Within the university you can reserve rooms for educational and non-regular educational purposes, but also for events, meetings and gatherings.

Kamerlingh Onnes Building, Steenschuur 25, 2311 ES, Leiden

Didactics

Has something been stolen, or has a university building or university property been damaged? If so, it is important that you report this. There are different procedures for reporting incidents during and outside office hours and in emergencies.

Do you want to transport parcels, boxes or small items of furniture between University buildings or to locations within the Netherlands? Any items that are not eligible for delivery by post can be delivered during a transportation round.

Website visitors want to see at a glance whether an activity looks worthwhile. How do you create a good event page? Here are a few guidelines.

The GROW toolkit provides you with all kinds of tools that make it easier to participate in the GROW interviews. In addition to useful documents for preparing the start interview and annual interview, it also contains a wide range of training courses and workshops that help you with participating in…

Are you looking for a contact person, because you for instance have a question about privacy, or you need a ULCN guest or uSis account? Or do you need a manual or application form? Below you will find more information.

Lecture, RIAS-Sciences Po Seminar Series on Modern North American History

Lecture

In 2022-2023 eight (teams of) teachers received a Grassroots or Grass shoots grant. Here you can read about their projects.

Lecture, Lecture part of a series

Connecting with the University and with one another directly contributes to students’ well-being. This page gives an overview of initiatives that promote this.

It goes without saying that recruiting new bachelor’s students is important to our university. Our recruitment efforts are focused both on schools and on the pupils themselves.

Together we create a healthy and safe working environment. Should an incident, dangerous situation or needle-stick injury nevertheless occur, please report it immediately. Such incidents are far more frequent than serious accidents. By reporting them we can make sure that they do not lead to serious…

PhD defence

Additional authentication ensures better security of identities and (personal) information within systems. More and more university systems are therefore using additional authentication, also called Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

Tests and assessments give you a better idea of how well students are doing. Keep reading to find out which ICT resources are available for the various assessment methods.

On this page you will read all about the Kiem funding tool.

You can find information about making payments to research participants on this page.

Have you been ill for a long time? The procedure for illness and reintegration describes what to expect in case of long-term illness and work disability. The procedure also lists potential financial consequences.

Research

The relationship between academia and democracy is a complicated one. Should policy makers listen to scientists or to citizens? That is the dilemma Valérie Pattyn and Johan Christensen will discuss with a panel of experts during the academic conference EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF).

As a supervisor, you are responsible for the supervision of your PhD candidate. Read here about your duties as supervisor and the procedures relating to this, as well as which forms you will need.

You can copy and print throughout the university on our multifunctional devices. To do so, you will need a LU-Card. Find out how to print from a desktop, laptop or mobile device.

Research

Please find below an overview of the steps in the formal procedure leading to the public defence of a PhD dissertation. If the text below is not entirely consistent with the applicable regulations, the text of the regulations will apply.

If you are granted permission to defend your thesis at Leiden University, please take into account the rules concerning the PhD ceremony. Below you find an overview of the practical matters.

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Education

In its communications, Leiden University aims to create a clear and recognisable brand, which is why it is important that our house style is applied consistently.

Finance

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Arts and leisure, Arts and leisure

Research

Guests and visitors at the University can be given temporary access to the wifi network. Staff of Leiden University can arrange the accesss to wifi themselves via the Eduroam Visitors Accesss (eVA). If a guest wishes to make use of the University’s wifi network for longer, a ULCN guest account is…

In June, we will be organising an online meeting on the Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP). The FSP sets out the Faculty’s ambitions for the years ahead and describes how we will respond to new developments while still retaining our strengths. May we ask you to give your opinion on our future?

You can apply various means to increase your societal impact: through interaction with professionals, the commercial sector or general audiences. The University can support you in this process in a number of ways.

Each programme has a Board of Examiners. This is a legal requirement. The board determines whether students meets the conditions of the Course and Examination Regulations (OER) and whether they possess the knowledge, understanding and skills required to pass the final examination for that programme.

Your PhD studies culminate in a ceremony. The thesis defence is the most important part of the ceremony, and your supervisor or co-supervisor also delivers a eulogy about your work. Find out about the PhD ceremony and what is expected of you as a PhD candidate.

If you travel abroad for your work, you are entitled to reimbursement of expenses for lodging, meals, minor expenditure, and transport with the approval of your manager. The amount reimbursed depends on the country you travel to. The section Book a business trip abroad explains how you can book a business…

Human resources

Research

Employees going on business trips can make use of the University’s collective travel insurance scheme. This means that you do not have to take out your own business travel insurance when travelling abroad for your work. The University has taken out collective travel insurance via ACE.