Choice is at the very heart of politics. War or peace, left or right, liberty or security, sovereignty or integration, consensus or conflict—choices matter. Choice is also key to your education. Choose an intellectually challenging programme in which you develop your knowledge and expertise in the study…

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Find out how to apply for Crisis and Security Management at Leiden University by following our step-by step guide.

Are you considering studying a master's programme and are you wondering what Leiden University has to offer? Then join the Master's Online Open Days on 17 and 18 October 2024 from the comfort of your own home. Watch live presentations of the master's programmes of your interest. We also offer information…

Are you considering studying a master's programme and are you wondering what Leiden University has to offer? Then join the Master's Online Open Days on 17 and 18 October 2024 from the comfort of your own home. Watch live presentations of the master's programmes of your interest. We also offer information…

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If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.

If you have a question, there are various ways to get in touch with us.

Finding housing is your own responsibility therefore it is important to plan ahead. Find out how and when to start your search and read other important tips and advice.

Do you want to get your stay in Leiden or The Hague off to the best-possible start? If so, you cannot afford to miss Leiden University’s introduction weeks for international students. In addition to having lots of fun, you’ll make new friendships and start getting to know the University and the city…

With the unique programme in Global Archaeology at Leiden University you will explore the archaeological past of Europe, the Mediterranean and West Asia, or the Americas. You address the impact of global developments on the area of your choice. The courses prepare you for a career as a regional archaeologist…

Impressions by Oene de Haan - PhD candidate at Utrecht University.

The project will clarify that in the search for these new means the treatise On the sublime of ps.-Longinus played a crucial role. However, the project will also place the theatre performances in a broader social and political perspective. These public events and the theatre performances suggest that…

Which circumstances have determined the transition to, or the dominance of, a particular type of military employment in different societies at different times?

The ambition to have flexible learning pathways is about creating possibilities to improve the content and form of students’ learning process, and to link learning to students’ needs. Students who have access to a flexible range of learning pathways can align their university career with their own personal…

What are the behaviours of plant traits throughout various points in the growing season in a radiative transfer model framework and how well can this knowledge be integrated through data assimilation to provide priors for robust local and global vegetation products and analysis?

In 2020, Leiden University launched its stimulated interdisciplinary programs, including one focused on regenerative medicine.

Student housing procedures and norms vary greatly from country to country. In the Netherlands, most universities do not have their own dormitories and students generally arrange their own accommodation. Find out how you can arrange your student housing. Make sure to start early! Affordable rooms are…

If you are not eligible for the master's programme Public Administration you may be admitted to the pre-master. Find out if you are eligible for the pre-master and how to apply below.

We are the hub in Leiden where students and staff members cooperate to make our University more sustainable!

Promotor: R. Gill, Co-promotor: P. Massart

Commagene in its Local, Regional and Global Hellenistic Context

This thesis investigates the processing of words written in Japanese kanji and Chinese hànzì, i.e. logographic scripts.

Promotor: Prof.dr. R. Verpoorte, , Co-Promotor: Young Hae Choi

This subproject examines how memories of flight and persecution shaped new social and religious identities in the Netherlands.

Presents a novel philosophical account of psychedelic experiences, arguing that they can be induced by means other than psychedelics — such as meditation and yoga.

In this article, James Shires and Tatiana Tropina, assistant professors at the Institute of Security and Global Affairs, map the relationship between gender equality and cybersecurity governance as a component of good security sector governance (SSG). Here, it highlights the way in which cybersecurity…

Promotor: Prof.dr. P.C. van Welzen

Are you interested in Leiden University College The Hague, but unable to travel to our open day on 2 March? Not to worry! We are livestreaming the information sessions taking place in our building.

The Faculty of Humanities consist of various academic fields. What is the common ground of all these different academics and students? They tell their story and why it matters in today’s world in 'We are Humanities'.

This thesis discusses several questions regarding the double ramification cycle as a Chow class on the moduli space of stable n-pointed genus g curves using tools from so-called logarithmic geometry.

Heritage Quest is a citizen science project in which volunteers help archaeologists in the quest for undiscovered archaeological heritage.

Context and contents of the Izcatqui manuscript in the Royal Tropical Institute, Amsterdam

This Conference volume unites a wide range of scholars working in the fields of history, archaeology, religion, art, and philology in an effort to explore new perspec-tives and methods in the study of primary sources from premodern South and Southeast Asia.

Trust in public institutions in the Tata Steel case and beyond

ChEMBL is a large-scale drug discovery database containing bioactivity information primarily extracted from scientific literature.

Pursuing Whiteness in the Colonies offers a new comprehension of colonial history from below by taking remnants of individual agencies from a whiteness studies perspective. It highlights the experiences and perceptions of colonisers and how they portrayed and re-interpreted their identities in Afric…

Companies can commission the master research of our students.

On November 22nd, Morana Lukač succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Morana on this great result.

Psycho-physiological reactions to stress.

What motivates people to provide help to, or seek help from other groups? And what are the psychological consequences of receiving help from another group?

What legislative and regulatory questions arise when children, adolescents or elderly people use the Internet?

For questions about a English diploma statement and/or a transcript in English, you can contact your faculty or the administration of your study.

We report new computational and experimental evidence of an efficient and astrochemically relevant formation route to formaldehyde (H2CO). This simplest carbonylic compound is central to the formation of complex organics in cold interstellar clouds and is generally regarded to be formed by the hydrogenation…

Promotor: J. Aarts