Our university is part of Una Europa: an alliance of 11 leading European research universities.

The AI Collaboration Centre aims to forged alliances with the (local) government, companies and other educational institutes.

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This film will be screened on Sunday, 5 April 2026 at 7:00 pm.

The Science for Sustainable Societies bachelor’s programme equips you to address pressing environmental issues through an interdisciplinary approach. By integrating natural sciences, social sciences, and governance, you’ll develop the expertise to analyse and solve complex sustainability challenges…

The integrity and reliability of academic research are of fundamental importance to the University. All parties, both within the University and outside, must be able to have confidence that our research is conducted in a scrupulous, fair, verifiable, impartial and independent manner. To make sure you…

The LAK offers various theater and presentation courses. You'll learn how to confidently perform, move, and transform into a role; you'll learn to play with status and emotions; how to use your voice, how to use the space, and how to perform a simple text in different ways. For the performing arts courses,…

Do you want to contribute to future proof health and care? Our healthcare faces major challenges such as staff shortages, ageing and increasing costs. During the two-year master programme Population Health Management you will become equipped to tackle these challenges to improve health. Knowledge from…

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Desinging Your Life helps students design their life path and face the future with confidence.

The Science for Sustainable Societies bachelor’s programme equips you to address pressing environmental issues through an interdisciplinary approach. By integrating natural sciences, social sciences, and governance, you’ll develop the expertise to analyse and solve complex sustainability challenges…

Do you want to contribute to future proof health and care? Our healthcare faces major challenges such as staff shortages, ageing and increasing costs. During the two-year master programme Population Health Management you will become equipped to tackle these challenges to improve health. Knowledge from…

The Sustainable City Map serves as a comprehensive guide to achieve a sustainable lifestyle within the city. Whether you’re new in town or just looking to make greener choices, this map has something for everyone!

What’s it like to be Rector Magnificus in the current climate? Sarah de Rijcke spoke about this on the radio. She has been at the helm of Leiden University since the start of this year, at a time when academic freedom is under increased pressure.

EU-landen werken aan een gezamenlijk en strenger asielbeleid om verschillen tussen lidstaten te verkleinen en het asielbeleid beter te beheersen. ‘De kern van het pact is dat het asielbeleid nu echt Europees wordt’, zegt Mark Klaassen, universitair docent migratierecht, in EenVandaag.

Do you have any questions about the master’s specialisation Physics and Science Based Business? Please contact us!

As a university we stand with both feet firmly in the world. Internationalisation is in Leiden’s DNA: from the very foundation of our university, the ideal of the free academy has always attracted researchers and students from across the whole world.

Do you have any questions about the Physics master’s programme? Please contact us.

Do you have any questions about the master’s specialisation Computer Science and Science Communication & Society? Please contact us.

Do you have questions about the master’s specialisation Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences and Science Based Business? Please contact us.

Do you have any questions about the master’s programme Research in Biological- and Soft-Matter Physics? Please contact us.

Do you have any questions about the master’s specialisation programme Research in Physics, Quantum Matter and Optics? Please contact us.

Do you have any questions about the master’s programme Data Science? Please contact us.

The Biology and Business Studies specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes a one-year biology component (60 - 80 EC) and a business component in the second year (40 - 60 EC).

The MSc program Evolutionary Biology focuses on important factors for the evolution of organisms. It prepares you for a research careers at universities, research institutes, or biotechnology sector. It’s also possible to combine training in biological research with training in communication, education…

In the Master’s programme in Bio-Pharmaceutical Sciences of Leiden University you are trained for a scientific career in drug research and development.

Do you have any questions about the master’s programme Research in Physics: Classical/Quantum Information? Please contact us.

Do you have any questions about the master’s programme Theoretical Physics? Please contact us.

The Mathematics and Business Studies specialisation consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System (EC) points and includes a one-year mathematics component (60 - 80 EC) and a business component in the second year (40 - 60 EC).

Investigating the intercultural connections that shaped practices of knowledge production in colonial Dutch Brazil.

This page features an overview of relevant lectures, publications and conference papers.

What is Leiden University doing to make its buildings future-proof and independent of fossil energy?

Connect art and academia at ACPA

Within the ICM 2018 project, Leiden University cooperated with 25 partner universities from 14 countries. In total, 97 mobilities were granted to this project - 65 mobilities were realised (some mobilities had to be ended prematurely due to covid-19, others were finished online).

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With the University Council elections approaching, the Leiden University Green Office (LUGO), with the support of LU's Central Sustainability Team and the D&I Office, contacted all seven candidate parties to inform our community about their views on sustainability and diversity. We asked each party…

The BLRN members have published extensively in recent years. In addition to the BLRN book series, dissertations of BLRN members published in the E.M. Meijers Institute Series, you will find below a selection of our publications. For a more complete overview of publications of each BLRN member, please…

Global Interactions sponsors a number of research projects of Leiden University researchers.

This section provides an overview of online tools for the study of the medieval Low Countries. The websites linked down below are often times both available in Dutch and English.

Below are some examples of ACPA projects that have a meaningful impact on arts and society. This page will be refreshed every now and then, presenting projects that exhibit how artistic research can significantly contribute to the way we perceive, understand, and relate to the world and to other pe…

Globalization, migration, technological innovation and climate change pose challenges to citizens in European countries. These challenges test the limits of cross-national and cross-generational solidarities, touching upon the very foundations of governance and society. This research program aims at…

Non-urban settlement organization and Roman expansion in the Roman Republic (4th-1st centuries BC)

The Leiden University’s Program for Cyber Norms, a research platform to investigate the development and implementation of law and policy applicable to uses of ICTs, in cooperation with the think-tank ICT4Peace conducted a global open consultation on how to implement the UN Group of Governmental Experts’…

As a venue, Leiden University is a fitting setting for recognising the outstanding achievements of the award winners and celebrating the inspiration that they bring as role models for encouraging a fairer society by motivating one individual at a time.

This project investigates the causes of the major archaeological change in the period of 40.000-20.000 BC in South Africa.

What can we learn from how maritime conflicts were managed in the past? What significance did Maritime Conflict Management have in shaping the standards of diplomacy and international law in pre-modern Atlantic Europe (1200-1600)?