Young transgender people are able to decide together with their parents on a reversible intervention with puberty blockers. These are the results of a study by LUMC Curium and Amsterdam UMC of 74 young people undergoing treatment. Ninety percent of the young people studied proved able to make an informed…

The Dutch Department of Justice will give imprisoned terrorists the opportunity to earn money. This should have an positive effect on the resocialisation of detainees.

Promotor: H.S. Overkleeft, J. Neefjes, Co-promotor: M. van der Stelt

The type-IV secretion system (T4SS) is a machinery able to transfer DNA and proteins between bacteria and in certain cases also to eukaryotic cells.

The Regular LL.M. (specialization in Public International Law) will provide you with a broad academic training.

The objective of the minor Law, Culture and Development is to teach students about the central concepts of law and the connections between law, culture and development.

Data analysis with Python and R are rapidly becoming essential skills for modern scientists. Therefore, we are offering courses to develop your scientific computing skills. Those courses are optional for LACDR PhD candidates.

Painstaking research in Dutch and Portuguese archive materials, so far poorly assessed on the topic of social relations, reveals intense and intricate associations between different European individuals both in terms of ethnicity and social strata.

This thesis describes the importance of being able to control the selectivity of potential drug candidates.

The aim of this research area is to be able to predict human drug response on the basis of mathematical models that are developed using preclinical experiments and prior knowledge.

We investigate how radiation pressure can be used to influence the mechanical motion of a micro-mirror suspended from springs.

Are you curious about science? Do you pay attention to what is going on in society? Would you like to experience what it is like to attend lectures at university? Then PRE The Hague is something for you!

In the future, physicians may be able to identify dementia much earlier than they can today because a computer algorithm will be able to predict from brain scans how our memory is going to develop.

Are you about to move to Leiden or The Hague to study at one of Leiden University’s master programmes? It is not unusual to be a bit anxious. We want to help! The Humanities Buddy Programme has been set up to help you along the way.

The Directorate-General Police, Sanctions, and Protection has initiated this research project in order to gain insight in the nature and, if possible, the extent of the developments with regards to the pluralization of policing functions in the Netherlands in support of future policies for the benefit…

French Language and Linguistics at Leiden University offers a wide array of courses covering theoretical and applied linguistics, including language acquisition, syntax, and semantics.

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A master's degree in Psychology at Leiden University combines theoretical knowledge with academic and professional skills, making you an attractive candidate for many employers.

Bacteria often experience external challenges, such as changes in environmental conditions or attacks by bacteriophages.

Our university community is the heart of our academy. It is very important for Leiden University that our staff and studentsenjoy coming here to work and study and are able to carry out their activities without any hindrance.

Students are educated to become academic professionals and responsible and engaged citizens who are internationally and interculturally competent

The focus of this thesis is how stars like our Sun and planets like Jupiter, Saturn, and Earth are formed.

The power of personalized nutrition lies in being able to conduct clinical research on healthy people while capturing metabolic markers sensitive to the impact of environmental and metabolic stressors (e.g. diet, changing sex hormones and the menstrual cycle).

To be able to identify, slow down and reverse functional deterioration in the elderly to give them more years of good health.

Promotoren: G.F.A. Kersten, W. Jiskoot, Co-promotor: J-P. Amorij

With the help of quantum mechanics, digital quantum hardware may be able to tackle some of the problems that are too difficult for ordinary computers. But despite these expectations and the ongoing effort of the research community, reliable quantum computers are not yet realized in a lab setting.

A study into the investment and impact of construction projects on Mycenaean communities in Late Bronze Age Greece

With a joint-degree diploma in Industrial Ecology you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in business, industry and government, as well as non-governmental organisations, universities and research institutes.

On December 11th, Andreea Geambasu succesfully defended her doctoral thesis and graduated. The Leiden University Centre for Linguistics congratulates Andreea on this great result.

Can the (industrial) herbal extraction process be mathematically described and can this model be used to optimize the extraction in terms of quality and economical parameters?

If you still have questions and would you like to talk to someone about them, Leiden University offers the following options.

How can educators in non-STEM fields integrate Climate Change Education to enhance students’ knowledge, skills, and resilience?

First set up in 2015, the Language Learner Corpus (LLC) project collected language data of over 150 language students. We have now launched new communicative tasks to collect longitudinal data of language learners at Leiden University.

Electrolysis is a technique that can be used to convert CO2 into fuels and other useful products. To do this efficiently and on a large scale, however, we need to understand exactly how electrolysis works. Professor Marc Koper is an expert in this field.

To be eligible for Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence (research) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Europe 1000-1800 at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Europe 1000-1800 (research) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for the MA Ancient History at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Colonial and Global History at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for the research MA Politics, Culture and National Identities, 1789 to the Present at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Cities, Migration and Global Interdependence at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

To be eligible for Colonial and Global History (research) at Leiden University, you must meet the following admission requirements.

LUCRIS Graduate School Management (GSM) is a system for the registration of all formal steps regarding admission, progress, and graduation during the PhD track. LUCRIS GSM supports various approvals (by the supervisor (promotor), dean, and secretary) that occur during the PhD track. Some documents,…

He’s a fast and animated speaker, which is only logical because Gerard van Westen is driving an express train. His destination? A virtual human, consisting of algorithms that predict what an administered substance will do in the body. The train is already a long way down the line and the pharmaceutical…

On this page you will find the admission requirements for this programme.