All PhD candidates must be admitted to the Graduate School.

As soon as you have found a supervisor, contact the Graduate School Office by sending an e-mail, mentioning your supervision team and your research area. 

Admission requirements

To be eligible for admission, you must:

• have a master’s degree from a Dutch university or an equivalent master’s degree from another institution, and
• must have written a master’s thesis.
• In addition, you have to demonstrate your proficiency in English

Note

If your master’s diploma is not certified by DUO (Dienst Uitvoering Onderwijs (in Dutch)), you must present the relevant certificates (original version) to the Graduate School Office in person after filling in the application. This is not necessary if you have been awarded a master’s degree from Leiden University.

Applicant Psychology

• External PhD candidates
  You must draw up a Training and Supervision Plan together with your supervisor and submit it for approval to the Research Committee. You can start your subscription to the Graduate School. But only after you have received the approval letter of the Research Committee, your admittance to the Graduate School will be finalized. Don’t forget to send this letter to the Graduate School and after receiving an admission statement, you need to upload the approved T&S plan in Lucris/Converis. 
   
• Contract PhD candidates
  You must draw up a Training and Supervision Plan together with your supervisor and submit it for approval to the Research Committee. You can start your subscription to the Graduate School, but only after you have received the approval letter of the  Research Committee your admittance to the Graduate School will be finalized. Don’t forget to send this letter to the Graduate School and you will receive an admission statement. The deadline for registration at the Graduate School and for submitting the Training and Supervision Plan to the Research Committee is seven weeks before the deadline for a grant application (e.g. CSC-Leiden University Scholarship).