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What's your idea for bringing Dutch and international students together?Do you have a creative idea for improving contacts between Dutch and international students? Work out a plan and you could win the Van Bergen Prize an...
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The Relief of Leiden through the eyes of Spanish officersDid Francisco de Valdés indeed spare Leiden because his beloved Magdalena Moons had family living here? Historian Raymond Fagel will give a lecture on...
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New agreements on language use at Leiden UniversityLeiden University is an internationally oriented Dutch university, where we communicate with one another in both Dutch and English. To ensure that we ...
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Rapenburg - backdrop for art and knowledgeStreet theatre, drama, poetry and a lot of science: Leiden's Rapenburg was the backdrop for the fifth Night of Art and Knowledge on Saturday 16 Septem...
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Tour of Asia success in spite of rainThe Tour of Asia, an afternoon filled with science and culture about Asia, attracted many visitors. In spite of the heavy rain, the visitors chose fro...
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Festive opening of Asian Library by Queen MáximaOn 14 September Queen Máxima symbolically opened Leiden’s new Asian Library. In a Pieterskerk filled with international guests, the queen received the...
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Ready for an adventure? Sign up now for the Study Abroad Festival!Are you ready to immerse yourself in a new culture and make friends for life? Would you like to study abroad at one of our partner universities as par...
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Come to the Tour of Asia festival!From gay rights in Asia to water management in the Philippines and from the Silk Road to current tensions with North Korea. Come to the Tour of Asia o...
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Tap water stations to reduce plastic wasteLeiden University will install over 30 tap water stations in the autumn of 2017 at the various University buildings. The first is already in use.
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Plastic Soup Surfer calls for sustainable academic yearOne person can already make a difference, and if all students and academics were eco-friendly, the world would be a much more sustainable place. Plast...
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From Table to TrashThe Life Cycle of Archaeological Objects: Uncovering the treasures of the faculty of archeology
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How Neanderthals made the very first glueThe world’s oldest known glue was made by Neanderthals. But how did they make it 200,000 years ago? Leiden archaeologists have discovered three possib...
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The whole world is studying in LeidenAn impressive 1,300 international students from 84 different nations got to know each other at the University in Orientation Week Leiden. Where do the...
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‘A good relationship is a teacher's best asset'
During the opening of the academic year, true to tradition the LUC Teaching Prize will be awarded to the best lecture at the University. Get to know t...
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Four reasons to visit the Night of Art & SciencesOn 16 September, the Rapenburg canal will be the setting for the Night of Art & Sciences. There will be plenty of things to do, including for internat...