Leiden Law School offers the possibility of becoming an external (non-funded) doctoral candidate. External PhD candidates should have a research proposal that fits within the research carried out in one of the eight research programmes of Leiden Law School.

LUC employs external teaching fellows from Leiden University or other universities and academic institutions to teach one or more courses at LUC. The vast majority of the external teaching fellows are active researchers and firmly embedded in the research groups at their home faculty. This contributes…

Communication & Marketing advises, facilitates and supports the faculty and its staff in attaining their objectives via (online) communications and marketing. In this context, its work focuses mainly on the intake of Dutch and international students based on the principle of the right student in…

The Committee on Whistleblowing investigates known or suspected malpractices, and issues recommendations to the Executive Board. The Regulation on Reporting Malpractice contains further information on the precise procedure. The identity of the person filing a report will not be revealed without…

Award nominations and memberships of organisations – including academic organisations – are important for researchers, lecturers and students. They are seen as forms of recognition and appreciation for their work. For the award winners, it is of course a great honour and a boost. Awards and memberships…

dr. E.H. Tigelaar (chair) drs. C. Bertona (vice chair) drs. M.D. de Ferrante drs. B. de Graaf drs. A.C.J.M. van Haperen drs. L.M. Hoek (external member) A. Mugal (administrative secretary)

Contacts for the master's programme Statistics and Data Science. General contacts   Director of education Prof.dr. Saskia le Cessie Study Adviser  dr. Garnet Akeyr    Board of Examinars  Dr. S.J.W. Willems (FSW) (chair) Dr. G. Gort (external member) Dr. S.M. Kielbasa (LUMC)        …

Contacts for the master's programme Biology. General Contacts   Director of education Master Dennis Claessen Policy officer Karin van Wanrooij Study Advisor Jeroen Appelboom Education Coordinator Judith Jongenelen Management Assistant     Board of Examiners Dr. A.F.J. Ram (chair)…

The team Communications and Marketing is responsible for the Faculty's communications in the broadest sense of the term, both internal as well as external. The team supervises the social media channels of the Faculty, composes newsletters to staff, students, and alumni, aims to let new students enroll…

The Department of Research provides support for research in various ways. 

As a PhD candidate, PhD fellow, or contract PhD at Leiden Law School you are automatically part of the Graduate School. This means that you can follow the courses and workshops that the Graduate School organises, make use of the support services, and are subject to the Graduate School’s quality control…

The Faculty of Archaeology has two external advisory bodies: a Dutch Raad van Advies, consisting currently of four members and an International Science Council with ten members.

Annually, the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences presents two prizes: Casimir Prize Pieter de la Court Medal  

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Biologie. General Contacts   Director of education Bachelor  Marcel Schaaf Policy officer Karin van Wanrooij Study Advisor Veli Yavuzturk Internship Coordinator BSc/MSc   Education Coordinator Judith Jongenelen Teachers' Support   Management…

Faculty Board of Examiners Dr. J. Robbe - chairman Professor C.G. Breedveld-de Voogd (LAW) - vice chairman Dr. M.P. de Jong-de Kruijf (Child Law) Dr. R.M.F. de Massol de Rebetz LLM (Law and Society) Dr. Q. Mauer (Law and Society) Dr. I. de Vries (Criminology)…

The Educational Advice and Quality Assurance team offers advice and support in formulating and implementing the Faculty policy in the area of education. The education policy involves everything relating to teaching & curriculum development, quality assurance, supervision and follow-ups of the external…

Team Toetssupport Cleveringa onderwijs tentamen hulp

The Board of Examiners is responsible for guaranteeing the quality of the bachelor's and master's programmes of the Faculty of Archaeology. The Board of Examiners is independent and its tasks are  amongst others appointing examiners, approval of study programmes, dealing with complaints about…

Contacts for the master's programme Physics. General contacts   Director of education Prof.dr. Ana Achúcarro Education coordinator Marije Boonstra MPhil Study Adviser Dr. Hara Papathanasiou   Board of Examiners Dr. A. Silvestri (chair) Dr. D. Kraft  Dr. D.F.E. Samtleben Dr. M. Schaller…

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Natuurkunde. General contacts   Director of education Dr. Michiel de Dood  Education coordinator Marije Boonstra MPhil Study Adviser Dr. C. (Hara) Papathanasiou   Board of Examiners Dr. A. Silvestri (chair) Dr. D.J. Kraft Dr. D.F.E. Samtleben…

The ethics committee gives binding advice on ethical issues in research. Using the checklist, researchers are to determine whether their research needs to be presented to the committee for an ethics review. Grant applications will not be reviewed by the committee. Only research for which funding is…

Defending the interests of PhDs and postdocs at Leiden University  

As of 1 January 2018, Leiden Law School has appointed a confidential counsellor for PhD candidates. On this page you can read what this person can do for you if in your position as a PhD candidate you experience problems for which you need external assistance.

