The Letje Lips Amsterdam Merit Scholarship (LLAMS) is run by the Graduate School of Humanities at the University of Amsterdam (UvA). It supports students from outside the EU/EEA, from a non-privileged background, who come to Amsterdam for a one-year English-taught Humanities master’s.
It looks for applicants passionate about a just, inclusive and multicultural world. The master’s and the scholarship applications are judged by separate committees.
Benefits & funding
- 2027–28: four tuition fee awards of €23,500 each, and one full-ride award of €40,000.
- The 2027–28 non-EEA fee for a one-year Humanities master’s is €25,900 (tuition fees page), so a tuition award leaves part of the fee unpaid.
- No award covers the full cost of study and stay; tuition award holders fund the rest themselves.
- Housing and immigration fees are paid before arrival, around May–June.
Eligibility
- A non-EU/EEA nationality (every eligible country is listed in the record), and not eligible for the lower statutory fee, which EU/EEA, Swiss and Surinamese nationals and holders of certain Dutch residence permits can pay.
- A first-time student at a Dutch university or university of applied sciences: current pre-master’s students and past exchange students at a Dutch university are excluded.
- A complete application to a one-year, non-selective English-taught master’s at the school; Research and Dual Master’s are excluded.
- Awarded only on (conditional) admission; final-year bachelor’s students qualify if they graduate before 1 September.
- No other scholarship alongside the LLAMS.
- Able to meet visa rules and to enrol full-time by 31 August 2027.
Application process
- 1Submit a complete master’s application in SIS, with proof of English, by 15 January 2027, 23:59 CET, and indicate there that you want the LLAMS.
- 2Pay the non-refundable €100 application fee if your bachelor’s is from outside the Netherlands.
- 3If conditionally admitted, you are invited by 15 February 2027 to fill in the LLAMS form within two weeks, stating the tuition award, the full ride or both.
- 4Outcomes come by mid-May 2027.
Program timeline
master’s application deadline (covers the LLAMS)
15 Jan 2027
LLAMS form invitations; due two weeks later
By 15 Feb 2027
outcomes
By mid-May 2027
certified diploma and transcripts due
1 Aug 2027
full enrolment deadline
31 Aug 2027