An introduction week is the best way to get to know your new city, student life and your fellow students.

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As a student of Leiden University you’ll receive a student account (ULCN account). This gives you access to the university’s systems and work stations. You'll first need to activate your ULCN account.

Read more about ULCN accounts

Your LU card is your university ID card. It gives you access to a range of facilities. Make sure to request your LU card before starting your studies.

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You can use MyStudyMap to add courses and examinations to your schedule and to enroll for courses and exams.

You can find your schedule in MyTimeTable. 

MyTimetable is Leiden University’s timetabling publication tool. You can log in to MyTimetable with your ULCN account. MTT will only show a timetable after you've enrolled via MyStudyMap.

You can enrol for courses and exams in the first semester of the academic year 2022-2023. This will work differently than in previous years. You will now enrol via MyStudymap, which is a new part of the student portal. 

Plan your enrolments

In MyStudymap you can plan your enrolments in advance. This means you can plan everything in your own time, then submit all your course enrolments in one go at the start of the enrolment period. Please note: your enrolment plan is not an actual enrolment and does not guarantee you a place. 

Deadlines

You can find the enrolment deadlines for each course in the prospectus. 

Busy periods: ticket system

During busy periods, MyStudymap will make use of a ticket system to prevent the system becoming overloaded. You can read how this works on the page about Course and exam enrolment. 

Be prepared

• Set up Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) for your ULCN-account. You will need this to log in. 
• Read how planning and enrolment works via MyStudymap on the page about Course and exam enrolment. 

In the Prospectus you can find per course the literature that will be used.

You can contact the Study Coordinator with question about:
·        personal circumstances which are having an impact on your studies;
·        your academic progress and planning;
·        academic delay;

For further questions, which the study advisor cannot answer, you can contact the Master Coordinator 

The Student Services Centre FSW can help you with questions about timetables, grades, study results, etc.

During your time as a student you will probably face a variety of challenges. Both in terms of studying and personal development, you might need a little help from time to time. Find out how you can boost your wellbeing and who you can turn to for support. Read more about wellbeing

As it stands now, all teaching (lectures and tutorials) in the coming academic year will be organized as normal: on campus. Following University and Faculty policy, we will not offer hybrid/online teaching or record lectures, unless the government has put in place restrictive corona measures. (Or unless the course contains online parts or recordings for didactical reasons.) This means that students will have to be present on campus for lectures and tutorials. When students need specific study support, they need to contact their study advisor, who can explore the possibilities. 

Some exams will be organized on campus, other exams will be organized online. The course coordinator will inform the students about this well in advance.

More information about the University and Faculty policy can be found on the page 'How do we ensure that the quality of teaching does not suffer during crises?'.

Of course, it is possible that the government has to reintroduce restrictive corona measures. In that case we need to change the organization of our teaching, and we will inform you about this in time.

Here, on the student website, you can find a wide range of practical information about your studies.

Select your study programme or exchange faculty

When you first visit the website, you will be asked to select your study programme or exchange faculty to continue.

• By selecting your study programme or exchange faculty, you can access information that is specific to your particular programme and faculty.
• By visiting the site as a guest, you can only access general, university-wide information.  

The website will remember your selection. This means you won’t have to make a selection next time you log in from the same device.

Tabs: from general to specific

If you have selected your study programme or exchange faculty, you will sometimes see more than one tab on a page:

• The tab on the left contains general information.
• The tab in the middle contains information from your faculty.
• The tab on the right contains information for students on your study programme, or for exchange students at this faculty.

Your student card is your proof of registration as a student of Leiden University. The student card is a digital card and can be found in the University Leiden app after activation.

All the details of your studies are recorded in uSis. From your first registration as a student until your graduation.

Read more about uSis

Brightspace is Leiden University’s online learning environment.

Read more about Brightspace

We use offline and online forms of education. Our new online learning environment is called Brightspace. Here, instructors place additional information about their course. To get an idea how it works, watch this video about Brightspace.

 All correspondence from the university will be sent to this address. So check your mail regularly. Also if you forward your uMail to your personal account, make sure you check your mail daily to not miss important information. 

As a student of Leiden University you will be issued with a university email address: uMail. All correspondence from the university will be sent to this address. You can set up your uMail account so that all mails will be forwarded to your own email address.

Read more about uMail

The indispensable app for Leiden University students. Here you can find all your personal study information in one place. Log in once and access your schedule, results, available computers and university news anytime and anyplace.

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For now, we are planning to kick off your master’s programme on 5 September with an introduction meeting.

The first lecture of Research Design will take place on 6 September for PiP and GE students. VE students will have their first Research Dewsign lecture on 5 September. Please check MyTimeTable for the latest updates (times and dates can change!).

During these first meetings, we will start with a brief presentation of the MSc programme. We will also make a first inventory of the topics each one of you would like to do research on. Therefore, you will be asked to come up with a (preliminary) topic for your MSc research project, to specify the location(s) where you would like to do fieldwork, what contacts you have in relation to that proposed research site, and whether you possess the relevant language competences. From the start of the programme onwards, you are expected to work full time on the crafting of your research proposal.

The study programme and course descriptions are offered in the Prospectus.

By joining an association you'll meet lots of people and get more out of student life. As well as student and study associations, there are also a range of social associations in Leiden and The Hague, for example sports, religious or cultural associations.  

Read more about associations

Itiwana

Itiwana is the study association of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology students in Leiden. We are the link between the students and the institute. We look after our students interests by selling study books, publishing magazines and organising study-related activities.

WDO

The WDO is an Interfaculty Ethnological Association. In 1928, students of ethnology -what is now called ‘’anthropology’’- felt the need to expand their conversations on anthropological subjects outside of the lecture halls. Thus, the WDO was founded. Over the years, the main concept of WDO has stayed the same; students from Leiden University meeting up on a monthly basis to discuss anthropological themes.   

As a student of Leiden University, you have access to a wide range of affordable sports via the University Sport Centre (USC) in Leiden and The Hague.

• Universitair Sportcentrum Leiden

• Plex-Fit in Leiden city centre

• USC The Buzz in The Hague

Within the Global Ethnography specialisation, you can develop your own research project or make use of the research opportunities offered by our staff members.

You can find all the current available research opportunities on the Global Ethnography Research Opportunities page. 

Within the Sociology of Policy in Practice specialisation you will develop a research project on prevailing policy problems.

You can find all the current available Research Internships on the Policy in Practice Research Internships page.