's even worth trying. Both are valid. We just know which one we'd pick.