The Leiden University Graduate School of Archaeology (GSA) coordinates the admission and registration procedures of all PhD researchers with a PhD graduation planned at the Faculty of Archaeology. The GSA monitors the full PhD track, from admission to graduation, supports (financially) both PhD ‘bottom…

Leiden Law School is a high-standing institution in the field of research and education in law and aims to further strengthen this position. Receiving a PhD degree is considered as proof of competence in independently conducting scientific research. Doctoral research at Leiden Law School means research…

Research at Leiden Law School means research at the highest level. From this research, dissertations, books and other scholarly output are published. Researchers at Leiden Law School contribute to public debates with appearances in the media and popular publications. Research at Leiden Law School…

Faculty Board and Office The Faculty is managed by the Faculty Board with assistance from the Faculty Office. Institutes Research and teaching at the Faculty is organised within 5 institutes.   Administrative Bodies and Committees An overview of the various administrative bodies and committees…

The law dictates that the Board of Examiners confers a degree certificate upon students once they have passed their final examination. However students may wish to defer conferral of their degree.

Juridisch Post Academisch Onderwijs (Legal Post-graduate Training) organises and facilitates post-graduate training courses throughout the Netherlands for lawyers and other legally trained professionals, or persons otherwise involved in law. In addition, JPAO organises a broad range of events such…

The management, organization, duties, powers, and mandate of ICLON are stated in the regulations.

The regulations are available in Dutch.

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 Department of Research has a Deanship of PhD Studies, supported by the Graduate School Office. The PhD Deans supervise the progress of individual PhD candidates’ research and provide them with solicited and unsolicited advice. The tasks of the PhD Deans include: conducting the start and exit meetings…

ICLON (Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching) is an interfaculty unit within Leiden University which provides undergraduate and postgraduate teacher education; provides in-service teacher training; conducts educational research on secondary and higher education. More information

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…

The department Policy Support -  Research advises the Faculty Board in the area of research and is responsible for the realisation of faculty services in this area. It’s components are:  •    The Graduate school: GS-Office@FSW.leidenuniv.nl •    The Research…

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

The PhD Committee is a bottom-up initiative that aims to create an open, active, and fun environment for all PhD candidates working at Leiden University’s Faculty of Archaeology. The PhD community at the Faculty of Archaeology is diverse, international, and interdisciplinary. The committee is run by…

The department of research is responsible for organisational and policy support of research within Leiden Law School. The department manages the registration of faculty research and is responsible for (internal) evaluations for the purpose of research assessments. The department provides…

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.

The PhD Regulations are established by the Doctorate Board. The regulations set out who is eligible to be a PhD candidate, what the tasks of the supervisor and co-supervisor are and which criteria the dissertation has to meet. 2024 PhD Regulations  The 2024 PhD Regulations became effective…

The Faculty Board is responsible for the administration and organisation of the faculty in terms of education and research.

The Faculty Board is responsible for the administration of the faculty as a whole and with its management. Its main tasks are to give direction to, coordinate and stimulate the faculty as a whole and the various (research) centres in particular.

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 Leiden Law PhD Community (LLPC) comprises all internal and external PhD candidates based at Leiden Law School. By organising social events, we aim to create a welcoming community for PhD candidates and encourage them to connect with other PhD candidates across Leiden Law School. PhD candidates are…

The Advisory Board is composed of members who have a connection with the Faculty. In addition they are familiar with the world of the legal profession, the judiciary, government and the business sector.   The Faculty Board and the Advisory Board meet a number of times each year to discuss developments…

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.

The Marketing & Communications Department advises and assists the law faculty in telling its narrative. Online and offline channel strategy is used to support marketing and internal communications and to present our research to the outside world. Team leader Communication Jikke van der Putte Internal…