Degrees
Holland has a wide variety of study programmes leading to various types of degrees.
If you enrol in a higher education programme in Holland, you will obtain a bachelor’s degree after finishing the undergraduate phase, and a master’s degree after finishing the graduate phase.
Research universities and universities of applied sciences award both bachelor's and master's degrees. Institutes for International Education offer master’s programmes, but no bachelor’s programmes.
If you want to continue after your master's to get a PhD degree, you have to go to a research university.
To find a study programme in Holland, go to the Studyfinder.
Type of institution | Degrees and duration |
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Research universities | Bachelor of Science (BSc): 3 years |
Bachelor of Arts (BA): 3 years | |
Master of Science (MSc): 1-3 years | |
Master of Arts (MA): 1-3 years | |
PDEng: 2 years | |
PhD: 4 years | |
Bachelor of Laws (LLB): 3 years | |
Master of Laws (LLM): 1 year | |
Universities of applied sciences | Associate (Ad): 2 years |
Bachelor (B) of [field of study]: 4 years | |
Master (M) of [field of study]: 1-4 years | |
Bachelor of Science (BSc): 4 years | |
Bachelor of Arts (BA): 4 years | |
Master of Science (MSc): 1-2 years | |
Master of Arts (MA): 1-2 years | |
Bachelor of Laws (LLB): 4 years | |
Master of Laws (LLM): 1 year | |
Institutes for international education |
Master of Science (MSc): 1-2 years |
Master of Arts (MA): 1-2 years | |
PhD (only possible at 1 institute): duration is flexible |