How to choose University Leiden Netherlands
How to choose?

Let us help you be well-prepared and confident in your study choice. Here are some suggestions for how to find the right programme.

Orientation

Try our study choice test to help match your interests and aptitudes to our programmes. By answering a few questions, you’ll gain insight into your learning profile and see which programmes could be a good fit.

Your next step

Which programmes matched your profile? Which subjects appeal to you? Start by researching these programmes to see if they spark your interest. Watch programme videos, attend presentations, and speak to students and study advisors during an Open Day – either on campus or online.

Area of interests

Not sure yet what you want to study, but you do already know what topics interest you? We’ve grouped our programmes into themes. Explore what each theme is about and which programmes belong to it, and discover the bachelor’s that truly fits you.

  • Sustainable innovation and data
  • Healthcare and wellbeing
  • Human behaviour and society
  • Language and global perspectives
  • Governance and economic policy
  • Democracy, power and justice

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Information activities:

Open Days (online and on campus)

Join the Open Day on campus or online, attend presentations and ask your questions directly to lecturers and students. Upcoming dates:

Saturday, November 7, 2026
Saturday, March 6, 2027

Experience the programme

Student-for-a-day (on campus)

Follow a current student to experience a day in their shoes. It’s the perfect way to find out what studying at Leiden University is really like.

Experience days (online)

If you aren’t able to visit us on campus at Leiden University, some of our bachelor’s programmes offer you an online experience to see if the programme is a right fit for you.