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To help ensure your studies go well, Leiden University offers guidance and advice services. You can find the most important contact information here.

A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.

To help ensure your studies go well, Leiden University offers guidance and advice services. You can find the most important contact information here.

Bachelor

During your time as a student at the Faculty of Global and Governance Affairs, you might need more than just attending your lectures and workgroups. On this website you will see an overview of all the possibilities we have within our faculty. With this we hope to show you what else the faculty has to…

The role of the Board of Examiners is to ensure that study programmes adhere to their Course and Examination Regulations. The Board of Examiners oversees all tests and examinations within the institute and determines whether students have acquired the knowledge and skills required for the awarding of…

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

Schedules

How can you find an internship or research project and what arrangements do you need to make?

To arrange before departure

Bachelor, Master

Incoming exchange Erasmus forms, transcripts, grades and credits

Course and exam enrolment

Study abroad: where and when?

Approval and application

Approval and application

Approval and application

Do you want to request a change to the academic requirements set by your bachelor's or master's programme? Perhaps you want to be exempted from a particular course, because you think you have already acquired the knowledge elsewhere. Or do you want academic credits earned at another institution to be…

Bachelor, Master

Approval and application

At faculty and study programme level there are various regulations in place to ensure that everything runs as it should. For example, there are thesis and faculty regulations, as well as rules and guidelines on assessments, exams, degree classifications and plagiarism.

Your study adviser or coordinator is an expert on all aspects of your study programme. If you have any questions or concerns about your programme, whether they be of a practical or academic nature, you can contact your study adviser.

Preparations

To arrange upon your return

Our goal is to help international students feel happy and at home in the Netherlands. We aim to bring students together, create a sense of community and foster a safe and tolerant living environment.

Study abroad: when?

To arrange upon your return

As well as study associations, Leiden University also has a number of other associations through which you can develop your skills and gain experience that will come in useful in your later professional life.

To arrange upon your return

To arrange upon your return

Is one study programme not challenging enough, or are you having trouble choosing between two programmes? If so, a double study programme might be the solution.

Become a Resident Assistant.

Community, engagement, and well-being.

The course selection varies each year. On this page, you will find courses offered in 2026–2027.

Matthew DiGiuseppe, Associate Professor at the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University, has been awarded an NWO XS grant for his project ‘Political Polarization and Public Support for AI Governance’. The project examines whether growing political polarisation affects citizens’ willingness…

So you've completed your studies and are about to enter the job market. The Career Service can help you to find that first job.

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

Outgoing exchange coordinators can provide you with information and advice if you are interested in going abroad as part of your Leiden University study programme.

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

Bachelor, Master

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

A study association is a good way to combine study-related activities with pleasure. Every faculty has one or more study association.

The research trainees of the programme work on a research project together with two researchers from the academic staff. During their traineeship, students may for instance work on databases, investigate manuscripts, develop an app, conduct an experiment or publish an article. They may also present…

Welcome to Leiden University

Approval and application

Approval and application

The role of the Board of Examiners is to ensure that study programmes adhere to their Course and Examination Regulations. The Board of Examiners oversees all tests and examinations within the institute and determines whether students have acquired the knowledge and skills required for the awarding of…

When deciding what to study you undoubtedly read a lot of information about your study programme. Leiden University employs various systems to provide information about programmes and courses and to facilitate communication between lecturers and students.

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