Interesting data

  • The deadline for submitting applications has expired.

Contact

  • Contact Name

    Scholarships Team
  • Email

    scholarships@sea.leidenuniv.nl
  • Phone

    +31 (0)71 527 7192
  • Address

    Rapenburg 70, 2311 EZ Leiden, Netherlands

Leiden University Excellence Scholarships (LexS)



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 education award is for the coming 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 learning aids: The number and type of award of the scholarship depends on the budget available for each Faculty department.

If you want to earn this learning aid, you should bear in mind that you must first apply online for admissions to a Master’s programme at Leiden University. 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.

Scholarship benefits

The Leiden University Excellence Scholarship programme has 3 awards:

  • € 10.000 of the tuition fee
  • € 15.000 of the tuition fee
  • Total tuition fee minus the statutory tuition fee

These are the requirements to apply for

Students must have achieved excellent study results in their previous education, this being relevant to the Master’s programme for which they are applying. As an indication, the student is amongst the top 10% of graduates in his/her previous study programme.

Note: proof of ranking is not required – this information is purely to indicate the level of competitiveness.

Applicants must have a non EEA* passport and may not be eligible for support under the Dutch system of study grants and loans (Studiefinanciering).