The Lorentz Center is a melting pot that is visited by researchers from around the world. ‘Miracles happen’ during the five-day interactive workshops at the Center. And there is an extra reason to celebrate the center’s 25th anniversary. On 28 April, the Dutch Research Council (NWO) and Leiden University…

Within the scope of Leiden European City of Science, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) presented the quadrennial Lorentz Medal to Daan Frenkel in the Academy Building yesterday. The ceremony was in collaboration with the Lorentz Center and was attended by Robbert Dijkgraaf, Minister…

Your telephony coordinator is authorised to approve a name change or process your application for a new connection or telephone number.

Are you looking for a grant to come to Leiden? Here you will find an overview funding opportunities available and steps to take.

For each university unit, the ICT Shared Service Centre (ISSC) has an appointed ICT contact person responsible for applying for ICT facilities for research, teaching and operational management.

If you wish to increase your academic impact and your interaction with your field, the University can support your efforts in a number of ways: from help in organising events to advice on international collaboration. We have listed the possibilities below.

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If you have a guest or visitor who needs access to the network drives or a ULCN account, you can have him or her registered in the guest management system (GMS) via your GMS contact person.

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Your workplace is equipped with a standard basic software package. In addition, you can also install programmes yourself from the additional software package. If you need software that is not available via the additional or basic software package, you can apply for the software you need.

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Standard software is provided through the Software Centre.

The ICT Shared Service Center (ISSC) carries out regular maintenance on your ICT workplace. This happens at scheduled times and without further notice.

The Young Academy Leiden (YAL) is a select group of young academics at Leiden University. YAL serves as a platform to bring young, enthusiastic and driven early career (post-PhD) academics together.

Do you have questions about privacy and data protection? Please contact the privacy officers (POs).

Information managers are responsible for contributing to and implementing ICT policy in education, research and operational management.

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As a lecturer, you may require advice or support in recording and distributing lectures and videos. For more information, please contact your coordinator.

This website provides an overview of the organisational structure of Leiden University. Here you can find contact details of secretariats, staff lists by department, co-participation bodies, and regulations.

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The Financial Shared Service Center (FSSC) takes care of financial transactions for the entire University and has made a list of things to keep in mind when you make payments and send invoices on behalf of the university.

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Via Office 365 and OneDrive you can work from all kinds of places and on different devices without having to use Remote Workplace.

Leiden University has a style guide to ensure consistency across all of its publications. It also has a Terminology List with the preferred translations of terms used within Leiden University and the academic world.

Via Office 365 and OneDrive you can work from all kinds of places and on different devices without having to use Remote Workplace.

If you wish to share files with colleagues within or outside the university, you can save these files in the cloud. You can do this with Office 365 or OneDrive. If your files are too large to be send by e-mail, you can use SURFfilesender.

Through Open Access, research results from around the world are freely accessible to all. It is an incentive for exchanging and utilising knowledge and fresh insights between scientists, companies and social institutions. The Centre for Digital Scholarship at the University Library offers support with…

If you wish to share files with colleagues within or outside the university, you can save these files in the cloud. You can do this with Office 365 or OneDrive. If your files are too large to be send by e-mail, you can use SURFfilesender.

PhD candidates at Leiden University must be admitted to one of its Graduate Schools. The admission procedure varies between Graduate Schools. The Graduate Schools are responsible for the training and supervision of PhD candidates.

The Service Centre International Staff provides advice and different types of services to all international employees and guest researchers that come to pursue their academic career in Leiden.

Leiden University aims to create a safe environment where everyone feels comfortable and no one experiences unacceptable behaviour. Should students experience this nevertheless, there are various resources that you can refer them to.

Museum Boerhaave commemorated the hundredth anniversary of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity with the exhibition ‘Einstein & Friends’. The exhibition shined light on the famous physicist’s Dutch friends and his love for Leiden. A review featuring seven images can be found below.

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

Audio podcasts or audio recordings have a broad range of opportunities in education. Podcasts can be used to transfer knowledge (audio lectures), record interviews, record instructions for a field trip or to make a short radio documentary on location. Podcasts are a flexible medium, the small file size…

Are you organising a symposium or event and are you looking for a professional and experienced team to take care of the arrangements? Looking for a great venue in Leiden or The Hague, or will the event be taking place online? The Events Office is here to help.

The Personnel Shared Service Centre (PSSC) manages the University’s personnel administration. The PSSC is part of the Administrative Shared Service Center (ASSC), as wel as the Service Point. You can contact the PSSC Service Point with any questions about staff regulations, working conditions and personnel…

Are you looking for a contact person, because you for instance have a question about privacy, or you need a ULCN guest or uSis account? Or do you need a manual or application form? Below you will find more information.

Your career as a PhD candidate at Leiden University or Leiden University Medical Center starts with the introductory meeting. These meetings are organised five times a year, and are compulsory for all new PhD candidates. You preferably attend the meeting within the first 2-3 months after registratio…

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It was the Night of Discoveries on Saturday 16 September: a summer encounter between art and science. Leiden researchers from various disciplines inspired the public with their quest to understand our world.

Various scientific disciplines are using reinforcement learning to solve all kinds of problems. In a SAILS mini symposium on Friday 29 September at the Faculty of Social Sciences, colleagues from different faculties will show how they use reinforcement learning in their work.

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In the Netherlands children attend school from the age of 4 and are legally required to do so from the age of 5. Elementary school, or primary education (basisschool), lasts 8 years.