Since 2023, the Faculty Council holds its meetings in English, and the minutes are published bilingually in Dutch and English. Please note, older minutes are in Dutch only. Please see the Dutch-language website for the minutes' archive.

Since late 2025 the Faculty Council's formal approval decisions and recommendations are also published in English. See for an overview of past approval decisions, the Dutch-language website.

NIMAR is the Netherlands expertise centre for Moroccan Studies. NIMAR has been a part of the Faculty of Humanities of Leiden University since 2016. NIMAR organises lectures, facilitates research and actively adds to the knowledge of Moroccan languages, cultures and society in The Netherlands. The…

Jan Sleutels is associate professor at the Institute for Philosophy. He is currently in his third term as director of Humanities Lab, the honours programme of the Faculty of Humanities, and previously served as director of education and programme chair for Philosophy. In the Faculty Council he can put…

PLEASE NOTE: This programme is being taught in English since 1 September 2022. For the Course and Examination Regulations of the academic year 2021-2022 and prior, please go to the Dutch page.

PhDoc defends the interests of PhDs and postdocs at Leiden University. We have had a consistent presence in the University Council since 2012. We are a group of energetic early-career academics who care about the future of our university.

The University Ombuds Officer deals with complaints from students who believe they have not been treated fairly by a university staff member or administrative body. Students can submit a complaint up to 12 months after the incident occurred, even if they have since completed their studies. The Ombuds…

Leiden Law School has four overarching, interdisciplinary research focus areas: Sustainability and law Technology, law and justice Trust in institutions Law and empirical research

The department of research is responsible for organisational and policy support of research within Leiden Law School. The department manages the registration of faculty research and is responsible for (internal) evaluations for the purpose of research assessments. The department provides…

Any intellectual property that you may generate within employment of Leiden University of LUMC is owned by Leiden University or LUMC. Since 2010, Leiden University has issued official regulations on working for third parties which state the rules on several topics involved, like the sharing of net proceeds…

Research conducted at Leiden Law School is closely aligned with research themes in the fields of social sciences and humanities within the National Sector Plans in the Netherlands. Through the sector plans for scientific research and university education launched in 2022, the Dutch government…

In light of the duties of care mentioned in the new Netherlands Code of Conduct for Research Integrity The Faculty Board of FGGA decided to install an Ethics Committee, that will evaluate all research of FGGA researchers. Ethical review of research proposals is already common practice for research…

Responsibility Archive management is responsible for archiving information connected with the policy and activities of Leiden University. This applies not only to research and education, but also to operational management. What does the department do? Since 2023, Archive management has been working…

De Afdeling Bacheloronderwijs ABO bemenst het werkgroeponderwijs en borgt de kwaliteit van het lesgeven van het werkgroeponderwijs in de bacheloropleiding psychologie.

The faculty thesis prize was established in 1994 and is awarded to the three best master's theses from the past academic year. Theses with a grade of 9 or higher may be submitted by the supervisors. There are three prizes: €1000, €800 and €600. The prizes are funded by the Stichting Oukha.…

Since 2018, Leiden Law School has a confidential counsellor for PhD candidates. As a PhD candidate you can experience problems in the relationship with your supervisor or co-supervisor, your immediate superior, colleagues or other PhD candidates. If you are unable to solve these problems, even…

Since 1 January 2020, the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU) has provided an option for staff members to submit certain employment-related decisions taken by their manager or the University to an Arbitration Committee. Arbitration Committee Mr. O. van Loon (Olaf) Chair and member…

Three unions represent Leiden University employees in the Local Consultative Body. The union delegation has at least six and no more than eight members who are appointed by their own unions: Unions Internal members External members AOb Nicole van Os (chair) Remco Breuker Mrs. A. Khattabi CNV Overheid…

Each year a current legal issue is the topic of the Meijers Lecture. This lecture has been held since the establishment of the E.M. Meijers Institute for Legal Research (today the Department of Research) in 1997 in honour of the person the institute was named after, who was also the founding father…

The P.J.R. Modderman Foundation is affiliated to the Faculty of Archaeology and aims to promote and facilitate archaeological research, in the broadest sense, for and by employees of the faculty. The foundation tries to achieve this goal, among other things, by providing financial contributions to archaeological…

What are patents?   Patents protect an invention from being commercialised by others without the owner’s consent. A patent does not give a right for use, but rather prevents others from having the right to use your invention (without your permission). The responsibility for enforcing the right…

DO: Start your application on time. We work with a 3-week term to respond, but there may be questions, comments or additional documents needed. Also, since the ethics committee members are just your colleagues, we can be overwhelmed by work, get ill, or travel. We do our best to review applications…

The Institute of Anglo-American Law was established by Professor Basil Markesinis, and opened by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales in 1988.

The Psychology Research Ethics Committee considers applications for ethical approval for research conducted within the Institute of Psychology. All studies and experiments conducted in psychology first must obtain ethical approval in order to protect participants' interests. Ruthie Pliskin – Social,…

The IREC provides advice on matters relating to ethical conduct in research by ICLON staff. All research involving the collection, analysis, and/or storage of data from individuals must be submitted to IREC. IREC reviews research proposals against criteria for research ethics.