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Anamika Jha
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Leiden University is a well known university for undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Students from all across the globe visit the place for their higher studies. Leiden University offers many majors to students to choose from.Leiden University specialises in majors like Culture, history, and society, International justice, World Politics, Global Public Health, Cyber Security. To know more about the institute, candidates can refer to the official website of the institute or shiksha.
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Subhrajeet Harichandan
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Leiden University is a top ranked and the oldest university in the Netherlands. Leiden University acceptance rate is around 63%, which means admission are slightly difficult for international students. To get admission to the university, students must have a qualifying GPA and a good academic profile. They also need to complete the admission application before the deadline.
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Ishita Singh
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Leiden University offers its students countless options to develop socially and personally outside the classroom. Students can join the campus-wide organizations such as the International Student Network. Students can also utilize University Sports Centre (USC) to remain fit. There are also various student associations covering different culture area. Many students and student associations can run their own drama groups, join an independent drama group, sing in a choir, etc.
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Chandra Chaudhary
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Members of Dutch Royal family such as Queen Juliana, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands are alumni of Leiden University. Around 10 Prime Ministers of the Netherlands including Mark Rutte is also an alumni of this university. Also, U.S. President John Quincy Adams also studied at this university.
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Akanksha Malhotra
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Yes, Leiden University has an application fee of €100. This amount is roughly around INR 8,900. To apply to this university, the applicants can apply via studielink. A few documents required to apply are:Academic recordsEnglish language proficiency scoreLetter of MotivationLetters of RecommendationOther program-specific documents
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Rupali Singh
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Some of the reasons to choose Leiden University are:The oldest university in the Netherlands, thus, enjoys a great reputationLeiden University is a top-ranked university. It ranks among Top 200 Universities in the World in 2025 in the two international prominent rankingsA wide range of English-taught courses at the Bachelor's and Master's coursesA truly international university with 4,000 international studentsWith small class sizes at Leiden University, students can enjoy personal contact with the professors
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Chandra Sharma
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Yes, students with a residence permit at Leiden University can work part-time. Students can work a maximum of 16 hours per week or full-time during the summer months. A few of the part-time job for international students at the Netherlands include:Cashier at supermarketTutoringHotel receptionist
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Himanshi Shekhar
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The job outcomes rate of Leiden University graduates varies as per the courses. However, for MSc in CS, 96.9% is the placement rate. A few of the top employers of this university (overall) are:RabobankDeloitteEYAmsterdam UMCEuropean Commission
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Gunjan Thapa
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The duration of MSc in CS at Leiden University is 2 years. This course is taught by leading researchers in their fields. Also, the university's close international collaborations with industry and other scientific disciplines enable students to conduct research inspired by applications of Computer Science. The language of instruction of this course is English. According to the facts, 96.9% of all the graduates have a full-time job and they find a job within an average time of 1.3 months. Students job titles after pursuing this course range from Software Engineer to Product Manager, from Researcher to IT-Manager, from Business Intellige
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Anya Aggarwal
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Leiden University offers 16 English taught Bachelor's courses. At the master's level, around 80 English taught master's courses are offered. Study areas at the UG and PG level are:UG: International Studies, Political Sciences, Psychology, Urban Studies, etc.PG: Arts and Culture, Biology, Bioinformatics, Asian Studies, Chemistry, Computer Science, etc.
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