This initiative is supported by the Leiden University Global Seed Fund (LUGF) 2025, awarded to Santy Kouwagam (VVI) and Irene Hadiprayitno (LIAS) together with Universitas Indonesia.

Are you a researcher or educator passionate about connecting your work with societal needs and actors? Do you want to learn and experience how to integrate civic engagement into your work while building meaningful partnerships and enhancing your impact? This hands-on, interdisciplinary training is designed…

What does GenAI mean for assessment and teaching formats? During the Education Kick-off 2026, course coordinators discussed new guidelines from the Psychology Board of Examiners and explored alternative forms of assessment and AI tools for education.

No procession of professors, just a handful of people in the church and snowdrifts outside Leiden’s Pieterskerk: 8 February 2021 was no ordinary Dies Natalis. Carel Stolker transferred the rectorate to Hester Bijl, and Annetje Ottow became the new President of the Executive Board. With an honorary doctorate…

Every year around 8 February, Leiden University, the oldest university in the Netherlands, is celebrating its birthday. Why does the King still receive a telegram on the day of the Dies Natalis? 4 questions on the origins of Leiden University and its traditions for celebrating its foundation day.

Would you like to reimagine your role as a member of staff or as a student, and the role of the university, in researching, teaching, and community building? If so, please apply by 23 February for this year’s Una Europa Staff Week, happening from 2 to 5 June in Helsinki, Finland. This year’s theme,…

The theme of the celebration of Leiden University's 449th Dies Natalis is curiosity: the inquisitive behaviour that is at the basis of all science and that also engages and moves us forward in our daily existence.

How can our university really become inclusive? This is what students and staff discussed at our annual Diversity & Inclusion symposium. ‘It’s moving from a have-to to a want-to’

The official Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2026 and the grant application deadlines for Call 2026 have been published by the European Commission. The Programme Guide provides details on all Erasmus+ programmes in the field of individual mobility and international cooperation, including Coorperation…

What is it like to participate in the Erasmus+ grant programme as a Master's student from Ukraine? Yevhenii Radchenko did an eight-month internship at Leiden University in 2018. Soon after, he returned as a PhD candidate. 'You have little to lose, but a lot to gain.'

During the Week Against Loneliness, we ask staff to (symbolically) open their doors, especially those such as lecturers and student advisers who work with students.

A degree in the Humanities provides a strong start in the labour market, according to research conducted among alumni who graduated between 2020 and 2024.

After the success of the first Evening of Languages, with 350 visitors, sold‑out sessions and an 8.5 rating in the visitor survey, we are preparing for an even more ambitious edition. On 26 September 2026 we will celebrate the Day of Languages – and you can help shape what this day will look like. Our…

Please note: Students currently enrolled in either specialisation will not be affected by this future change. The Faculty Board, after deliberation with the Education Committee, the Faculty Council, and following up on previous advice of the midterm visitation committee, has decided to request…