Leiden University has student exchange and scholarships agreements with various Chinese universities, varying from long-term exchange programmes to two-week Summer Courses.

On Friday 15 November 2024 Chunli Song successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

On Friday 7 March 2025 Adam Knight successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

A Twenty-First Century Guide

Jifeng Liu defended his thesis on 2 February 2017

China wordt steeds assertiever in zijn relaties met andere landen, maar achter dit beeld gaat een opmerkelijk diverse maatschappij en politieke realiteit schuil die tal van aanknopingspunten biedt voor samenwerking en verdere integratie van China in de wereld. In China een gids voor de 21e eeuw past…

On 29 June May 2022 Yujing Tan successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

Leiden has the most highly regarded China Studies programme in Europe. But how did this knowledge find its way specifically to Leiden? For his PhD research Koos Kuiper delved into the unique history of the start of this unique programme.

This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University's Faculty of Humanities with Fudan University in China.

This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden Law School with Shandong University in Qingdao.

This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of the Faculty of Science with Sichuan University in Chengdu.

This thesis studied in depth the energy use and CO2 emissions of the industrial sector in China.

Students in EFL (English as a foreign language) classes may regard their non-native teachers as successful models of intercultural communication and mediators between the cultures of English-speaking countries (ES cultures) and their own cultures. Teachers who are aware of such roles may introduce and…

Leiden University and China import partner.

This is an Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility project of Leiden University’s Faculty of Science and Sichuan University’s College of Mathematics.

How are law and governance in China responding to rapidly changing circumstances, and what does that mean for the relationship between the state and its citizens?

On Tuesday 14 January 2025 Milan Ismangil successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

The research project focuses on teachers’ learning motivation and learning performance in professional learning activities.

On 17 January 2024 Ying Wang successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

Rising geopolitical tensions are causing states and national elites to innovate their use of the past for present-day political ends. This is certainly true for the People’s Republic of China, which celebrated its 75th anniversary in 2024 amid mounting superpower rivalry, ideological tensions with the…

Bob van Grieken and Jaroslaw Kantorowicz published an article in the journal Geopolitics which explores the determinants of China's official financing of Pacific Island states.

On Wednesday 25 June 2025 Dechun Zhang successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

What are the impacts of digital educational resources on rural teachers and their teaching in China?

The Greater China Region Group develops and monitors Leiden University's cooperation with China.

Professor Chinese Frank Pieke becomes research and general director of the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlijn.

On 19 September 2023 Tabitha Speelman successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

On the 25th of February, Peng Wu successfully defended his doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Peng on this achievement.

A political-legal study of rights invocation by pollution victims in China and Indonesia

Teachers of English as a foreign language in China and the Netherlands have different notions of themselves as teachers in relation to cultures associated with the English language.

In tracing the deeper historical roots of what Xi Jinping contemporarily frames as a “Chinese dream” of “wealth and power,” the article discerns key actors, events, and organizing principles in a long process toward restoring China’s deemed rightful place in the regional system.

Xinrong Ma defended her thesis on 13 February 2018

On 24 May 2017, the Hazelhoff Centre for Financial Law welcomed Shen Wei, Dean and Professor of law at Shandong University School of Law in China, for the 14th Hazelhoff Guest Lecture.

CSC-Leiden University joint scholarship program

Low-carbon (LE) technologies have a significant potential to reduce the total carbon emissions in China.

On 19 February 2020, Richard Jiang defended his thesis '‘Greening’ the WTO Ban on China’s Export Duties'. The doctoral research was supervised by Prof. M.C.E.J. Bronckers.

More and more Leiden students are studying in China. Two of them talk about their summer course there. 'Now I understand better the kind of country Chinese students come from who are studying in Leiden.'

On the 2nd of September Jiyan Qiao successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

On Tuesday 3 December 2024 Shuang Liu successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

On Thursday 11 January 2018, Xiang Li defended her doctoral thesis: “Collective Labour Rights and Collective Labour Relations of China”. The supervisors are Professor Guus Heerma van Voss and Professor Barend Barentsen.

On Tuesday 3 September 2024 Straton Papagianneas successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

This project intends to provide an integrated linguistic assessment of the hypothesised migration route of the Tocharians.

A delegation from Leiden University, headed by Vice-Rector Hester Bijl, was in China from 9 to 11 October. During the visit to different universities and partner organisations, existing bonds were reinforced and new contacts made. These agreements will make the future exchange of students and researchers…

The civilizations of ancient China and Mesoamerica, although not historically related and obviously different in many specific aspects (such as language and writing), show many interesting commonalities and similar tendencies in their cultural manifestations.

This book offers a comprehensive analysis of China's global resurgence and its effects on U.S. dominance.

Over the last decades, income inequality has increased globally. How do social policies affect this increasing trend? How do international trade and technological progress affect inequality? What is the profile of income inequality in China?

Leiden University offers many possibilities to Chinese students that want to study abroad.