Responsibility The Board of Deans is a consultative structure for all faculty deans. The Board also acts as Doctorate Board. This is specified in the Leiden University PhD Regulations. What does the Board of Deans/Doctorate Board do? Acting as the Doctorate Board: conferring doctorates and honorary…

With our corporate communications, we communicate about the university as a whole. The cornerstone is expressing our identity and creating the image we wish to convey. Enhancing and maintaining the university’s reputation is a key goal of corporate communications.

General information on PhD research at Leiden University (including specific information of Leiden Law School on the Training and Supervision Plan (TSP), the Data Management Plan (DMP), and the PhD training).

The PhD Regulations are established by the Doctorate Board. The regulations set out who is eligible to be a PhD candidate, what the tasks of the supervisor and co-supervisor are and which criteria the dissertation has to meet. 2024 PhD Regulations  The 2024 PhD Regulations became effective…

Leiden Law School is a high-standing institution in the field of research and education in law and aims to further strengthen this position. Receiving a PhD degree is considered as proof of competence in independently conducting scientific research. Doctoral research at Leiden Law School means research…

As of January 1, 2019, the Ethics Committee will review all new research by FGGA researchers (including all doctoral research, excluding student research).

The Department of Research has a Deanship of PhD Studies, supported by the Graduate School Office. The PhD Deans supervise the progress of individual PhD candidates’ research and provide them with solicited and unsolicited advice.

The Research Support team is available to help researchers navigate the key areas of their work. We guide researchers through grant application complexities, helping them navigate various funding opportunities effectively. Our team also offers expert support in securing and managing your research data…

Leiden Law School offers the possibility of becoming an external (non-funded) doctoral candidate. External PhD candidates should have a research proposal that fits one of the faculty's current research programmes and the expertise of the intended supervisor(s).