More than half of our staff took our Employee Experience Survey last spring. We shared the initial findings at the start of July, and since then we’ve...

What do you need to move your interdisciplinary collaboration forward? The Knowledge Orchard event will help. Assistant Professor Eduard Schmidt, who ...

Ward Hoskens started ten years ago as an intern at one of Leiden's most iconic buildings: the Pieterskerk. Now he is doing his PhD on the question of ...

As the end of the year approaches, the new University Sports Centre (USC) building is nearing completion. Vice-President of the Executive Board Timo K...

Since 1 November 2025, Prof. Dr. Luc Sels has been the new president of Leiden University's Executive Board. In a message to our university he introdu...

Literature – and films and social media too – helps us understand ourselves and society. That makes literary studies an eternally modern discipline, e...

Eighteen of the 150 newly elected Dutch MPs studied at Leiden University or did their PhD research there. Who are they and what did they study?

Fadly Rahman and Marleen Reichgelt recently joined the Institute for History within the NWO-funded project 'Epistemic actors. The role of Indonesians ...

Alex Geurds, Professor of Central American Archaeology, will become Dean of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology on 1 January. He succeeds Jan K...

Rich, white, urban: Western politicians often represent a small segment of the population. Political scientist Hélène Landemore advocates for a more i...

Chinese Studies, History or Urban Studies? How do you choose the right degree programme for you? Hundreds of prospective students tried to find out at...

Inequality could be addressed in the classroom without taking too much time, effort or money. By making one small change, teachers can make a big diff...

Following the announcement of revised financial projections at the start of the academic year, the Faculty Board was keen to engage in dialogue with t...

In general, there are significant health disparities between people with low and high incomes, particularly in countries with an extensive welfare sta...

Six Leiden University members of staff recently received the Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility grant for exchange projects with non-European part...