The Leiden University Excellence Scholarship Programme (LExS) is open to outstanding Non-EU/EEA students enrolling in a full-time master’s degree programme at Leiden University.
This scholarship is aimed at the following studies:
All Masters programmes (with the exception of regular LLM (non-advanced) programmes) in the following Faculties: Archaeology, Humanities, Medicine/LUMC, Governance and Global Affairs, Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Science, Interfacultair Centrum voor Lerarenopleiding, Onderwijsontwikkeling en Nascholing (ICLON), African Studies Centre, International Institute for Asian Studies
Target students:
Non-EU/EEA international students
Number of awards:
The number and type of award of the scholarship depends on the budget available for each Faculty department.
If you want to apply for this scholarship, you should take into account:
You must first apply online for admissions to a Master’s programme at Leiden University, Netherlands. In your application, you must indicate clearly that you would like to apply for the LExS scholarship and upload your letter of motivation for the LExS scholarship on the scholarship page. The deadline for programmes starting in February is 1 October while programmes starting in September have a deadline of 1 February (exception – LLM Advanced Studies programmes: 1 March).