Leiden Leadership Programme
Application and selection
Application for 2027–2028 will be open in September 2027. Find more information about the application procedure below.
Selection criteria
For the LLP we are looking for a group of students from a variety of disciplines and different interests that recognise themselves in the following:
- You are doing your master’s degree at Leiden University, Delft Technical University, or Erasmus University Rotterdam during the entire academic year;
- Your schedule allows you to take part in an intense extra programme in addition to your regular master’s classes;
- You have the ambition and the motivation to learn more about leadership (practice as well as theory);
- Societal themes interest you. You are willing to look beyond your own discipline, and you want to work with students from different professional fields;
- You are eager to make a concrete difference with other students within an organisation.
- You are willing to critically reflect on your own development;
- You have received good marks during your bachelor’s degree (>7,0 out of 10,0 or a comparable score when using a different grading system) or you have an explanation as to why you have not.
Application and deadlines
Application for the 2027-2028 academic year will run in September 2027. During the application period, you can apply via the Honours Academy registration system by answering some questions regarding your motivation and supplying a number of attachments.
Things to think about:
- We will ask you to state your preferred working language for the Leadership Lab, and which of the offered Electives seem most interesting to you. We aim to assign first and second preferences to as many students as is practically possible.
- We will ask you to list four personal interests to get a good idea of which interests are the most important to our students.
- For the application you need to know the official name(s) of your (main) master's degree(s).
Required attachments
- Your curriculum vitae, in which you state, on no more than 2 pages:
- Your educational background (names, institutes, dates);
- Your extracurricular activities, with an emphasis on those with a societal impact. You can think of summer jobs, committees, internships, volunteer work, any caretaking duties, having your own company, or living abroad.
- A certified copy of your bachelor's degree results.
- A short motivational video (maximum 1 minute). For this video, you have to imagine that you are selected and have completed the LLP. Take a moment and explain what you have learned and how you made an impact during the LLP.
Why a video? We understand that making a video can be quite nerve-wracking for some students. However, a video gives us a better idea of who you are, what drives you and what you hope to learn. We’re also preparing you for what we expect from you during the Leiden Leadership Programme: not making videos as such, but rather that you dare to step out of your comfort zone, show who you are and actively participate and contribute.
Selection
Selection takes place based on the submissions and will start immediately after the application deadline. The programme has room for approximately 150 students.
Each academic year, we are able to admit a small number of master’s students from Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam, as well as a few bachelor’s students from Leiden University College. LUC students undergo a separate selection process, during which their suitability for the programme is carefully assessed.
Admittance
You will be notified about whether or not you were admitted to the programme on October 30th at the latest (two weeks before the start of the programme). Once you are accepted you will receive your class schedule as soon as possible.