The Faculty Board and the Council meet monthly to discuss topics such as finances, personnel policy, education, and facility services. The agendas and minutes of these meetings can be found below.

All reports are in Dutch and can be found on the Dutch page.

The University Council meets about eight times a year. In addition, the University Council regularly consults with the Executive Board. The meetings between the Executive Board and the University Council are always followed by a brief confidential Council meeting, in which advice is finalised and decisions…

Bachelor’s › BSc Political Science: International Relations and Organisations Dutch bachelor’s programmes › Studiegids Politieke Wetenschap Master’s › MSc Political Science: International Organisation › MSc Political Science: International Politics › MSc Political Science: Political Science: Nationalism,…

› Prospectus Political Science › Rules and regulations Board of Examiners › FAQ Board of Examiners › Examination procedure Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences › Explanation of examination grade calculation by the ICLON for teaching staff and students › Course and examination regulations BSc Political…

See also › BSc and MSc programme rules and regulations

The application and admissions procedures for the BSc-programmes of Leiden University’s Institute of Political Science are explained here: › BSc Political Science: International Relations and Organisations (IRO, in English) › BSc Politicologie: Nationale en Internationale Politiek (in Dutch) The…

The staff of the secretariat of the Institute of Political Science provide a range of services to support the members of the Institute.

There are several ways in which the participation body can support board/council members who do not speak Dutch or do not speak it well. In addition to the translation tool and a language buddy, agreements can be made with the chair or secretary to help non-Dutch-speaking members before, after and during…

The Faculty Council of Science is the representative body of our Faculty, whose role it is to critically follow the Faculty Board, to advise and sometimes participate in decisions on important issues.

The Faculty Council is the university’s highest co-participation body after the University Council. The council represents students and staff, holds rights of consent and consultation on faculty matters, and acts as a sounding board for the Faculty Board. During meetings with the Faculty Board, we practice…

The University Council Procedural Regulation consists of various components. From the style of meetings to agenda setting, and from the voting procedure to reporting. This document is only available in Dutch.

The minutes of the meetings and key decisions of the Faculty Council are available in Dutch here. The agenda and minutes are available in English upon request via faculteitsraad@hum.leidenuniv.nl.

The Department Bestuursondersteuning (Support Faculty Board) supports the Faculty Board, the Faculty Bureau, the Faculty Council and the faculty as a whole in the policy and decision-making cycle, the meetings that go with it and administrative communication to prepare and follow up on it.…

After the University Council, the Faculty Council is the second highest staff and student body at the University. It acts as an intermediary between the various departments of a faculty. The Faculty Council has the right to approve and advise on various matters concerning the faculty. It also represents…

Leiden University owns an extensive real estate portfolio in Leiden and The Hague: from historic buildings in the city center to high-tech research laboratories at the Bio Science Park. With more than 40 motivated employees, the Real Estate directorate provides good accommodation and an attractive,…

The SAZ international affairs team offers a strong skills set on international relations that blends diplomatic expertise with strategic foresight, policy creation and global collaboration capabilities, including specific expertise on regions and languages. Collectively the team manages a global network…

The Faculty Council is the main consultation and advisory body within the Faculty of Archaeology and plays an intermediary role between different segments of the organization of the Faculty. The Council has rights of approval and advice on a variety of issues concerning the Faculty. Its members also…

The Housing, Energy and Sustainability Department has tasks at a strategic policy level and an operational level. Strategic Level Initiating the university housing strategy. Develop university housing sustainability strategy.  Developing university complexes. Developing university management…

Every study programme or group of study programmes have their own Programme Committee (PC). Half of the members of the PC are students, the other half are teaching staff. Together they safeguard the quality of teaching, they raise bottlenecks and they advise on the development and conduct of course…

From 2018-2025, researchers at our faculty conducted research within two themes of the Nederlands Sectorplan Rechtsgeleerdheid (information only available in Dutch): Institutions for Conflict Resolution and Empirical Legal Studies.

Education Coordinators are responsible for the educational organisation within a programme. 

The Education Administration Offices perform the supporting tasks associated with the educational process.

The FSW Working Group Vision on Blended Education (VBE) is charged with delivering a vision on digitalisation and activating teaching between April 2022-June 2023. The vision will be drawn up on the basis of: literature review, dialogue with colleagues, survey of internal and external educational experts…

The team Communications and Marketing is responsible for the Faculty's communications in the broadest sense of the term, both internal as well as external. The team supervises the social media channels of the Faculty, composes newsletters to staff, students, and alumni, aims to let new students enroll…

Defending the interests of PhDs and postdocs at Leiden University  

Students can stand as candidates during university elections via a party. On this page, the student parties present themselves.