Once again, a record number of PhD candidates have been awarded a doctorate at Leiden University: 447, compared with 423 last year. This was announce...

The fourteen Dutch universities have published a digital magazine in which the researchers explain the Digital Society programme in text and images.

Can you talk for three minutes in glowing terms about your science or medical research? If so, sign up for the Leiden preliminary round of FameLab, th...

What does diversity mean for you? And what can Leiden University do to create a more inclusive academic environment? Participants in the diversity sym...

Good education is the basis for a fair and sustainable society. To maintain a high level of education, teachers, pupils, lecturers and students need n...

Leiden University celebrates its 444th anniversary in 2019, and a special age requires a special logo. The logo for the celebration was designed by Cl...

Bringing Dutch and international students together. One way to do that is by playing Archery Attack, archaeology student Timothy Stikkelorum suggested...

In the midterm elections in the United States on 6 November, the Democrats won the majority in the House of Representatives, thus regaining control of...

Hundreds of members of staff and students have already signed up for the annual diversity conference. There are still a few places available. The them...

Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of Leiden University’s priority regions for academic cooperation. During the Latin America Month, our res...

At the initiative of several of its professors, Leiden University has joined the international Healthy Universities network. Surrounded by space hoppe...

During his two-day visit to the Netherlands, the Chinese Prime Minister paid an unexpected visit to Leiden on 16 October. Li Keqiang spoke with Rector...

A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities ...

The Education festival organised by the Leiden Teachers’ Academy on 1 November offers an enormous range of choices. Everyone can choose something that...

The Senior Teaching Qualification is for experienced lecturers who have done more than lecturing alone. Ten quotes from the first ten lecturers to re...