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Step-by-step route · Aruba to the Netherlands

Take your learning across the Kingdom.

Your school approves it, a funder may help pay for it, and support services can help you settle. Keep the three roles apart.

Sources read 17 October 2026. Rules and windows change: check the authority named.

In short

  • Academic approval first, from your own school.
  • The Kingdom Scholarship funds; it does not place you.
  • Arubahuis and SEA support you; they do not broker internships.

Ask first

These bodies decide. Check with them before you rely on any step.

University of Aruba (institution, opens another site)RCN (official source, opens another site)

Your timeline

  1. Academic route first

    University of Aruba students must meet the Office of International Affairs before asking for academic recommendations. At vocational level, DEA's policy lists mediation of international BPV placements among the tasks of a school's BPV office, so start there. Get the learning goals, credit, agreement and assessment confirmed for your own programme.

    University of Aruba (institution, opens another site)Department of Education (official source, opens another site)

  2. Funding

    The Kingdom Scholarship

    The Kingdom Scholarship is a grant for an internship or exchange of 21 days to 6 months elsewhere in the Kingdom, allocated by draw. It is open to full-time students at eligible institutions, which include the University of Aruba, Colegio EPI and Instituto Pedagogico Arubano. It funds; it does not find you a placement.

    RCN (official source, opens another site)

  3. Finding the host

    Aruba Jobs does not list internships in the Netherlands. Ask your school and the Dutch organisations you want to join. Make sure the school approves the placement before you accept.

  4. Support on arrival

    Arubahuis describes information, orientation and regional mentors for Aruban students in the Netherlands. SEA lists Caribbean student communities at Dutch institutions. Neither is described as placing students in internships.

    Arubahuis / DEA (official source, opens another site)SEA (institution, opens another site)

  5. Practical plan

    Agree housing, insurance, travel and budget with your school and host. Keep records of the work and skills you build so the experience supports your next application.

Who does what

Who does what here

Your school or university· Approve the learning and sign the agreement.

Government and regulators· Decide what is allowed and recognised.

Funding· Pay for or lend towards study and mobility.

Student support and community· Help you settle, connect and find people.

Sources and checks 5 sources · checked 16 October 2026 · next review 14 January 2027
  1. 1 University of Aruba · Office of International Affairs (opens another site) Institution · Verified · Read in full.
  2. 2 Departamento di Enseñansa (DEA) · BPV policy, June 2025 (opens another site) Official · Verified · Read in part (definitions, recognised learning companies, agreement).
  3. 3 Rijksdienst Caribisch Nederland · Kingdom Scholarship (opens another site) Official · Verified · Read in full, plus the educational-institutions page via search.
  4. 4 DEA · Studia na Hulanda (Arubahuis, Arubalening) (opens another site) Official · Verified · Read in full. Amounts and dates on it change; check the page.
  5. 5 Strategic Education Alliance · Student communities (opens another site) Institution · Verified · Read in full.

Planning guidance only. The authority named on each point decides; rules, fees and deadlines change.

Where to go next

Your next step

How internships work