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Celebrate our anniversary with fun activities
How are we celebrating our anniversary in Leiden and The Hague in 2025? Together! Students, staff, alumni and all our other friends will join us in celebrating 450 years of Leiden University. With music, exhibitions, sporting events, summer tours, lectures and much more. Look ahead at what we have planned.
Anniversary activities
As we celebrate 450 years of Leiden University, you can look forward to a vibrant calendar of activities. From enchanting musical performances and fascinating exhibitions to exciting sporting events and sunny tours of our beautiful city. There will also be inspiring lectures and podcasts where experts will share their knowledge, and many more surprises to enjoy together. It promises to be a memorable anniversary for students, staff and alumni. Join us and visit the anniversary activities page for all the activities.
450 years Leiden University
Ahead of the times? We’ve been that for 450 years. As the oldest university in the Netherlands, we’ve sailed through the centuries with our sights fixed firmly on the society of the future. Our anniversary in 2025 is a chance to look back too. A chance to celebrate the impact of our research and teaching. And a chance to set our course for the next decades.
Want to know more about the festivities surrounding the lustrum? Then visit the anniversary webpage.