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Leiden University · Netherlands

Science for Sustainable Societies

Sustainability problems tackled across natural science, social science and governance, with practical skills such as coding, GIS and working with stakeholders.

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Where: LeidenNetherlands
Degree: BSc
Length: 3 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027
Apply by: 1 May 2027
Admission: Open to all who qualify
EU/EEA fee: €2,7712027/28 statutory fee

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Degree: BSc
Length: 3 years
Taught in: English
Starts: Autumn 2027

Deadlines

1 December 2026*

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Not an official deadline. With a Dutch address you log in with DigiD, which the government says takes about five days. Without one you upload a scan or photo of your passport or EU identity card and Studielink verifies it automatically. Either way, do it well before 15 January.
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1 May 2027

Programmes without numerus fixus (with matching): apply by

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6 July 2027*

IB results released

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Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.
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* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

The programme rests on three pillars: planet, with environmental biology, industrial ecology, earth system science and ecological modelling; people, with anthropology, environmental psychology and human-environment relationships; and politics, with environmental governance, policy mechanisms and social transition. Large lectures are combined with small discussion seminars, and learning is project-based, with fieldwork, site visits to see environmental impacts, hands-on assignments and living labs. You gain skills in project management, programming, modelling and GIS, preparing you to contribute to the sustainability sector.

What you need

Maths AA (SL or HL) or AI HL
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Geography or Environmental Systems and Societies HL
Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Economics, Geography or Environmental Systems and Societies (SL or HL)A second, different subject from the same list.

Requirements in full

Every IB applicant at Leiden

Full IB Diploma required (not certificates); send grade 11, November grade 12 and predicted grades. English-taught IB or English A HL waives the English test. Science programmes set HL subjects.

Where it says so

Its entry requirements

Check it on universiteitleiden.nl

How places are decided

- Everyone eligible is admitted
Not selective: meet the requirements and you are admitted. Apply by 1 May 2027; online matching is compulsory, its advice not binding.

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