Secretariat Board of Examiners is responsible for handling student requests related to their studies, dealing with fraud cases and monitoring test quality.

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Bioinformatica. General contacts   Director of education Dr. F. Takes Education coordinator M. Derogee Study Adviser Dr. L. Cao Student Administration  

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Informatica & Economie. General contacts   Director of education Dr. F.W. Takes Education coordinator R. Derogee Study Adviser I. van den Brandt      

Contacts for the master's programme Chemistry. General contacts   Programme director Prof. E. Bouwman Study coordinator M.J.M. Tjalma Study adviser H.E. Zwaan-van der Plas, MSc Student Administration ChemLST-admin@science.leidenuniv.nl   Board of Examiners Prof. dr. S.I. van Kasteren (chair)…

The Casimir Prize is an appreciation of teaching teams that achieve renewal and innovation in education. The Casimir Prize is awarded to teams of minimum 2 and maximum 10 people, all employed by FSW. The prize consists of €1500, to be spent on team building, knowledge sharing or exchange with interns…

Contacts for the master's programme Media Technology. General contacts   Director of education Dr. M. van Leeuwen Education coordinator L.P.C. van Erp-van Genderen Study Adviser S.G.I. Biesbroeck

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. General contacts   Director of education Dr. F.W. Takes Education coordinator Joyce Glerum Study Advisor I. van der Brandt  

Responsibility The Audit department is responsible for performing audits of faculties and supporting units and assessing the efficiency and efficacy of the University’s administration. What does Audit do? Financial audits (assessing financial information) Operational audits (appraising operational…

Contacts for the master's programme Life Science & Technology (LST) General contacts   Programme director Lies Bouwman Study coordinator Margot Tjalma Study adviser Hilde Zwaan-van der Plas, MSc Student administration ChemLST-admin@science.leidenuniv.nl   Board of Examiners Dr. M.H. de…

Contacts for the bachelor's programme Informatica. General contacts   Director of education Dr F.W. Takes Education coordinator Riet Derogee Study Adviser Dr. Jeannette de Graaf

The Committee’s main task is to review research proposals on criteria concerning ethically responsible scientific conduct within the Institutes of Cultural Anthropology and Developmental Sociology, Political Science and the Centre of Science and Technology Studies. The conditions and principles…

Contacts for the master's programme ICT in Business. General contacts   Director of education Dr. M. van Leeuwen Education coordinator K. A. Zwaan Study advisor S.G.I. Biesbroeck 

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…

The Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) 2022 – 2027, We are Humanities, sets out the faculty's ambitions for the coming years. The wealth of international academic knowledge about languages, cultures and societies worldwide, past and present, makes the Faculty of Humanities unique. The FSP describes how…

The Research Committee advises the Institute board on all subjects concerning research and helps with monitoring the research quality.

In accordance with Article 7.12 of the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW), the Board of Examiners of the Psychology degree programme is the body that establishes whether a student meets the conditions necessary for obtaining a degree. It is responsible for the quality of assessments and monitors…

If, on the basis of the checklist, your research needs to be presented to the Ethics Committee, you are required to take the following steps: Contact a data steward from the faculty via researchsupport@hum.leidenuniv.nl at least six weeks before the deadline of the Ethics Committee (dates given below)…

The Board of Examiners of the Institute of Political Science has been legally appointed to organise and coordinate examinations. Its main powers are described in the programme’s Course & Examination Regulations (CER), as well as its own Rules and Regulations.

The Strategic Communication and Marketing (SC&M) directorate develops and executes marketing and communication policies for Leiden University. SC&M advises the Executive Board and assists faculties with their marketing and communication. What does the directorate do? It contributes to the realisation…

The members of the Advisory Board are: Mw. mr. J.S.L.M. Overbosch, Associate General Counsel IP Downstream, Shell International BV; Mr. J.E.M. Kempeneers, Ambassador / National Coordinator international positions, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. W.A.J. Mijs, Chief Executive van de European…