Psychology (BSc)

Transferring

Application

To transfer from another Dutch university, you need to submit an official application. You do this by:

• Filling in the application form below between 1 and 15 May and
• Registering as a higher-year student in Studielink.

Students who completed university level Psychology courses outside of the Netherlands cannot apply for transferring and will need to apply to the first year of the programme. They can request exemption of previous academic work on a course-by-course basis, more information about the exemptions and petitions process is available here.

Application form

You will be asked for details, including an upload of your list(s) of grades with courses already obtained, courses still to be completed and course descriptions of all courses. It is up to you to submit a complete transfer request will all the necessary information. We therefore advise you to make sure that you already have the aforementioned documents available. You transfer request will be assessed on the basis of the information you provide. Incomplete requests (e.g. due to missing course descriptions) will not be processed.

• Here you can find the exemption request form.
• Here you can find the transfer application form that will be available from 1 – 15 May.

Registering in Studielink

You must register as a higher-year student in Studielink. In Studielink, select Bachelor Psychology Leiden University and choose: Enrolment in a higher year of the bachelor's programme.
Should you not pass your propaedeutic year before 31 August, or should you later choose not to proceed with the transfer, you can withdraw your application via Studielink.

Decision on possible transfer

About six weeks after the application deadline, you will be informed on the decision on your request to transfer. You will also be informed on which courses you can be exempted for. Please note: all this is on the condition that you pass your first year at the university you come from before 31 August.

Appointment with study adviser

It is then up to you to decide whether you want to proceed with your transfer to Leiden University. If so, you need to make an appointment with the study adviser before 10 July. In the decision you receive, you will read more about how to make an appointment with your study adviser. Together with the study adviser you will then make a planning. The study adviser can also help you with your course registration.
Please note: you cannot register for courses until you are officially enrolled. It is therefore essential that you make an appointment with the study adviser so that they can help you with this.

Submission of certified copies

The last step is to submit a certified copy of your propaedeutic certificate / transcript of grades. Only after receipt of your propaedeutic certificate/ transcript of grades the transfer can be completed and you can be definitively enrolled for the courses you need to take. We therefore advise you to hand in your propaedeutic certificate / transcript of grades as soon as you receive it. The deadline for this is 31 August.

Exemption

Exemptions may be granted on the basis of courses already passed. The curriculum of Leiden University and that of the university you come from will be compared side by side and subject by subject.

Possible delay

As curricula always differ slightly from each other, it may well be that you will not be granted exemption for certain courses and that first-year courses still have to be taken at Leiden University. Since at Leiden University you cannot start many second-year courses if the first year has not been completed, transferring may lead to delays. Please keep in mind that transferring will lead to at least a 6 month to 1 year delay in the completion of your studies.

Binding Study Advice

Transfer students need to meet the criteria for a positive Binding study advice at the end of the academic year in which they start at Leiden University. If students do not meet the criteria, they cannot continue to study Psychology at Leiden University, nor enroll for the programme in 4 following academic years. For more information please see Regulations on binding study advice. 
 
 

Timeline