Is this your first year at a university and are you still finding your way around the university? These tips will help you settle into student life.

At the Lowlands festival last weekend, visitors could test their navigation skills and contribute to scientific research. Leiden psychologists were st...

Students at Leiden University continue to be broadly positive about their degree programmes and study environment, according to the results of the 202...

All the continents are represented, as around 1,300 students from 75 different countries start Orientation Week Leiden. What’s on the programme?

Scientists at Leiden University have discovered how a beneficial bacterium helps plants cope with drought. The finding reveals a previously unknown bi...

Researchers Dietsje Jolles and Rachel Plak are helping bring science to a wider audience as ambassadors for the Weekend of Science on 3 and 4 October....

Tjerk Kroes (1965-2026), a member of the Board of Governors, died unexpectedly of a heart attack on Saturday 15 August.

For two years, Alexa represented the voice of honours students within the Honours Academy board. She is now stepping down as assessor. It’s time to lo...

A woman is killed every eight days in the Netherlands. More knowledge is vital to protecting women. Professor Marieke Liem and her team aim to conduct...

On the top floor of the Sylvius Building, Chloe Kenney shows off the fish facility. From looking after the animals to carrying out technical maintenan...

The Night of Discoveries on 19 December is an evening of art, chance encounters, thought-provoking talks, live music and interactive experiences acros...

We encourage our students and staff to join Pride Leiden’s Pride Walk on Monday 31 August at 19.30.

A passion for science and for students: that is exactly what Anniek Bodewes will bring to her new role as student assessor for the Faculty of Science ...

For a group of students, ethical hacking started as an evening hobby. Now it has become a course within the Computer Science programme. Both the unive...

Which language will you pass on to your child? What did the people of Leiden sing in the seventeenth century? How does Russian propaganda work? Leiden...