Applications are invited for the Leiden University NL Scholarship 2024. The last date of application is February 1, 2024.
About the Scholarship
The NL Scholarship (formerly known as the Holland Scholarship) is intended for talented international students who would like to follow an English-taught Bachelor’s programme at Leiden University.
For talented non-EEA students enrolling in one of the following English-taught Bachelor’s programmes:
- Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
- African Studies
- Archaeology
- Arts, Media and Society
- Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology
- Dutch Studies
- English Language and Culture
- International Relations and Organisations
- International Studies
- Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges
- Linguistics
- Philosophy: Global and Comparative Perspectives
- Psychology
- Security Studies
- South and Southeast Asian Studies
- Urban Studies

Important details
Eligibility | You are not an EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese passport holder. You are not eligible for support via the Dutch student finance system. You are not eligible to pay the lower tariff of tuition fee known as statutory tuition fee. You have never studied at a Dutch university or a Dutch university of applied sciences. You have completed your pre-university education outside The Netherlands. |
Application deadline | Compose a letter of motivation, specifically for the NL Scholarship. Before 1 February, submit an online application for admission to one of the above-mentioned Bachelor’s programs at Leiden University. After submitting your application for admission, return to the Apply screen in your online application and click on Scholarships. If you are eligible to apply for the NL Scholarship, it will now be visible in the scholarships section. Indicate that you want to apply for the NL Scholarship and upload your scholarship motivation letter and financial plan (in 1 pdf file) where indicated before the NL Scholarship deadline. |
Granting | One-off payment of € 5,000 – which you will receive after arrival in The Netherlands in your first year of studies. |
Procedure | Compose a letter of motivation, specifically for the NL Scholarship. Before 1 February, submit an online application for admission for one of the above-mentioned Bachelor’s programs at Leiden University. After submitting your application for admission, return to the Apply screen in your online application and click on Scholarships. If you are eligible to apply for the NL Scholarship, it will now be visible in the scholarships section. Indicate that you want to apply for the NL Scholarship and upload your scholarship motivation letter and financial plan (in 1 pdf file) where indicated before the NL Scholarship deadline. |