Taking courses as a guest student

If you pay statutory tuition fees and are registered at another Dutch higher education institution, you can take one or more courses at Leiden University.

To do this, you need to register as a guest student. Your registration will be valid for one academic year. You must submit a new registration request for each academic year.

Steps to take

 
Step 1. Statement issued by your study adviser

Ask the study adviser of your own study programme to complete and sign this statement then send it back to you:

• Statement study adviser own educational institution

Step 2. Statement issued by Leiden University study adviser

1. Send the statement completed by your study adviser by email to the study adviser of the programme you want to join at Leiden University.
2. Ask the study adviser to complete and sign the Statement Leiden University study adviser and return it to you. 

Step 3: Proof of tuition fee payment (Bewijs Betaald Collegegeld: BBC)

This is proof that you have paid tuition fees to the university at which you are currently registered.

• Ask your educational institution to send a digital BBC to studentenadm@sea.leidenuniv.nl
  Note: This must be an original BBC. A copy is not valid proof. We can only accept a BBC for statutory tuition fee.

Step 4: Registration

Complete the Request registration as a guest student form. Here you will be asked to upload both study adviser statements.