Excellent students enrolled in a Leiden University degree program can apply for the Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS).
Students must have excelled in their previous academic program(s), which must be relevant to the program for which they are applying. As an example, the student should have graduated in the top 10% of his or her previous study program.
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Application Deadline:
- Programmes starting Feb 2022: 1st October 2021 {CLOSED}
- Programmes starting Sept 2022: 1st Feb 2022
- Exception – LLM Advanced Studies programmes: 1st March 2022
Offered Annually: Yes
Eligible Countries: International
To be taken at (country): Leiden University, The Netherlands
Value of Scholarship:
The Leiden University Excellence Scholarship programme has 3 types of awards
- € 10.000 of the tuition fee
- € 15.000 of the tuition fee
- Total tuition fee minus the statutory tuition fee (also referred to as home fee)
Eligible Field Of Study:
Master of Law Advanced Programme or MSc in International Relations and Diplomacy.
Eligibility:
- Applicants will hold a non-EU/EEA passport and will not be eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans
- Applicants must have previous degrees with excellent grades
How To Apply:
- Apply online for admission to a Master’s programme at Leiden University and pay the application fee if applicable.
- In the scholarship section of your online application, indicate that you wish to apply for a LExS.
- Upload your LExS motivation letter as instructed in your online application. This is a PDF file of max. 500 words, in which you explain why you would like to be considered for the award.
- Submit your online application, containing your LExS application, before the LExS application deadline.
- If you apply for more than one study programme and wish to apply for a LExS for each, indicate this clearly in each application and upload a LExS motivation letter for each.
