When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents. The documents that are required depend on your educational background and chosen study programme. For details of the documents required by each study programme, refer also to the programme-specific information.

This political theory specialisation focuses on the concepts of legitimacy and justice—political philosophy’s core themes. These concepts lie at the heart of questions of politics and analyzing them conceptually and theoretically gives us tools to engage and assess political practice.

The Experience Days are intended to help you become better acquainted with the Leiden University English-taught bachelor's programmes.

When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents. The documents that are required depend on your educational background and chosen study programme.

The programme International Criminal Law at Leiden University prepares you for a succesful career. Read more about our career preparation activities

The Hague is the Netherlands’ fastest-growing student city, offering great study and career opportunities to students from all over the world.

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), one of the largest families of membrane proteins, are responsive to a diverse set of physiological endogenous ligands including hormones and neurotransmitters.

Leiden University has an Open Access policy and a Copyright Information Office.

If you have the ambition to continuously develop and grow in your work, then Leiden University is an attractive employer for you.

The Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Arabia aims to promote research on the ancient languages and cultures of Arabia, and to disseminate this knowledge to the broader public.

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The editorial board of Inter-Section happily invites contributions from ambitious archaeology students, or recent graduates, of Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology. We welcome all sorts of article submissions, as long as they are based on the original work of the author and contribute to the…

PAIR stands for ethical publishing and transparency. Below you can read about our commitment to COPE principles, copyright compliance and rigorous peer review ensures the integrity of every article we publish.

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When you apply for admission, you’ll be asked to submit several documents. The documents that are required depend on your educational background.

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Our anniversary won’t be an anniversary without a bit of sport. Sport brings us together: shoulder to shoulder on the start line and cheering each other over the finish. We are going to run (or walk) in Leiden and The Hague.

The two-year programme consists of 120 European Credit Transfer System points (EC) and includes core courses (30 EC), two Industrial Ecology Projects (20 EC), specialization courses (35 EC) and the Thesis Research Project (35 EC).

Now you are aware of all admissions requirements and application deadlines it’s time to start your application procedure. Every student will need to start their application in Studielink. Afterwards, you will receive access to the online application portal of Leiden University.

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For Humans of Psychology, students and staff will be put into the spotlight. At our institute prizes are won, exiting research is conducted, knowledge is harnessed, public meeting are organised and open science is highlighted. Take a look behind the scenes.

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

After nine years, Mirjam de Baar is leaving as vice-dean of the Faculty of Humanities. ‘It will take some getting used to letting go of this vice-deanship because the education portfolio is very close to my heart and I’ve worked hard for it in recent years in close cooperation with many colleagues.’

An overview will be appear here shortly of all the publications from the Living Lab.

Nothing lasts forever. On the left you will find all of the Citizen Science Lab's completed projects.

The Microscopy Unit houses, maintains and coordinates most of the microscopy equipment of the IBL. The available equipment ranges from conventional light and fluorescence microscopes, to confocal laser scanning and electron microscopes. In addition, infrastructure is available for histology, including…

Here you can find an overview of the Erasmus+ projects undertaken by Leiden University since 2015.

Along with your application, you will need to submit a variety of documents, including your transcript of results. Your previous education determines which menu in uSis (the online application portal of Leiden University) you have to use. Also see the infographic on the right for more information.

If you are new to Leiden, it might be a good idea to join one of its many student associations. You’ll quickly get to know people and build up a network that will continue to prove its worth long after you’ve graduated from your master’s.

To complete your application for LUC The Hague, you need to submit all of the required documents in the Leiden University application portal.

The application procedure is broken down into three parts.

LeiCenSAA publishes its own online, peer reveviewed journal: Arabian Epigraphic Notes (AEN). It is essential reading for all interested in the languages and scripts of the ancient Near East, and is of interest to students of Northwest Semitic epigraphy, Cuneiform studies, Egyptology, and classical antiquity.…

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LIACS aims at being a diverse and inclusive research institute. To reach this goal, two instances are working on addressing diversity related issues.

Research facilities within reach of LIBC members:

When you decide to study at LUC The Hague you need to consider certain fees and costs. If you need financial support, make sure that you apply on time.

There’s more to a master’s than studying hard; sometimes you just want to relax. It’s good to know that The Hague’s offering in the area of sport and culture is second to none.

History is being taught at Leiden University since the days of Justus Lipsius [1547-1606]. In 1860, following the appointment of Robert Fruin as Leiden professor of Dutch History, modern historical investigation started in the Netherlands.