Changing your personal data
The university receives your personal data from the details you enter in your online application and your registration with your local Dutch municipality. You can change your preferred first name, correspondence address and emergency contact details at any time.
Changing your preferred first name
Do you use a different first name to the one currently stated in your ULCN account? You can change your preferred first name. Your updated name will become visible in all university systems that you log into with your ULCN account, such as Brightspace, uSis and MS Teams.
Log into Studielink, go to the ‘My details’ tab and set your preferred first name.
Contact the Student Affairs Front Office.
Changing your address
Correspondence addres
Make sure your correspondence address is always up to date to prevent any important post from the university going astray.
Change your correspondence address in Studielink.
Log into uSis, click on the ‘personal information’ tile and add (or update) your Dutch correspondence address.
Send your address change to sta@sea.leidenuniv.nl.
Municipal register address (BRP address)
This is your residential address as recorded in the Dutch municipal register (Basisregistratie Personen in Dutch). You can only change this address at the town hall at which you are registered.
Important note! When requesting Dutch student finance make sure the address you provide to DUO is the same as your BRP address. This information is used to determine whether you are entitled to a grant for students living at home or away from home.
Emergency contact details
You can choose to provide us with emergency contact details, for example your parents’ phone number.
Enter the emergency contact details in Studielink.
Contact the Student Affairs Front Office.