The Servicedesk Personnel can answer all your personnel and administrative questions. It is the front office of the HR Administration of the ASSC (Administrative Shared Service Centre) expertise centre.

Leiden University, Delft University of Technology and Erasmus University Rotterdam have been collaborating intensively for many years. In 2012 this collaboration was formalised in the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities strategic alliance. This has allowed us to approach important and complex societal…

Why doesn’t the EU use market power to enforce migration readmission? Student Benoit Pols explains on the European Lawblog why trade sanctions remain politically sensitive — and legally tricky.

Leiden University values participation: the participation organs are the ears and eyes of the university. They identify issues of concern among staff and students and help advise and decide on the future of our organisation. Something for you? Then stand as a candidate! This year, elections will…

This year, there are elections for the student section of the University Council and the Faculty Councils and the staff section of the University Council. Also ther are by-elections for the Faculty Council of Archeology and Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Employee Council of SEA. What topics…

Dutch and Flemish partners, including Leiden University, are joining forces as the European Digital Media Observatory (EDMO) in the fight against the spread of fake news, and have received the support of the European Commission.

During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee corner at the front of the University Library. Keep the road and the square clear for emergency services.

Visitors to a website want to see immediately if the content is worth reading. The text should therefore be appealing and ‘scannable’.

For the spring semester 2025, the Austria Centre Leiden and the Institute History are excited to welcome Prof. Eva Pfanzelter to Leiden for her term as Visiting Professor in Central European Studies. Prof. Pfanzelter will teach two classes, give public talks in Leiden and around The Netherlands and…

Alumni who live and work in Brussels met on 18 February at the annual Leiden Alumni in Brussels Event. As well as celebrating Leiden University’s 450th anniversary, they also looked at the challenges Europe faces.

Education, Organisation

From research on stellar winds to sign language: an impressive seven researchers from Leiden University will receive a prestigious Vici grant from the Dutch Research Council (NWO).

Leiden University is committed to making your work safe, healthy and enjoyable.

Leiden University Press publishes academic books and journals, primarily in the field of humanities and social and behavioural sciences. The press focuses on Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, History (Global, Military, Environmental) Archaeology, Asian Studies, Environmental Studies, Literary Studies,…

The University has established an Environmental Policy Plan, which sets a number of ambitious goals to reduce its direct environmental impact and CO2 footprint and to raise staff awareness of sustainable and eco-friendly operations.

Lecture, CHEI Seminar

Good teaching is a skill in itself. In order to guarantee the quality of education in the Netherlands, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is now compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. What does…

Good teaching is a skill in itself. In order to guarantee the quality of education in the Netherlands, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is now compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. What does…

Four researchers from Leiden University have been awarded prestigious Vici grants the Dutch Research Council (NWO) has announced. The honoured applications are from researchers at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Leiden Observatory, the LUMC and the Faculty of Archaeology.

Collegevoorzitter Luc Sels ontvangt van de Universiteit Leiden 2 juli een eredoctoraat van de Universiteit van Edinburgh.

The theme Sustainability is one of the five continuous developmental themes in the strategical plan Innovating and connecting – 2022 - 2027 of Leiden University. Making sustainability one of the hot topics.

Leiden University offers housing facilities for international PhD's and other visiting academic staff. Read about the application process for university housing. If you need tenants for your apartment or family house in Leiden and its surrounding area, we will gladly help you rent it to our international…

Leiden University has become a member of OpenAIRE, a European non-profit e-infrastructure organisation that supports open science. Leiden University Libraries (UBL) submitted the application on behalf of the university.

At Leiden University, we know a long tradition of working with international partners. To encourage successful and strategic partnerships, the Leiden University Global Fund (LUGF) was established in 2024. This fund is intended to invest in worldwide partnerships, activities and initiatives. One of the…

Fancy seeing how your job is done at a university abroad? Project Managers Christina Schlüpen and Jeannette de Wolf from the Leiden Institute of Chemistry did just that. They both spent a week shadowing a European colleague: one in Bologna and the other in Berlin. This was through the Una Europe alliance,…

At Leiden University, we expect our researchers and lecturers to share our ambition to become one of the best. The commitment and quality of our supporting staff is crucial to achieving this. We therefore encourage our staff members to continue to develop their skills. This is the crux of our HR pol…

Bachelor, Master, PhD, Staff

During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the greens near the beach volleyball fields, next to the University Sports Centre.

During an evacuation, all employees and students gather at the coffee corner at the front of the University Library. Keep the road and the square clear for emergency services.

The University Sports Centre (USC) offers more than 55 sporting activities and classes. Staff members are entitled to a huge discount on membership of the USC.

The Procurement Service supports purchasing processes and European tenders in particular.

Lecture, CHEI Seminar

As of 1 November 2025, Professor Luc Sels will assume the role of President of Leiden University’s Executive Board.

On Tuesday, February 10, 2026, Professor Saskia Jaszoltowski, the new Visiting Professor for Central European Studies at Leiden University joined students, colleagues and friends of Austrian Studies at Leiden for a lunch-time talk that introduced her exciting research to our community.