The Service Centre International Staff provides advice and different types of services to all international employees and guest researchers that come to pursue their academic career in Leiden.

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…

Kunst en vrije tijd, Kunst en vrije tijd

When moving to the Netherlands, it is important to know whether you are considered resident tax payer or non-resident. Both residents and non-residents are taxed on their taxable income. A number of criteria help determine your status as resident or non-resident.

Are you an international researcher working for Leiden University? Please note that you probably are legally obliged to take out health insurance. Here you will find if you need a public or a private health insurance, and how to apply for it.

Are you moving to the Netherlands with your partner and looking to build your own career here? Whether your partner will be working at Leiden University or elsewhere, this page is for anyone relocating to the Netherlands and exploring job opportunities. Here you’ll find useful tips, resources, and links…

Op 14 september gaat het Leiden Essay Film Festival van start. Dit driedaagse festival, georganiseerd door de Academie der Kunsten, betekent een primeur voor Nederland. Niet eerder was er een publieksevenement geheel gewijd aan de essayfilm. Het festival vindt plaats tot en met 16 september in het Kijkhuis…

Tijdens de Consent is Key-week vraagt de Universiteit Leiden aandacht voor de preventie van seksueel ongewenst gedrag. Leids universitair docent Mischa Dekker onderzoekt gendergerelateerd geweld. Hij ziet aanknopingspunten om ongewenst gedrag onder studenten en universitaire staf tegen te gaan.

Alumni-activiteit

My colleagues and I have been devastated to learn that our good colleague and friend Stefan Landsberger (born 1955) passed away unexpectedly, on 26 September 2024. Stefan had been a fixture of China Studies in the Netherlands, where he had been Associate Professor of contemporary Chinese History and…

Lezing, Studium Generale

Lezing, Studium Generale

Festival