Science for Sustainable Societies (BSc)
Matching Module
Participation in the matching module is a compulsory part of the admission and application procedure for all applying students of this programme.
As part of the process of joining our bachelor’s programme, you are required to complete our online matching module. This is to make sure this programme matches your expectations, interests and capabilities. The results of the study matching activity will not affect your chances of admission.
- The deadline to complete the module for non-EU/EER students who need a visa or residence permit, is 16 May 2025. The same deadline applies to students who already have a Dutch residence permit for study purposes and need to extend it.
- For EU (including Dutch) students, the deadline to complete the module is 13 June 2025.
How to sign up?
- Apply for our programme via Studielink.
- Within two days, you will receive an e-mail from Leiden University containing your ULCN account details. Please activate the ULCN account.
- If applicable for your situation, you will in addition receive an e-mail with a link to the online application portal of Leiden University.
- You will receive an email from March onwards about our matching module on the e-mail address that you have provided in Studielink. This includes a link to the online learning environment Brightspace where the matching takes place.
- It takes around 2-3 hours to complete the matching module. Please complete the module a.s.a.p. (see deadlines above).
- After completing the module, you will receive advice by e-mail from our study advisors. The advice is based on the answers that you have given to the various questions in the matching module.
- Check your spam folder if you have not received any of these e-mails.
The advice is not binding, but is intended as an indication: to what extent does the programme match your expectations, preferences and ambitions.
Q&A
The Mandatory Matching consists of several parts:
- A questionnaire, consisting of a number of study choice & self-reflection questions and training specific questions;
- Online mini-
- A reflection on your motivation
Provided you meet the standard admission requirements for the programme, once you have completed the matching module within the set period, you can finalise your enrolment. The results of the study matching activity will not affect your chances of admission.
This email will be sent to the email address you entered in Studielink or to your uMail that you will receive from Leiden University.
If you have not received an email by the end of March first check your spam folder and if still no e-mail then contact studyadvisor-sfss@cml.leidenuniv.nl.
If you have registered for the program in Studielink, you will receive an email with login details for the Online Matching module. Please note: the Matching module will only be available from March.
The matching module will take around 2-3 hours, but you can take more time. There is no time limit. Also you do not have to finish the matching in one session. We do advise to finish the matching as soon as possible.
No, you do not have to prepare or study for the matching.
No, the matching module is free of charge.
If you find out that the program does not suit you, you may have to make a different choice. If you then want to switch programmes, you still have enough time to orientate yourself on other studies.