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• Working at LUCAS Centre for the Arts in Society

  Read more about working at the Leiden University Centre for the Arts in Society (LUCAS).

• World Archaeology

  The department of World Archaeology combines research and education about regions all over the world, from Human Origins to the Middle Ages, and from Europe, to Asia, Africa and the America’s. That broad range in time and space makes the department a dynamic pluriform community with many different approaches,…

• Colonial and Global History

  Colonial and Global History combines a deep curiosity of transcultural processes such as imperialism, (de)colonization, and globalization with critical historical research on regional societies in Africa, Asia, and the Americas.

• WLS Old Observatory Leiden

  The Werkgroep Leidse Sterrewacht (WLS) is an amateur association that, in addition to organising public activities, is also heavily involved in maintaining the historical telescopes in the Old Observatory.

• Patterns of Living in Southern Africa, 1780s to the present Research project

  Southern Africa has a rich tradition of social history, one inspired by the tumultuous changes that have regularly convulsed the region from the 1780s onwards. Scholars have always sought to understand what these changes meant for everyday life and emphasised a perspective of marginal groups, how these…

• Facilities Pre-University College

  Studying in Leiden and The Hague comes with a number of facilities. These include use of the university library, login details for Brightspace and the possibility of study guidance. On this page you can read all about it and find useful links.

• Medical Biochemistry

  Medical Biochemistry is a section of the Leiden Institute of Chemistry at Leiden University. The section is headed by Prof. Dr. Hans Aerts.

• LWSK Old Observatory Leiden

  The Leidse Weer en Sterrenkunde Kring (LWSK) is a society of amateurs interested in astronomy, space travel and meteorology. The association organises a monthly lecture on a fascinating subject, given by an expert in the field.

• Application deadlines Film and Photographic Studies (MA)

• Application deadlines Culture and Politics (MA)

• Disinformation and Strategic Communication in Global Media

  From fake news to COVID-19 conspiracies, debates about truth claims have become more prominent during the past decade. Taking a global, comparative perspective, the minor Disinformation and Strategic Communication in Global Media focuses on the broad spectrum of contested narratives subsumed under the…

• Application deadlines Modern Languages (MA)

• Islam: Religion and Society

  Islam is a religion as well as a cultural practice that takes on a diversity of forms, some of them contradictory. This has always been the case, and it is becoming increasingly apparant in the modern world through migration, globalisation and the digitial media. The minor Islam: Religion and Society,…

• Application deadlines Ancient History (research) (MA)

• Application deadlines French Literature and Culture (MA)

• Application deadlines German Literature and Culture (MA)

• American Studies

  The interdisciplinary minor American Studies offers a survey of U.S. history, literature and culture from the establishment of the first colonies on the North American continent in the 15th century to the present.

• Cultural Memory of War and Conflict

  From Apartheid in South-Africa to 9/11 in the United States: there is not a single culture that is not shaped by the memory of war or conflict. The minor Cultural Memory of War and Conflict focuses on how such memory cultures influence and shape societies today.

• Application deadlines South Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

• Application deadlines Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (MA)

• Application deadlines North American Studies (MA)

• Study Abroad and Exchange

  Study Abroad courses, Exchange programme

• Application deadlines Literature in Society. Europe and Beyond (MA)

• Application deadlines Book and Digital Media Studies (MA)

• Application deadlines African Studies (MA)

• Application deadlines English Literature and Culture (MA)

• Frontiers of Modern Physics

  This is the physics summer school of Leiden University. It is part of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). The summer school is intended for Bachelor (BSc) students in physics. It covers topics from quantum matter and optics, to biological & soft matter physics and cosmology and theoretical physics.…

• Information activities Political Science (MSc)

  Get to know us through our online and in-person events for prospective students!

• Information for organisations Leiden Leadership Programme

  The Leiden Leadership Programme of Leiden University maintains partnerships with roughly 40 organizations, companies, and governments. Students tackle leadership issues within these organisations.

• European Union Studies

  The European Union acts as one of the most powerful economic actors in the global economy, presents itself as the most successful integration project in recent history, and deploys one of the largest diplomatic services in the world. The European Union Studies minor offers a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary…

• Initiatives Leiden University Green Office

  Since the start of the Green Office, several projects have been initiated to increase awareness amongst staff & students and to make the university more sustainable. Read all about our current projects here.

• Application deadlines Governance of Migration and Diversity (History) (MA)

• Application deadlines Assyriology (MA)

• Application deadlines Egyptology (MA)

• Application deadlines Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (MA)

• Application deadlines Hebrew and Aramaic Studies (research) (MA)

• Application deadlines Classics (MA)

• The Spirit of Matter Research output

  In 'The Spirit of Matter', Peter Pels explores the significance of emotionally evocative objects, challenging the denial of their existence in modern 'mind over matter' ideology.

• Transferring to the master’s degree programme Psychology (MSc)

  To be admitted to the master’s degree programme in September 2025, you need to register in Studielink. You need to submit another application for admission, this time for the MSc Psychology. Your application must be completed by the 15th of May 2025. If you want to start the master’s degree programme…

• Application deadlines Museum Studies (MA)

• Application deadlines Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present (research) (MA)

• Application deadlines Italian Literature and Culture (MA)

• Application deadlines Colonial and Global History (MA)

• Application deadlines Philosophical Perspectives on Politics and the Economy (MA)

• Application deadlines History, Arts and Culture of Asia (MA) (60EC)

• Application deadlines Europe 1000-1800 (research) (MA)

• Application deadlines Asian Studies (research) (MA)

• Application deadlines Global Conflict in the Modern Era (MA)

• Application deadlines Southeast Asian Studies (MA) (60EC)

• Application deadlines Linguistics (specialisation) (MA)