IB Pathways
International Public Policy and Leadership

The Hague University of Applied Sciences · Netherlands

International Public Policy and Leadership

How governments and NGOs tackle climate change, inequality and human rights, learned by writing policy briefs, running campaigns and organising your own global-issues conference in year 2.

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Where
The HagueNetherlands
Degree
BA
Length
4 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027
Apply by
Not published yet2026: 31 July (EU/EEA)
Admission
Open to all who qualify
EU/EEA fee
€2,7712027/28 statutory fee
More facts
Degree
BA
Length
4 years
Taught in
English
Starts
Autumn 2027

Deadlines

Not published yet2026: 31 July (EU/EEA)

  1. 1 December 2026*

    Create your Studielink account
    Your own plan
    Details

    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.

    Source

  2. 1 May 2027, 23:59*

    Last day to keep your right to a place (programmes without selection)
    Equal consideration
    Details

    Apply by 1 May and you are entitled to admission to a non-selective programme you qualify for. The government says a first application after 1 May may be refused - the programme can still take you, but does not have to. Some institutions set earlier dates of their own, and theirs is the one that binds.

    Studielink closes at 23:59 on 1 May. The government’s rule is what makes it an equal-consideration date: apply by 1 May and you are entitled to admission to a programme you qualify for ("Aanmelding tot en met 1 mei betekent ook recht op toelating"); a first application after 1 May "kan door de opleiding geweigerd worden" - the programme may still take you, but it does not have to. Some programmes close earlier for capacity or matching reasons, and the programme’s own date is the one that binds.

    Source

  3. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Both Dutch deadlines fall well before this. How a conditional place pending results is handled is set by each institution; ask yours.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in the Netherlands

What it is

The programme is organised around five professional areas: advising, advocacy, evaluation, organisation and management, and project-based working, drawing on politics, law, economics and international relations. In year two you plan, run and evaluate your own conference on a global issue. Year three offers three tracks: European governance with a Brussels trip, peace, justice and human rights, or global governance and development. Teaching mixes seminars, study visits and group projects that produce policy briefs and speeches. Year four brings a 20-week internship and a professional product or thesis. Graduates work in NGOs, ministries and international organisations, or take a pre-master toward public administration at Leiden.

What you need

  • A full IB Diploma (24+ points, 3 HL subjects with 12+ points between them, TOK passed) opens both the 4-year and the 3-year programmes. English at HL exempts you from an English test.
Requirements in full

Where it says so

Check it on thuas.com

How places are decided

    • Everyone eligible is admitted
    No cap: meet the entry requirements and you are admitted. 2027 deadlines not yet published; in 2026 EU/EEA applicants could apply until late July.
Sources (2)
  1. International Public Policy and Leadership at THUAS — checked 2026-09-30
  2. IB applicants at THUAS

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