Choosing a study programme is a big responsibility. Leiden University wants to help you be well-prepared and confident in your choice. Here are some suggestions to help you along the way.
Talk to your family, your friends, your teachers and your counsellor at school. Inventory your interests and talents:
Which programme(s) suits you best? Use our Career Personality Test - it will give you programmes suggestions based on your unique characteristics.
What’s most important to you in your university choice?
For example:
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'In my final years of high school, I was constantly torn between what I wanted to study wavering from Cinema to Mathematics. Coming from Spain, I felt that the programmes there were more rigidly divided into Science or Humanities. During my orientation online I found information about the Liberal Arts & Sciences programme at Leiden University College The Hague, the perfect fit for me combining Science and Humanities.
Leiden University College has an introduction week where they teach you practical things like where to buy groceries and do your laundry, but they also organise a lot of fun activities. I met my friends during this week and we became very close, partly because we live and study in the same building.
Although I knew the Liberal Arts & Sciences programme wasn’t only about learning theory, I was still pleasantly surprised about the impactful skills we develop during the studies. Skills that are valuable for the rest of our careers and life like writing, presenting, and discussing. In the first year, you have a teacher as a tutor which is very helpful. The teachers here are super engaged and supportive, treating you as an equal. I feel we will always be connected, even after graduation.'
DolÇa Collado Garcia
Loves to be part of a close community
