Bachelor Application

The procedures to follow when applying for admission to Leiden University.

Application for admission to Leiden University

For whom?

  1. All international applicants
  2. All Dutch applicants that are seeking admission on basis of a diploma that was obtained abroad (including the  International or European baccalaureate).

Other students are kindly referred to the information for Dutch students.

Apply online
An online application for admissions can be submitted. Please note the deadlines:1 April or 15 June. Before these dates the university has to have received your complete application, including the 100 euro application fee. Although late applications may not necessarily be refused, the processing of your application may be seriously delayed if you apply after these deadlines.

1 April
Deadline for:

  • students who require a student visa, residence permit* and/ or housing

  • all students applying for limited quota programmes (medicine, biomedical sciences, criminology and psychology) 

* If you require a student residence permit but do not need a student visa or housing you may submit your application until 15 June (except for limited quota studies). However please be aware that late application will significantly delay the issuing of your student residence permit upon your arrival in Leiden.

15 June  
Deadline for students who do not require a student visa, residence permit or housing, and are not applying to limited quota programmes. 
 

Registration through 'Studielink'

For who
All future Bachelors students of Leiden University are required to register with 'Studielink', the enrolment system for higher education programmes in the Netherlands. This registration is in addition to the initial application to Leiden University Admissions Office and is essential for your future enrolment as a student.

How and When
Once you have submitted your application for admission to Leiden University Admissions Office please go to Studielink to take care of your registration right away (English pages are available).

Note: Studielink registration should only take place in the year that you wish to begin your Bachelors programme. It is not yet required if you intend first following a preparatory year in which to learn Dutch.

Further Information 

Selection procedure for limited quota programmes (loting)

For the following Bachelor’s programmes at Leiden University there are a limited quota of places available:

  • Medicine

  • Biomedical Sciences

  • Criminology

  • Psychology
     

This means that even though you are accepted by Leiden University you are not necessarily guaranteed a place. Prospective students for these programmes must take part in a national selection procedure involving the drawing of lots.

This selection procedure is organised by the “DUO” (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs), operating on behalf of the Dutch Ministry of Education.

The deadline for taking part in the DUO selection procedure is 15 May in the year in which you wish to begin your Bachelor’s studies. Before this date you must ensure that you have completed the following two steps:

  1. You should have registered through Studielink

  2. You should have submitted to DUO a statement of (conditional) admission from Leiden university.

Applications submitted to the DUO after 15 May may be considered but only if there are still places available.

You are only allowed to take part in the DUO selection procedure three times. If you want to cancel your request to take part in the selection procedure you must notify the DUO before 15 May. The DUO will notify you of whether you have been allocated a place by approximately 15 July.

 
Last Modified: 10-05-2012