Students who are granted a Leiden Excellence Scholarship must comply with and confirm in writing their agreement with the terms and conditions (pdf) attached to the scholarship prior to the granting of the scholarship.The scholarship has 5 awards:
Platinum: Covers tuition fee and an allowance of €10,000 for living costs.Gold: Covers the tuition.Silver: Covers 75% of the tuition fee.Bronze: Covers 50% of the tuition fee.Ivory: Covers 25 % of the tuition fee.
* The tuition fee will be reduced to the amount of the home fee. Students who have been awarded a Platinum or Gold award still have to pay the home fee themselves.
To apply for the scholarship, you should write a letter of motivation (in Word) of a maximum of 500 words, in which you indicate why you believe you should be considered for this scholarship.
The Word document should then be attached on the scholarship page in your online application for the master's programmes for which you are applying.
N/B: It is not possible to obtain more than 1 scholarship from Leiden University for the same study programme.
Application deadlines: 1 April for programmes starting in September and 1 October for programmes starting in February of the following year.
For more information and scholarship application see; Leiden University Excellence Scholarships
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