Timetable
You can find information on your timetable by clicking on your faculty or study programme tab.
If you can't find your timetable please contact your Education Administration Office.
Overview lectures and exams
You can find an overview of lectures and examinations halfway through each course description in our online Prospectus.
At the end January (for semester 2) it will be is possible to view a personal course schedule in uSis showing your lecture and workgroup schedule. In uSis, workgroups (seminars) are indicated with a W or WGR, Lectures are indicated with LEC and exams are marked with TEN.
MyTimetable
You can view your course and exam timetables using our My Timetable tool. Please follow these steps:
- Go to MyTimetable
- Click top right: ‘+Add timetable
- Choose: ‘Course’
- Enter name or catalogue number (can be found in our prospectus. Note: some courses are offered in Dutch and English. For English course please copy the ‘IBP’ catalogue number)
- Choose activity: Lecture, workgroup* or test**
- Click: ‘Add timetables’ bottom left
- Click: ‘OK’ and ‘Close’
- Click top left on tab ‘List’
- Click on drop down Month from selected day and select ’202..-202.. Semester 1’ or ‘202..-202.. Semester 2’ depending on the semester in which you will be joining us.
*Exams: MyTimetable will list several exam data per course which are not all relevant for you.
You can also sync MyTimetable with your calendar apps on your smartphone and any timetable changes will be automatically synced with your calendar; or set up an email notification instead.
Questions about MyTimetable?
Watch the instruction video or read the detailed instructions.
Course clash?
Keep in mind when selecting your courses that you may need to reshuffle a little once the course timetables are available to avoid course clashes. If you are taking courses from other faculties as well, make sure to check if any of the courses and/or exams in your programme overlap. If you have courses in Leiden and The Hague, make sure you have enough time to travel from or to The Hague.
Please contact your exchange coordinator as soon as possible in case you encounter a course clash.
Leids kwartiertje
All lectures have a so called 'Leids kwartiertje' = a Leiden academic quarter. This is the quarter-hour (15 minute) difference between the defined start time for a lecture or lesson in the timetable and the actual starting time. This means that lessons start 15 minutes late to give students the opportunity to walk (or bike) from one building to another between classes.
Additional information per institute
Some institutes at Social and Behavioural Sciences may have additional information for exchange students:
Workgroups in MyTimetable
Our Student Services Centre will enroll you in all preapproved psychology courses and tests and allocate you to a workgroup after admission. It is therefore not possible to see your work group placement in My Timetable before registration. You can find your workgroup numbers after registration by signing into your personalized course schedule in uSis - see below.
Tests in MyTimetable
MyTimetable will list several test data per course which are not all relevant for exchange students. For first attempt exams choose exams listed with code ‘1’. The second attempt (resit) exams are listed under code 901.
Semester and exam dates
Semester 1 (block 1 and block 2):
- From end August/start September till end January.
- Block 1 exams are scheduled in October. Block 2 exams are scheduled in December.
- Block 1 and block 2 retakes are scheduled in January. It is not possible to make alternative arrangements for Political Science exams or retake.
Semester 2 (block 3 and block 4):
- From start February till start July.
- Block 3 exams are scheduled in March. Block 4 exams are scheduled in May.
- Block 3 and 4 retakes are scheduled in June. It is not possible to make alternative arrangements for Political Science exams or retake.