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Reijer Passchier: Alternatives need to be created for services of big tech companies News - 16 February 2023
How can more people take ownership of technology? Underlying this question is the assumption that not enough people currently own technology. According to Reijer Passchier, Associate Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law in Leiden, and Professor of Digitisation and the Democratic Rule of…

Max van Duijn, new chair of The Young Academy: ‘We need to be more resilient to ideological pressure’ News - 25 March 2026
Assistant professor Max van Duijn is the new chair of The Young Academy. He aims to support young academics, bring research closer to society and make academia more resilient.

Why we need to co-create knowledge for sustainability – and why this is easier said than done News - 24 January 2022
Recent debates on energy transitions and poverty illustrate the social ecological complexities of sustainability problems. These cannot be tackled by single academic disciplines – nor by academics alone. In this blog, Marja Spierenburg reflects on the need for, and challenges of ‘transdisciplinarity…

Do we need a right to a human explanation? Melanie Fink at Leiden University’s SAILS Lunch Time-seminars News - 21 February 2025
On 10 February 2025, Melanie Fink presented her recently awarded NWO Veni project at Leiden University’s SAILS Lunch Time-seminars.

NRC: ‘We understand the quantum world fantastically well—now we still need to grasp the transition from the quantum to the classical world.’ News - 10 April 2026
Recently, Austrian physicists succeeded in placing minuscule metal spheres with a diameter of 0.000008 millimetres into superposition.

OSCoffee: Do we need some kind of national observatory for consultation projects? Event - 3 December 2025

OSCoffee: Do we need some kind of national observatory for consultation projects? Event - 3 December 2025
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Keeping up with its own standards: does science need constant rejuvenation? Event - 11 April 2025
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Epistemic decentralizing: do we need more players to change the game? Event - 27 June 2025
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Visa & residence permit Liberal Arts and Sciences: Global Challenges (BA/BSc) - Leiden University College
If you are going to study in the Netherlands as a foreign student, you may need an entry visa (MVV) and/or a residence permit (VVR). Whether you need a visa and/or a residence permit depends on your purpose of stay, the length of your stay and your nationality.

Working in the Netherlands Alumni and Career
Many students want to find themselves a job during their studies, to help cover their expenses for example, or they might want to stay and work in the Netherlands after graduating. While there are certainly possibilities in both these areas, you’ll need to bear in mind that there are also restrictio…

Visas and residence permits Prepare your stay
Find out if you need a (new) visa or residence permit for your studies at Leiden University and the steps you must take.

Prepare your stay International Students
As an international student, you will need to take care of a number of practical matters both before and after arriving in the Netherlands. On these pages you can find out about the steps you need take, appointments you need to make and the welcome activities offered by Leiden University.

International PhD candidates Graduate School for Humanities
If you wish to come to the Netherlands, there are certain immigration procedures you need to follow. Leiden University can apply for a visa and residence permit on your behalf.