Samineh Bagheri is the first PhD candidate to defend her thesis fully remotely.

Are you ready to take on an extra challenge during your Leiden Bachelor programme? With options like Honours College and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) you can add extra depth, intensity and EC to your study.

What can opera tell us about societies in the past and present? Leiden honours students went looking for an answer, together with students from the Dutch National Opera Academy. A final concert was, of course, part of the repertoire.

Leiden University offers a variety of extra challenges next to your required curriculum.

Are you ready to take on an extra challenge during your Leiden Bachelor programme?

Are you a professional and do you want to reap the benefits of the educational experimental garden? Explore the possibilities for ‘mixed classrooms’ here. You also have the opportunity to organise your own education together with the Honours Academy.

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At the LDE Space & Society Honours, students explore everything the universe has to offer. From the technical frontiers to the rules that govern it: space law.

Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your bachelor’s programme?

Van Vark defended her dissertation 'Separation and immersion: the changing role of the armed forces in Northwestern liberal democracies’ on 17 October 2025. The doctoral research was supervised by Maartje van der Woude and Erwin Muller.

Are you interested in taking up an extra challenge during your master’s programme? Have you thought about developing your personal leadership style, study abroad or participating in the Erasmus Mundus Circular Economy programme?

Would you like to take on an extra challenge during your LUC programme? Leiden University has some excellent programmes available for you to expand your horizons.

Are you ready to take on an extra challenge during your bachelor’s programme? You may want to check out options like the Honours College, the Humanities Lab and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA), that will give you additional depth, intensity and study credits.

What do you do with a museum collection full of individual white Nobel laureates at a time when diversity, inclusion and teamwork reign supreme? Ad Maas, professor by special appointment, and researcher Hilbrand Wouters have been awarded an NWO Museum grant to answer that question.

Dit deel bevat de editie of heruitgave van 52 papyri en ostraca, daterend uit de periode tussen de derde eeuw voor Christus en de achtste eeuw na Christus.

“Very French and very impressive.” Those are the words drs. Isabelle van de Calseyde used to describe the reception at the French embassy residence in The Hague on 2 June 2015. There, she and dr. Sjef Houppermans were presented with an distinction for their remarkable services to the French language…

This volume contains the edition or re-edition of 52 papyri and ostraca, dating from between the third century BCE and the eighth century CE.

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LUGO's Autumn Event 'Requiem for Nature' took place late November and was a great success!

Extracurricular activities will be organized during the programme. Read more about this activities, e.g. the Leadership Programme.

An important component of this master consists of extracurricular activities.

Applied Neuroscience in Human Development is an intensive programme. However, if you are a highly motived student you can consider applying for the Honours education or Leiden Leadership Programme.

Public Defence by Jaap Brouwer and activities of prof. Marcel Cobussen PhD, Dick de Graaf, Nizar Rohana, Brigitte Kovacs, Lilo Nein, Danne Ojeda, Hans Kalliwoda, Frank Blokland, and Thalia Hoffman

Are you in a position of talent coach, coordinator, mentor, dean, or teacher and looking for university programmes that provide an extra challenge for the students of your school? The Leiden University Honours Academy provides such a programme, where vwo-students from the final three years of high school…

Are you ready to take on an extra challenge during your Leiden Bachelor programme? With options like Honours College, The Humanities Lab and the Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) you can add extra depth, intensity and ECTS – even a dual degree – to your study.

The Pre-University Classes are part of the Honours Academy. Here you can find our address and visit details. If there are any questions, you can contact us anytime.

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The outbreak of coronavirus has radically changed our life and work. We have had to work, teach and conduct research from home. How has coronavirus changed your work? What do you miss most? And what is keeping you going? We asked a few colleagues.

Extracurricular activities are an important component of the advanced master programme International Dispute Settlement and Arbitration. Read more

Read here how to reach the Honours Academy as a student, lecturer or partner organisation.

Would you like to create an extra challenge for yourself? The international bachelor's programme in Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology gives you plenty of room to do so.

Cooperation is the solution to international problems, demonstrated the final seminar of the Master Honours Class ‘Smart Regional Integration’ – even when it is sometimes easier said than done. “You can see the students struggle with that.”

How to take ownership of your career? To find out, students from ‘Design Your Career as a Climate Change Maker’ visited a farmer who has done just that. They learned from him that it’s never too late to start working on something you believe in.

Next to the curriculum, Leiden students can participate in the Honours Programme, various European Law moot court competitions and/or high-profile internships.

Next to the curriculum, Leiden students can participate in the Honours Programme, various European Law moot court competitions and/or high-profile internships.

Enhance your MSc in The Politics of Artificial Intelligence with Leiden University’s Honours Academy: choose between the one-year Leiden Leadership Programme (15 EC) or interdisciplinary Master Honours Challenges (3–5 EC) to broaden your skills and impact.

Digital Media in Human Development is an intensive programme. However, if you are a highly motived student you can consider applying for the Leiden Leadership Programme.

The Leiden Leadership Programme (LLP) is an interdisciplinary honours programme for master’s students. It is organised by Leiden University's Honours Academy and Leiden Leadership Centre.

Pre-University Classes are intended for high school students who want to do more than is offered in the regular school curriculum. In the classes, students follow special lecture series and through that are introduced to the world of science.

Discover how to enrich your MSc Dutch Politics with extra opportunities such as the Leiden Leadership Programme, honours classes, and an optional research internship.

Explore the extra challenge options for the MSc Political Theory: Legitimacy and Justice at Leiden University — including Honour’s Academy programmes, leadership training, and opportunities to deepen your research experience.

An important component of your Law and Society master consists of extracurricular activities.

Explore the extra challenge options for the MSc International Organisation at Leiden University: Honours education, Leiden Leadership Programme and interdisciplinary master classes.

Explore the extra challenge options for the MSc in Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and Development at Leiden University: honours tracks, interdisciplinary seminars and leadership programmes.

Would you like to create an extra challenge for yourself? Leiden University gives you plenty of room to do so.