Leiden University Excellence Scholarship (LExS)

Leiden University offers three levels of Excellence Scholarships for outstanding non-EU/EEA Master’s students: 10,000 EUR tuition fee waiver, 15,000 EUR waiver, or full tuition waiver.

Non-EU/EEA students admitted to a Leiden University Master's program. Outstanding academic record. Must be applying for first Master's degree.

• Tuition fee waiver: €10,000, €15,000, or full tuition for the Master's program
• One of the Netherlands' most prestigious merit-based scholarships
• Available at Leiden University (The Hague and Leiden campuses)
• Renewable for the second year upon meeting academic requirements
• Access to Leiden's academic community and career services
• Opportunity to study at one of Europe's oldest universities (founded 1575)

Online application, Academic transcripts, Degree certificate, CV, Motivation letter, Two academic references, English proficiency

• Be an academically outstanding student (typically top 10% of your prior studies) with a non-EEA/non-EFTA passport, applying to an eligible full-time Leiden master's (LLM non-advanced and some Law/MSc programmes are excluded)
• First apply online for admission to the master's and pay any application fee
• Then, in the Scholarships section of the application, indicate you want the LExS and upload a motivation letter (max 500 words) by the deadline (1 February for September start, 1 October for February start)