Honours Academy
Education
Honours education offers students an extra challenge. In our educational testing ground, they follow their curiosity, step outside the box and prepare themselves for the future.
Beyond the limits of your faculty
Honours Academy programmes involve students and lecturers from all seven faculties.Within honours education, they interact with each other and learn to look beyond the boundaries of their discipline. Lecturers are also encouraged to collaborate with colleagues from other disciplines. In this way, lecturers gain experiences they can apply in regular teaching, and students get a taste of new perspectives.
Education for everyone
The Honours Academy aims to be a place for everyone, where vwo school students and university students can get the best out of themselves. To this end, a variety of educational programmes have been developed, targeting vwo pupils, bachelor students and master students. .
For secondary school students (vwo), the Honours Academy offers Pre-University College and Pre-University Classes. These two programmes are aimed at students who are looking for an extra challenge in addition to their regular schoolwork and are interested in experiencing university education. The goal is to help school students discover their interests and further develop their talents. The participants are supervised by Leiden University, which gives them the opportunity to already have a taste of what it is like to be a student.
Honours College
The Honours College offers motivated students extra education in addition to their regular studies. Students can choose between following a faculty track (30 EC) at their own or another faculty. The Honours College is characterised by contact between many different students and cross-pollination between different disciplines.
Bachelor Honours Classes
Bachelor Honours Classes (5 EC) are small-scale interdisciplinary courses on current topics, with plenty of focus for personal development and discussions. It is mandatory for Honours College students to take a Bachelor Honours Class, but non-honours Leiden University students are welcome to apply as well.
LDE Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability
This interdisciplinary programme (15 EC) enables motivated second- and third-year bachelor's students to develop both their fundamental knowledge of sustainability and their practical skills by tackling 'real-world' sustainability challenges. A cooperation between the Honours Academies of Leiden University, Erasmus University Rotterdam and TU Delft, enables students of all three universities participate.
LDE Space & Society Honours Programme
This programme, designed for second- and third-year undergraduates from all fields of study, introduces students to the multi-faceted nature of the space sector, from space law and space governance to technology. The aim of the programme is to equip students with the knowledge and skills to develop into innovative thinkers, problem solvers and effective leaders.
Leiden Leadership Programme
The Leiden Leadership Programme (15 EC), in which both Dutch and international students can enrol, is unique in that it equips students with the necessary leadership knowledge, insights and skills to increase their social impact through seminars, skills training and carrying out a practical assignment.
Master Honours Challenges
Master Honours Challenges(3-10 EC) are small-scale interdisciplinary courses on current topics, with plenty of focus on personal development and discussions. A new selection of classes is offered each year, which means that students are always working on topical themes and the latest research.
No additional fees
Students often think that applying for honours education involves additional costs. This is not true: for enrolled university students, registration for honours education is completely free. High school students do pay a fee for participation in PRE-College Leiden and the PRE-Classes.