Health insurance for foreign students

Health insurance for foreign students

Your health insurance as a foreign student in the Netherlands

Studying in the Netherlands, what an adventure! You will deepen your knowledge, meet new people and get to know the language and culture. With the OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance you will be properly insured during your course, master’s degree or language course in the Netherlands.

Special health insurance for foreign students

If you are coming to the Netherlands for your course, master’s degree or a language course, then the OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance is just what you need. The advantages:

  • Good insurance for healthcare costs
  • With the supplementary package insurance you also insure household contents, liability, travel, legal assistance and accidents
  • You can add dental costs to your insurance
  • You have flexible duration from 1 day to 5 years
  • Insurance cover even if you leave the Netherlands in between

Studying in the Netherlands and healthcare costs

Dutch citizens have compulsory insurance for healthcare costs, the Dutch national health insurance. As a foreign student you will not be eligible for it in most cases. However, you will need to be insured for healthcare costs during your course, master’s degree or language course in the Netherlands.

The OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance is the solution if you don’t have health insurance in your home country which also provides cover in the Netherlands.

If you do have insurance in your own country which covers healthcare costs in the Netherlands, the OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance could still be a useful supplement. For example, if medical care in the Netherlands is more expensive than in your home country.

Supplementary package insurance insurance for foreign students

You may not want to think about it, but you could experience setbacks in the Netherlands during your course, master’s degree or language course, just as you might in your own country. What happens if your computer is stolen or you are held liable for damages incurred by a third party?

The supplementary package insurance of the OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance is for those kinds of situations and covers household contents, liability, travel, legal assistance and accidents.

The OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance always includes SOS Insurance.

For foreign students up to 29 years old

OOM Studying in the Netherlands Insurance is for young people up to age 29 who come to the Netherlands for a course, master’s degree or a language course. If you don’t fall into this age category, go to OOM Provisional Residence in the Netherlands Insurance.