17 June 2025

Leiden University’s Europe Hub invites submissions from all faculties for its annual Europe Hub master's thesis prize by 1 September 2025.

Eligibility and Conditions

• Open to: All master’s theses submitted for evaluation at any Leiden University faculty within the 12 months prior to 1 September 2025.

• Themes: The thesis must address at least one of the Europe Hub’s thematic priorities:

  1. Europe in the world

  2. Markets, trade, and digitalisation

  3. Energy, environment, and health

  4. The foundations of European integration
     (For further details, see the Hub’s mission statement.)

• Mark: The thesis must have received a grade of at least 8.0.

• Preference: Theses with an interdisciplinary approach are prioritised in the evaluation.

Prizes

• Winner: Certificate and €250 prize money

• Runners-up (2nd and 3rd place): Certificates

How to Submit

• Deadline: 1 September 2025

• Send to: europehub@leidenuniv.nl by the thesis author or their thesis supervisor.

• Required documents:

  • A PDF of the thesis

  • A recommendation letter from the supervisor, highlighting the strengths of the thesis

  • A motivation letter from the student summarising, in particular, the interdisciplinary aspects of the thesis and the thesis' relevance to the Europe Hub's thematic priorities as specified in its mission statement.

Any questions on the thesis prize? Please send an email to europehub@leidenuniv.nl.