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The Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance (LEG) offers the Law, Economics and Governance International Talent Scholarship (LEGITS) to students who have applied to one of the Faculty’s master’s programmes. Both EU/EEA and non-EU/EEA students are eligible to apply for the LEGITS scholarship. 

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 achievements. Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ promotes a more diverse and international classroom. The LEGITS scholarships is a means of the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance to do so. Approximately six 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 (if these were required for your Master’s programme application), etc.
• Your career achievements and societal engagement, as demonstrated in your resume and LEGITS personal statement.
• 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 acceptedto one of the English-taught master’s programmes of the Graduate School of Law, Economics and Governance with a start date of 1 September 2026.

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 both the Master’s 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 2025.

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 26 and February 1, any incomplete or incorrect information cannot be updated or supplemented. 

How to apply

After submitting an application (or applications) for a 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 LEGITS from 1 November 2025.

You will see the LEGITS application option in your OSIRIS Online Application account dashboard.

• After logging in with your Osiris username and password, click view/edit for the LEGITS linked (related process) to the Master’s programme you wish to apply for
• Upload the requested document 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 ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ School of Governance, you will receive the outcome after the selection procedure (end of May/beginning of June). 

More information

• For general information about the 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 LEGITS scholarship for their year at Utrecht ľ¹Ï¸£ÀûÓ°ÊÓ and they receive information from the School of Governance on how to apply.