International Relations and Organisations (BSc)
Extra challenge
Leiden University offers a variety of extra challenges next to your required curriculum.
Honours education
Would you like to further develop yourself alongside your bachelor's? Then honours education is for you! You will experiment in our educational testing ground and grow personally, academically and professionally.
Honours College (20 EC)
Broaden your horizons with the Honours College! Follow courses at the various faculties of Leiden University for a total of 20 EC. Work on current themes, broaden your knowledge and meet students from other disciplines.
For whom? Curious first-year bachelor students from all programmes! You can start in the second semester of your first academic year, or in the first semester of your second academic year.
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In the third year of your IRO study programme, you can choose to do electives or a minor, study abroad, or do an internship. The advantage of The Hague is that you will be surrounded by (international) political organisations that may be offering internships.
Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
Interested in combining your Leiden bachelor’s programme with courses in music, fine arts or design? With the Academy of Creative and Performing Artsthis is possible. The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts offers electives, talent programmes Practicum Musicae* and Practicum Artium* as well as Honours Classes. Compiling your own 15 or 30 EC set of courses for elective credits is possible. The prospectus lists an overview of these courses.
*The continuation of Practicum Musicae and Practicum Artium from the academic year 2026–2027 onwards is currently uncertain due to internal decision-making. Because of this uncertainty, we are unable to organise admissions for the 2026–2027 academic year.