Leiden University’s regulations are drawn up by various departments, such as Legal Affairs, Human Resources and the department of Health, Safety & Environment.

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’s financial management and reports are based on various rules and regulations. The University must adhere to legal requirements and any internal agreements that apply within the organisation. In doing so, the University guarantees a high standard of financial reporting.

On this page, you will find an overview of policy frameworks, regulations and legislation relevant to the education within our faculty.

There are some important documents relevant for PhD candidates and supervisors

Guidelines, rules and other important information for PhD candidates are described in detail in various documents.

GenAI has rapidly emerged in recent years and requires significant attention in relation to our educational practice. Policies and regulations for the use of GenAI in education exist at the university, faculty, and institute or programme level, and may concern both student use and teacher use (as university…

Guidelines, rules and other important information for PhD candidates are described in detail in various documents.

Leiden University stimulates its employees to continue to educate and develop themselves, to get the most out of their career and to maximise their opportunities on the job market. For this reason the university has drawn up a set of rules and regulations concerning continuing education.

PhD defence

Prof.dr. Bibi van den Berg (1975) is full professor of Cybersecurity Governance at Leiden University, and the head of the Cybersecurity Governance research group at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs of this university. Van den Berg has an MA and PhD in philosophy, both from Erasmus University…

Guidelines, rules and other important information for PhD candidates are described in detail in various documents.

PhD defence

The cost-sharing standard (kostendelersnorm) – a regulation affecting recipients of supplementary income for older people, often with a migrant background – may lead to financial and health problems for thousands of people, economists Ernst-Jan de Bruijn and Heike Vethaak have found.

Dr. Jann Tosatto is an Assistant Professor in Legal Technology, working at eLaw – Center for Law and Digital Technologies, and the department of Business Studies at Leiden Law School.

Jean-Louis van Gelder is a parttime Professor Criminology at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University. He is also director at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Freiburg, Germany.

Mario de Jonge is an educational adviser and researcher at ICLON.

Ebbe Rogge is an Associate Professor at the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law.

Nick Campuzano joined the Hazelhoff Centre of Financial Law (part of the Institute of Private Law) as a PhD fellow on 1 September 2018.

Maarja Beerkens' research focuses on governance issues, regulation, and empirical policy analysis and evaluation. Her field of interest lies in higher education and science policy in which she has published academically as well as conducted policy advising in different parts of the world (Armenia, Botswana,…

Colleague Jacqueline van Rooijen has been checking semester 1 courses in Brightspace for copyright violations at FGGA. This was necessary because each year, the university is required to pay a fee to the representative of academic publishers (UvO Foundation). In general, FGGA lecturers tend to comply…

Organisation, Research

The government spends millions regulating companies that work with large quantities of hazardous substances. But we don’t know whether this is making the industry safer. The number of violations and incidents remains constant. This is the conclusion of external PhD candidate Rob in ’t Veld in his dissertation.…

At the beginning of this month, the PhD regulations and the guidelines for PhD tracks have been revised. The main revisions can be found below.

Mohamed Muse is a researcher at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, Leiden University. Mohamed Muse’s current research focuses on diaspora remittances and international financial regulations in Sub-Saharan Africa. Mohamed’s background is in International Development and International Political…

Research, Security

That the tax authorities are allowed to impose taxes is widely known. What is less well known is when the tax authorities must impose taxes. And what to do when one set of regulations requires the tax authorities to impose taxes while other regulations prevent them from doing exactly that? Vergouwen’s…

AI, data and algorithms are developing at breakneck speed, while legislation inevitably lags behind. But laws and regulations are essential – look no further than the Dutch childcare benefits scandal.

Ilse van de Groep is a PhD Candidate in the unit of Developmental and Educational Psychology of the Institute of Psychology at Leiden University.

Investigation services and cyber criminals both make grateful use of the opportunities offered by digital technologies. Both groups' use of these services leads to breaches of privacy for citizens. The current legislation falls short in providing protective measures, is the conclusion reached by Professor…