This page provides more information about the mentor-tutor system at Leiden University. What is it? What are its objectives? Where can mentors, tutors, and coordinators find more information and teaching materials?

As a PhD candidate, you are expected to follow certain courses and training programmes in the context of your training as researcher.

In certain circumstances, you may be entitled to short or long-term special leave. Emergency leave is leave that you may take if you need to take immediate time off from work to deal with sudden emergencies or exceptional personal circumstances.

All the sources (both textual and visual) you use for your educational video or online course need to meet the requirements of Dutch copyright law. Below, you’ll find some guidelines for how to include references and attributions for visual resources in your video work, and where to find usable imagery…

Research, Transferable skills

Did you forget your password? Want to change your password, or your password has expired? In most cases you can reset your password yourself via the Account Services. If you are not able to access Account Services, please contact an ISSC helpdesk.

To find funding, you first need to define your goal. Do you need to fund your own salary? Go abroad? Start up a collaboration? Buy equipment or do field work? Develop a company based on an invention that came out of the research? Next, find a match between your goal and the many funding opportunitie…

Who should you contact to set up, move or adjust your workplace?

Harde knip

To protect sensitive data, such as personal details or confidential business information, the university uses so-called sensitivity labels in Microsoft 365. On this page, you can learn what sensitivity labels are and how to use them.

Whatever editing programme you choose to work with, an editing project generally follows the same workflow. Below you will find more information about each step in the editing process.

As of 6 October 2025, Leiden University has incorporated three key HR processes into a new platform: the Talent and Development Platform.

Welcome to Leiden University. Perhaps you already know that the university has 7 faculties and that you can end up in the city of Leiden or The Hague? And do you know that our university is the oldest of the Netherlands and what the motto Praesidium Libertatis means?

The SSH labs accommodate many types of research. The different types of labs were created after close consultation with researchers and offer a wealth of possibilities.

MyTimetable is Leiden University’s timetabling publication tool.

A good understanding of the quality of education is important for all parties involved: students, lecturers, Board members and support staff alike. We work with external experts to monitor the quality of our degree programmes and ensure that we meet our goals, that we implement our vision on teaching…

Call for Workshop Contributions

Leiden researchers, led by Sebastian Pomplun developed a new method to screen hundreds of thousands of molecules for drug discovery, using mass spectrometry instead of DNA tags. ‘We wanted to make drug discovery faster and more accessible.’

Research

Gabrielle van den Berg has been appointed Scientific Director of LIAS from 1 September. 'I hope to be able to make a difference.'

Why did fewer women suffer from osteoporosis in the past than today? And which aspects of a city make public spaces safe, accessible and comfortable for all residents? These two research questions will be explored in more detail thanks to an Impulse Grant from the Leiden University Fund.

If you’re working on a PhD track and are experiencing psychological issues, you can contact one of the psychologists for PhD candidates for help with problems that have arisen during the PhD process or are directly affecting this.

In early modern England, courts of law were working overtime. University lecturer Lotte Fikkers delved into the records of centuries-old court cases involving women. In Early Modern Women's Life-Writing and English Law, she reconstructs how the story they told in court differs from the one they wrote…

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Studying with a disability often costs additional time and energy. Leiden University wants to do all it can to offer equal chances to students with a disability. What can you do to support a student with a disability?

Staff Association

FSW building, Wassenaarseweg 52, 2333 AK, Leiden

If you are unable to come to work due to sickness, find out below how to report sick and how the University guides its employees on sick leave.

Didactics

The ECTS grading table provides an insight into the value of a student’s grades and facilitates international grade comparison.

At Leiden University, cleaning is organised at central level by the General Services Department (UFB). Leiden University has contracted a new cleaning services provider as of 1 January 2025 for a maximum of eight years.

After entering your username and password in Teams, Microsoft 365 and OneDrive, you need to confirm your login through the Microsoft Authenticator app. This is an extra security step (multifactor authentication).

Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Career development, Working effectively, Leadership

You can place all your orders through the Service portal: from furniture to coffee to chemicals to pens.

Alongside central government funds, the tuition fee is an important source of University income. The tuition fee also counts as the first stream of income.

Every curriculum and course has to adhere to certain rules and regulations. These are defined in the OER, the Course and Examination Regulations (Onderwijs- en Examenregeling).

The university encourages its employees to use and develop their talents. We do this by supporting you in your career and in your personal and professional development. We try to ensure that you get the opportunity to realise your full potential. That is why the university offers a wide range of training…

When applying for a grant, there are some important considerations. Keep these in mind during all steps of the application process!

A safe and healthy work environment begins with identifying risks. A risk inventory and evaluation (RI&E) maps these risks per faculty, institute, service or department. In addition to an inventory and evaluation of risks, an RI&E also contains an action plan. This allows us to reduce risks and bott…

Here you will find an overview of all communication departments within the university.

Demonstrations can be used to show and explain a skill or procedure in a setting from practice, like a lab or (fictitious) courtroom.