Next Step for Eléonore: Liberal Arts in Holland

23 July 2026

Court announced today that Princess Eléonore (18) will be starting a bachelor in Liberal Arts & Sciences at the honours college of Utrecht University in The Netherlands.

Eléonore's college programme will last three years and does not have a fixed curriculum, she will chose her own package of courses from the humanities, the exact sciences, and the social sciences. At the end of the programme, depending on the choices she makes, Eléonore will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or a Bachelor of Science (BSc).

The course is completely in English. 

Both Eléonore's cousin Princess Louise and Joséphine O'Hare, Princess Delphine's daughter, have opted for a similar course, also in The Netherlands albeit at other universities. It's not been made public which specific sciences they have opted for. 

Utrecht is some 180 kilometers from Brussels. I suspect the Princess will be sharing a flat with friends.