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…

You can easily make your own Confidentiality Agreements (CDA), Material Transfer Agreements (MTA) and Consultancy Agreements with the Luris Contract Tool. In addition to these standard intellectual property contracts, the Contract Tool can also be used to create work documents that are often…

Contact the Faculty HR department via hr@arch.leidenuniv.nl. HR advises managers, management assistants, Faculty Board and Department Chairs on personnel policy. If you have any questions about working conditions, please contact the Servicepoint Personnel first. Depending on your question, they can…

More information on communications and marketing can be found on the staff website. The team is based on the fifth floor, Wijnhaven, The Hague. Please e-mail your questions about communication to communicatie@fgga.leidenuniv.nl.

If you are intending to study at Leiden University, information about you will be collected and used to make your programme possible. What data are collected and what we do with them is described in the Privacy Notice Student.

You can vote for your representatives for the Faculty and Employee Councils during the elections. You can read about the organisation of the elections in the electoral regulations.

You can vote for your representatives for the University Council during the elections. You can read about the organisation of the election in the electoral regulations.

This document provides rules, guidelines and information on permitted and prohibited uses of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) in examinations/assessment during your study programme. These rules and guidelines apply to all students at the Faculty of Humanities.

  Director Coen Glasbergen Business Controller  René Schollaart Proces Coordinator Angélique van der Leeuw Office Manager Patricia Scholten secretariaat@issc.leidenuniv.nl Postal address PO Box 9512 2300 RA Leiden Visiting address Snellius Building Niels Bohrweg 1 2333 CA Leiden Plan your…

If you are no longer able to do your current job, we investigate whether we can redeploy you. This involves examining within a reasonable term whether there is another suitable job for you within the organisation.

Students can stand as candidates during university elections via a party. On this page, the student parties present themselves.

Elections 2025

Plexus Student Centre is there for the needs of all students. The Plexus Advisory Group advises Plexus management during regular meetings. All manner of day to day issues are addressed, from smoking by the exit, to requests for subsidies (SOS) and facilities for student organisations. Both independent…

In 2018, the SEA Employee Council is placing an emphasis on sustainability. With this in mind, the Foot Print Challenge has been launched. The university believes it has a social responsibility to work towards a better understanding and awareness of  environmental measures, together with its…

The ICT & Education Department helps staff in using various ICT applications assists them in their teaching. Responsiblities ICT & Education is responsible for: ICT support for teaching Management of the digital learning environment Brightspace Employee training for Brightspace Supporting the…

The Research Committee of the Faculty of Archaeology advises the Faculty Board –requested or not- about matters that (directly) concern the research projects that are carried out by the Faculty members. The Research Committee advises the Graduate School of Archaeology on PhD research proposals of internal…

Do you want to know what you or your institution can do if there is a dispute with the employer regarding the application of the Collective Labour Agreement (CAO)? You can read more about it in the Collective Labour Agreements for Dutch Universities (CAO-NU).

Secretariat The secretariat manages the diary of the Executive Board. The contact persons of the members of the Board are: Prof. Annetje Ottow, President Anne Bego Prof. Hester Bijl, Vice-Rector Magnificus Mariken Overdijk Timo Kos, Vice-President (from 1 March 2025) Tjarda Bergsma Contact Postal address…

The Pre-PhD Programme (PPP) is intended for LLM students studying at the Faculty of Law of Leiden University who would like to pursue a PhD. During this programme, you can further strengthen your research skills, gain experience in (legal) academic research during the science internship and receive…

The Course Regulations (see file at the bottom of this page) state which rules are applicable to honours education at Leiden University. This entails the following programmes: Pre-University College Pre-University Classes Honours College Bachelor Honours Classes LDE Sustainability Honours…

Research at Leiden Law School is organised in research programmes. All researchers at Leiden Law School take part in one of its research programmes and become research fellow.

Leiden Law School offers the possibility of becoming an external (non-funded) doctoral candidate. External PhD candidates should have a research proposal that fits one of the faculty's current research programmes and the expertise of the intended supervisor(s). At Leiden Law School, three…

You want to start a bachelor’s or master’s programme. It is important that you have the right information. Leiden University wants to assist you as well as possible in making the right study choice, e.g. by informing you about programmes, organising information activities or other topics that are related…

The Rules and Regulations (see file at the bottom of this page) apply to all examinations (tentamens) and final examinations (examens) in the context of honours education at Leiden University. This entails the following programmes: Pre-University College Pre-University Classes Honours College Bachelor…

Students at Leiden University may be entitled to additional financial support from the university through the Regulations on Financial Support for Students. This support makes it possible to continue your studies if you have fallen behind.

