University College Fryslân: Global Responsibility & Leadership

❓ Are you looking for a unique programme where you can build your own curriculum and contribute to solving global challenges?

✔ Then University College Fryslân (UCF) is the perfect place for you!

UCF is based on the tradition of a "Liberal Arts & Sciences” education, which provides you with broad knowledge of the wider world, but also allows you to study a specific area of interest in more depth. UCF's bachelor's programme, Global Responsibility & Leadership (GRL), also focuses on developing your sense of social responsibility to tackle real global challenges, from climate change to poverty reduction!

Based on the UN Agenda for Sustainable Development and rated as the number one Bachelor's Programme in the Netherlands, GRL allows you to learn how to make a real change. Keep reading and learn more about us!

Calendar

11Apr
UG Open Day
10:00 - 17:00 Groningen
23Apr
Career path after GRL- Hear from the graduates!
15:00 - 16:00 Online
24Apr
Student for a Day - Global Responsibility & Leadership
10:00 - 14:30 De Beurs, Wirdumerdijk 34, Leeuwarden
20May
GRL: Parent & caregivers session
02:00 - 03:00 Online

Campus Fryslân Blog

16 April 2026 - Brigitta Samosir

Is a master in Sustainable Entrepreneurship for me?

Sometimes people choose a city. Sometimes the city chooses them. That is how Brigitta’s story with Leeuwarden began. Originally from Indonesia, she came to the Netherlands after a path that already crossed different worlds: first studying Agro-industrial...
30 March 2026 - Laura Silva

"Leeuwarden is boring". These Campus Fryslân students disagree.

There is a funny thing that happens when you tell people you study in Leeuwarden, especially as an international. Someone almost always reacts with a small pause, followed by something like: “Oh… Leeuwarden. Isn’t it kind of quiet?”