UES - Law, Economics and Governance International Talent Scholarship
UES has an additional track for international students who have applied for a master’s programme offered by the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (LEG), the UES/Law, Economics and Governance International Talent Scholarship (UES-LEGITS). Both EU/EEA students and non-EU/EEA students can apply for UES-LEGITS.
This scholarship offers a number of highly talented prospective students the opportunity to pursue a degree in one of the English-taught master’s programmes of the Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance. With this selective scholarship programme, the Faculty aims to contribute to and invest in talented international students who have shown the highest achievement in their career so far. This can be based on their academic quality and results from preceding education or the student’s societal engagement or career vision. Utrecht University promotes a more diverse and international classroom. The UES-LEGITS scholarships is a means of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance to do so. Approximately six UES-LEGITS scholarships are awarded each year.
Criteria for eligibility
Eligible candidates will be selected for a scholarship based on the following criteria:
- Your academic quality and results of your previous education, as evidenced by grades, test scores, publications, letters of recommendation etc.
- Your career vision and promise in the proposed field of study.
- Your societal engagement (e.g. extracurricular activities).
- The quality and relevance of your motivation letter for the master’s programme.
- The quality of the application itself (completeness, accuracy, consistency).
To be awarded this scholarship, you should:
- possess a non-Dutch secondary education degree.
- have been admitted to one of the English-taught master’s programmes of the Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance with a start date of 1 September 2025.
Failure to meet one or more of these criteria automatically means you are not eligible for this scholarship.
Scholarship amount
- For students who will have to pay the statutory tuition fee (EU/EEA students): around €14,000.
- For students who will have to pay the institutional tuition fee (non-EU/EEA students): the tuition fee plus the income required for a period of one year linked to a residence permit for study as determined by the IND (Immigration and Naturalisation Service).
The scholarship can be renewed for the second year of two-year master’s programmes.
Deadline
Prospective students who wish to be considered for the scholarship must apply for admission to the programme and the scholarship before February 1st 23:59 CET. The application portal will close at this time. Your application for a scholarship will only be processed if you have first submitted an application for a master’s programme in Osiris Online Application. You can start your application from 1 November 2024.
How to apply
After submitting an application (or applications) for a UES-LEGITS eligible master’s programme before the stated deadline, EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA students will have the opportunity to submit an application for one UES-LEGITS from 1 November 2024.
You will see the UES-LEGITS application option in your OSIRIS Online Application account dashboard.
- After logging in with your Osiris username and password, click view/edit for the UES-LEGITS linked (related process) to the Master’s programme you wish to apply for
- Upload the requested document UES-LEGITS personal statement and answer the questions
- Submit your LEGITS scholarship application
You will not be informed whether you have been awarded the scholarship prior to the scholarship deadline and not before you have been (un)conditionally admitted to the programme. We aim to inform applicants about the outcome by mid-April (per email). If you have applied for one of the selective master’s programmes at the Utrecht University School of Governance, you will receive the outcome after the selection procedure (end of May/beginning of June).
Our application portal is open for an extended period, and we encourage you to submit your application early. By applying in advance, you allow enough time for your documents to be reviewed and, if necessary, to make corrections or add missing information. Please note: If you submit your application between January 27 and February 1, any incomplete or incorrect information cannot be updated or supplemented. We recommend submitting as soon as possible to ensure a smooth review process.
More information
- For general information about the UES-LEGITS, please contact scholarships.rebo@uu.nl.
- For information about the admission process and applications for a master’s programme at the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance, please see 'Admission and Application' for each master's programme.
- Applicants to the European Governance programme are eligible for a UES-LEGITS scholarship for their year at Utrecht University and they receive information from the School of Governance on how to apply.