The university offers an array of tools you can use for your education, and for which SEEDS (the Science teacher support desk) offers support.

Honours education caters to the most talented and motivated students at Leiden University. Students receive honours education in addition to their regular bachelor’s or master’s programmes. Furthermore, honours education is available to pupils in the final two years of secondary school.

Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs

During an evacuation, employees and students of the Science Faculty gather at the following assembly points:

We carry out regular evaluations with a view to improving the quality of our teaching. The programme committees and the Accreditation Organisation of the Netherlands and Flanders (NVAO) play an important part in this process. In addition, a student satisfaction survey is also carried out very year:…

In all matters regarding education, Leiden University faculties are supported by the Expertise Centre for Student and Educational Affairs, ICLON and the Faculty Educational Office.

Do you want advice with the ICT that supports your lectures? Or do you need help using Brightspace? Your ICT & Education Coordinator is available for all your questions.

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.

An education grant may be available for some forms of cooperation with universities outside the Netherlands, such as student exchanges, staff mobility or setting up your own education project or international master’s programme. More information about possible grants is given below.

The Leiden University Library (UBL) has more to offer to lecturers than you might think. The UBL can provide you with general rules for copyright in Blackboard, information skills training for your students, or the option of using library collections as part of your teaching.

Open Science is an umbrella term for an approach that aims to make scientific research accessible, reproducible, and freely available to people within and outside of academics.

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.

Covid-19 has had a huge impact on teaching at universities over the past two years. Through force of circumstances, lecturers have adapted much faster to a digital future. On 7 June Leiden Teachers Academy’s annual Education Festival (working language is English) will present insights on this ‘new n…

Didactics

On 24 January, the yearly Education Kick Off took place in PLNT: the perfect opportunity for teachers and course coordinators to start off the new semesters inspired and informed. The general state of affairs around education was discussed and two thematic sessions offered in-depth insights on new testing…

Universities, companies, organisations and societies are increasingly facing enormous quantities of data. It is a great challenge to transform these Big Data into knowledge, which is why Leiden University has launched a University-wide Data Science Research Programme.

Science Skills Platform is a versatile, digital skills learning environment for all teachers and students from the Faculty of Science. With more than 100 skills modules available, students can work on the skills they encounter during their studies whenever and wherever they want. Teachers can integrate…

Social and Behavioural Sciences

Leiden University participates in and organises a number of popular science events to help inform the public about what is going on in the world of science.

Science

In addition to web lectures you can also create short knowledge clips, podcasts, vodcasts, and other audio-visual productions. You can even stream a lecture live.

Didactics

During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the front or backside of the Pieter de la Court Building.

ICT

Science, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Lecture

In all matters regarding education, Leiden University faculties are supported by the Expertise Centre for Student and Educational Affairs, ICLON and the Faculty Educational Office.

Science, Leiden Observatory

Workshop

Governance and Global Affairs, Institute of Security and Global Affairs

Science, Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker will retire on 8 February. If there’s one theme running through his career, it’s the links between the University and society. In this series of pre-retirement discussions, Stolker will talk one last time to people from within and without the University. This edition…