Responsibilities Management Support is responsible for: coordinating the meetings of the Executive Board  advising on operational management advising on legal affairs advising on security affairs  organising PhD defence ceremonies  ICT coordination of Administration and Central Services…

The Customer Applications Services (CAS) department experiments with, develops, facilitates, advises and directs innovative ICT services, tools and ideas that contribute to achieving the University’s ambitions in the area of excellent academic research, research innovation and efficient business…

Do you have questions about teaching or research? JOOST (the ICLON Teaching and Research Support Desk) is the place where all teacher educators (minor and master) and researchers can ask any teaching related questions and where expertise on teaching and research is made available for all. You will…

The Board of Examiners will look at your request in accordance to, among others, the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Examiners. Personal circumstances and proportionality are taken into account.

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,…

Time schedule 7 April Reference date and determination of electoral registers. On this day it is determined who can choose and who can apply. 8 and 9 April Submission of candidacy  If you want to fulfill a position in participation, you can apply with a digital form on 8 or 9 April (by 16.00 at…

DevOps teams The Infra team is responsible for the management and development of the technical infrastructure: network, telephony, servers and storage. The management and development of our private cloud LUCI also falls under the responsibility of this team. The Workspace team is responsible for the…

Responsibilities The responsibilities of Management Affairs include preparing and coordinating the meetings of the Board of Governors, Executive Board, University Council, Management Team and Employee Council.  Rector's Office The Rector’s Office is part of Management Affairs and is responsible…

Responsibility Functional Management is responsible for the management and development of University systems. What does Functional Management do? Functional Management manages the following systems: SAP (support of financial, staff and logistical processes) ULCN (registration and management…

Disclaimer Leiden University regularly monitors and updates the information on this website. Whilst we endeavour to ensure that the information on this website is correct, we do not warrant its completeness or accuracy. Should you identify any inaccuracies on this website, please notify the web editors…

Responsibility The Management Board is a consultative body of the Executive Board and faculty deans. The Executive Board only reaches important decisions once it has consulted the Management Board. The faculty deans therefore contribute to the overall management of the University. What does the Management…

The Board of Admissions is responsible for the requirements for the International Bachelor in Psychology (IBP) and the Master's Programmes in Psychology. Tasks The main tasks of this Board of Admissions are described in detail in the Course and Examination Regulations | Additional rules and…

At Leiden University we are giving post-award project management a boost with the introduction of a university-wide pool of Research Project Managers, that is housed at Luris. The aim is to relieve researchers of the administrative burden that comes with managing externally funded collaborative projects.…

Responsibility IM is responsible for University information policy. It ensures that the right information is available in the right place, and is responsible for the management and security of information and digitization. What does IM do? Information security and cyber security Direction of the project…

Responsibility HRM is responsible for University’s HRM policy, training policy, terms of employment policy and organisational development.  What does HRM do? Implements the HRM policy Provides staff training Provides information on the job market Advises on employment law Promotes internal mobility…

The Institute Council consists of scientists, support staff and PhD candidates. They represent the rest of the staff and give the Institute Board solicited and unsolicited advice on all matters on the Institute level relating to teaching, research, and organisation. The Institute Council is elected…

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.

Staff members in the Faculty Council are elected for 2 years, students for 1 year. For the elections for the Faculty Council of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs, a candidate system is used. This means that seats are allocated directly to persons. More information about the election system…

Responsibility Finance Directorate supports The Executive Board in the internal administration of the University. Its role is as policy initiator, advisor and facilitator in all areas of the University’s internal administration. What does Finance Directorate do? Coordinates the planning & control…

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…

Responsibility of the department HR Administration is responsible for the processes relating to the University's personnel and salary administration, and for handling questions from managers and employees.  What does the department do? Processing all personnel mutations and carry out administrative…

Responsibility Financial Administration is responsible for the University’s financial services. What does Financial Administration do? Processes all incoming invoices and staff expense claims. Invoicing and credit monitoring. Registers all incoming and outgoing cashflows. Technical consolidation of…

The Business Service Center houses various specialisms to support the departments within ASSC. The Business Service Center focusses on fulfilling supporting, specialist roles that contribute to efficient and effective business operations.

Responsibility The Board of Deans is a consultative structure for all faculty deans. The Board also acts as Doctorate Board. This is specified in the Leiden University PhD Regulations. What does the Board of Deans/Doctorate Board do? Acting as the Doctorate Board: conferring doctorates and honorary…