A new study published in Nature provides the most detailed picture to date of Neandertal diversity in western Europe shortly before their extinction.

Leiden University aims to achieve a good balance between a safe study and work environment and the openness and accessibility that are integral to a u...

How can we better align research support tasks across the project life cycle? That was the question explored by more than 100 research support profess...

We use university buildings differently from ten years ago. Students spend more time on campus, staff work more hybrid. At the same time, declining st...

Since mid-January, Leiden University has had a new Executive Board. What are their impressions and their plans? An introduction in two parts.

At a celebratory event, 26 projects received a €10,000 Kiem grant for 2026-2027. One of these projects is titled ‘Our laboratories are going green’. A...

The laboratory of Leiden researcher Alireza Mashaghi is the first in the world to implement a quantum biosensor installation from QT-Sense. This enab...

Amidst great interest from locals and visitors, Emperor Naruhito and King Willem-Alexander paid a visit to Leiden University on 18 June. In the Hortus...

For decades, a collection of ancient Mediterranean ceramics and artefacts served as a teaching resource for Archaeology students at the Leiden Faculty...

The Faculty of Archaeology is pleased to announce that alumni Dr Diederik J. H. Halbertsma (NINO, Leiden University) and Dr Michel de Vreeze (Durham U...

At the request of the Executive Board, the Honours Academy is working on a revision of our honours education and the way it is organised. This article...

What if we let students assess themselves, or awarded fewer grades? What if we held challenging discussions in public rather than in the classroom, or...

On Architecture Day, residents of The Hague had the chance to take a look inside Spui Campus. The event offered an informal introduction to the new bu...

At a celebratory event, 26 projects received a €10,000 Kiem grant for 2026-2027. No fewer than 108 interfaculty teams from Leiden University submitted...

An international team of researchers, including emeritus professor Wil Roebroeks of Leiden University's Faculty of Archaeology, has uncovered evidence...