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Lezing, Economic and Social History Brown Bag Seminar

Symposium

Lezing

Lezing, Studium Generale

Leiden University offers its international staff several resources to help find their way in the Netherlands. 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 Leide…

Lezing, Environmental Humanities LU Talk

The Netherlands have an excellent public transport system. You can get almost everywhere by train, bus or tram. All you need is an OV-chipkaart. When it comes to getting around in Leiden it might be worth to consider buying a (secondhand) bike. Do you prefer travelling by car? You will find more on…

Are you moving to the Netherlands with your partner and looking to build your own career here? Whether your partner will be working at Leiden University or elsewhere, this page is for anyone relocating to the Netherlands and exploring job opportunities. Here you’ll find useful tips, resources, and links…

You can suggest topics that need to be addressed in these FAQs. Please contact us at our usual email addresses and phone number(s).

If you are not eligible for university owned accommodation or if you prefer to buy or rent your own property there are a few things to take into consideration. The Service Centre International Staff can help you as well.

If you wish to come to the Netherlands there are certain immigration procedures you need to follow. The Service Centre International Staff will help you with all of these. We will provide you with checklists, an immigration wizard and an overview of all immigration requirements. This way you will be…

Are you an international researcher working for Leiden University? Please note that you probably are legally obliged to take out health insurance. Here you will find if you need a public or a private health insurance, and how to apply for it.

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.

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.

When you decide to move to the Netherlands and bring along your family there is a great deal that needs to be taken care of. We will provide some information on schools, childcare and learning Dutch to help you settle in in the Netherlands.

When you (accidentally) cause injury or damage to someone else, you are liable. The other person or party can reclaim his or her financial loss from you. With a liability insurance, the insurer will reimburse the ‘victim’ for the costs of the damage caused.

Promotie

When moving to the Netherlands, it is important to know whether you are considered resident tax payer or non-resident. Both residents and non-residents are taxed on their taxable income. A number of criteria help determine your status as resident or non-resident.

Paradiso, de Keizersgrachtkerk en het Artis-aquarium: deze gebouwen danken alle hun ontwerp aan architecten Gerlof Bartholomeus Salm en Abraham Salm. Remco van der Kuijp deed onderzoek naar de plek van vader en zoon in de architectuurgeschiedenis. Promotie op 25 maart.

Marco Beijersbergen is benoemd tot een van de 62 fellows van de Netherlands Academy of Engineering (NAE). Met deze fellows benadrukt de NAE het belang van technologische innovatie voor duurzame maatschappelijke verandering. De inauguratie is op 13 november.

Promotie

Leiden University offers housing facilities for international PhD's and other visiting academic staff. Read about the application process for university housing. If you need tenants for your apartment or family house in Leiden and its surrounding area, we will gladly help you rent it to our international…

De universitaire website bestaat uit meerdere sub-websites. Het beheer van deze websites is de verantwoordelijkheid van verschillende centrale afdelingen. Daarnaast heeft iedere faculteit en eenheid een eigen webredactie.

Cursus, Workshop

Congres/symposium, Workshop

Organisatie

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

We maken van kunst graag een coöperatief geheel. We tonen het niet alleen, we willen ook medewerkers en studenten stimuleren om met kunst bezig te zijn. Om er anders naar te kijken, om het zelf te doen.

We are excited to share that the article, Does pre‐packed bankruptcy create value? An empirical study of post-bankruptcy employment retention in The Netherlands, by our colleagues, Jan Adriaanse, Jean-Pierre van der Rest, Gert-Jan Boon, and Reinout Vriesendorp, published in the International Insolvency…

Het artikel “Anticipating an unwanted future: euthanasia and dementia in the Netherlands” van Natashe Lemos Dekker heeft de eerste Interdem Academy Publication Award gewonnen. Lemos Dekker is postdoctoraal onderzoeker in het ERC project 'Globalizing Palliative Care' aan de Leidse afdeling Culturele…

Zachte structuren die van vorm veranderen, zonder aandrijving van buitenaf. De Leidse natuurkundigen Daniela Kraft en Julio Melio creëerden dit in hun laboratorium. Ze presenteren hun baanbrekende onderzoek naar metamaterialen op microschaal in Nature. Een doorbraak die slimme, zelfaanpassende materialen…

Met een openingswoord, een paneldiscussie op de Spaanse Trappen in Wijnhaven en een druk op de rode knop voor het gebouw zelf, is POPcorner The Hague donderdagmiddag officieel geopend door rector magnificus Hester Bijl.

Last week, the sad news reached us that Dr Jan Schmidt passed away on 11 August 2025. We wish his partner, friends and family strength and comfort as they cope with this loss. Jan Schmidt will be remembered as one of the most prolific and learned scholars in the field of Ottoman codicology and histo…

Twee Brabantse amateurarcheologen vonden enkele jaren geleden meer dan honderd Romeinse munten in de buurt van Berlicum. Na jaren van onderzoek blijkt nu dat het gaat om een offerplaats bij een doorwaadbare plek in de rivier. Extra opvallend: de geofferde munten werden nauwkeurig geselecteerd. ‘Dit…