The confidential counsellors at Leiden University are there for you to discuss confidential matters with, such as unacceptable behaviour, malpractice or breaches of academic integrity. They offer you a listening ear, support and help you to find solutions for improving your situation. More information…

Responsibility The Management Board is a consultative body of the Executive Board and faculty deans. The Executive Board only reaches important decisions once it has consulted the Management Board. The faculty deans therefore contribute to the overall management of the University. What does the Management…

Responsibilities The responsibilities of Management Affairs include preparing and coordinating the meetings of the Board of Governors, Executive Board, University Council, Management Team and Employee Council.  Rector's Office The Rector’s Office is part of Management Affairs and is responsible…

The Information Management team is responsible for implementing and communicating the Faculty IT policy. Additionally, the team provides support for using digital teaching applications such as Brightspace, Kaltura, Zoom, ANS, etc. They also offer assistance with data management in research projects…

The Project Management department (PMa) of the Real Estate directorate is responsible for constructing high-quality, future-proof and sustainable housing. In doing so, PMa implements the Long-Term Housing Plan of Leiden University. This involves projects in the context of campus development, conservation…

DevOps teams The Infra team is responsible for the management and development of the technical infrastructure: network, telephony, servers and storage. The management and development of our private cloud LUCI also falls under the responsibility of this team. The Workspace team is responsible for the…

The Department of Research provides support for research in various ways. 

The Board of Education is responsible for the organisation and integration of education within the Institute of Psychology.

The Institute Office offers logistical and organisational support to the education and research programmes of the Institute of Political Science.

Every employee and student needs professional support they can rely on to help them navigate processes, systems and document management. The Administrative Shared Service Centre (ASSC) provides high-quality support to all staff and students. Around 135 people work within the ASSC, supporting staff and…

The Board of Examiners of the Institute of Political Science has been legally appointed to organise and coordinate examinations. Its main powers are described in the programme’s Course & Examination Regulations (CER), as well as its own Rules and Regulations.

Responsibility DIA is responsible for the University’s documentary information and its archiving policy. What does DIA do? Advises on archiving and the provision of information With regard to the dynamic archive: Post delivery within Administration and Central Services Registration Workflow Archiving…

The Committee on Academic Practice is the standing advisory committee to the faculty board, the dean and academic directors, on matters relating to academic research. The Committee advises, in any case, on issues regarding research policies, professorial chairs, quality insurance and, in so far as it…

Luris is the Knowledge Exchange Office for Leiden University and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) and connects academics with the market and society at large, in order to make the most of their scientific knowledge. From these connections projects come into…

At the head of a research discipline is a Scientific Director. Once every two weeks, the Scientific Directors of the Faculty’s eight institutes come together with the Faculty Board to discuss the research portfolios of science, administration, faculty and administration of the budget plan. The Dean…

The Institute Council consists of 15 members, including 12 members of the academic staff and 3 members from the support and management staff. The membership of the Institute Council is incompatible with that of the Institute Board. Staff members of the Programme Committee can be members of the Institute…

The authorities of the University Council are set out in the Higher Education and Research Act (WHW; Dutch only) and the University Council Regulations. The University Council has the right of consent, consultation right and right of initiative. Right of consent For some decisions,…

The Customer Relations department is responsible for the contact with users and clients of ISSC services. Service Managers maintain the contacts with our customers, conclude SLAs and ensure that the Business Service Catalogue (BSC) is kept up to date. The ICT Process Tools section within the DevOps…

The Financial and Economic Affairs (FEA) department at the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs is responsible for managing the faculty’s financial resources. The faculty controller and finance, planning & control officers focus particularly on the provision of  information internally  and…

The Internal Communication team helps ensure the information provided to and communication with students and staff is clear. Its staff advise, facilitate and support their colleagues in online and offline communication. They do so by, for example, writing, rewriting and translating web and other texts,…

Strategy Architecture ensures coherence between business strategy and the provision of information, and shows clearly and logically the relationship with ICT. Security/privacy aims to guarantee the continuity of both information and the way information is provided, while at the same time keeping…

Responsibility FSSC is responsible for the University’s financial services. What does FSSC do? Processes all incoming invoices and staff expense claims. Invoicing and credit monitoring. Registers all incoming and outgoing cashflows. Technical consolidation of the annual accounts, the administrative…

The services supporting research and education at the Faculty of Archaeology are grouped together in the Faculty Bureau. Management support and secretaries Supports the Faculty Board and the Faculty's Departments, with a focus on secretarial work, policy and procedures. Communications and Marketing…

The Housing, Energy and Sustainability Department has tasks at a strategic policy level and an operational level. Strategic Level Initiating the university housing strategy. Develop university housing sustainability strategy.  Developing university complexes. Developing university management…

The Institute Office of the Institute of Education and Child Studies provides optimal support for management, staff and students. The Institute Office is arranged as follows:

The Committee’s main task is to review research proposals on criteria concerning ethically responsible scientific conduct. The conditions and principles applied by the Committee are set out in the Regulations that have been drawn up for this purpose.   Ethical review can be relevant in cases concerning…

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 tasks of the PhD Deans include: conducting the start and exit meetings…

The Security Affairs (VHZ) department deals with all issues relating to safety and security. The department helps to ensure that Leiden University’s students, staff members and visitors are as safe as possible at all times.

The University Council has set up three committees that will prepare large and/or long-term dossiers for council meetings. Each council member will in principle take part in one of the three committees. Education and Research Committee This committee will deal with dossiers on such subjects as: Study…

The Human Resources Department at Leiden Law School is staffed by the Head HRM and HRM advisors. They advise and support the Faculty Board and the management of the Institutes and staff departments at the faculty in relation to personnel matters, personnel policy, organisational development and personnel…

At the head of each programme is a Programme Director, usually a professor who is involved in education and reports to the Vice Dean and the member of the Faculty Board with the education portfolio. There is a consultative body of Programme Directors. The Vice Dean is the chairman. The Programme Directors…

Responsibility JZ advises and supports the Executive Board, faculties and services in any legal matters that may arise. These can range from the implementation of educational legislation to handling objections, and from preparing and conducting legal proceedings on behalf of the University to drafting…

The study advisers form an important link between the Faculty of Law and the student. They encourage and advise students in setting goals and making responsible choices.

The HR department of FGGA advises and supports the Faculty Board and management of the Institutes and staff departments of the faculty on personnel matters, personnel policy, organisational development and personnel planning, employment conditions, job classification, dismissal procedures and regulations.…

As the Employee Council of LLInC, we represent the interests of all LLInC staff. We monitor issues such as employee wellbeing and workload, and we review important documents such as budgets and business plans.  

The IREC provides advice on matters relating to ethical conduct in research by ICLON staff. All research involving the collection, analysis, and/or storage of data from individuals must be submitted to IREC. IREC reviews research proposals against criteria for research ethics.

The Policy, Advice and Strategy department assists the Faculty Board in developing and implementing its policies and procedures. The department is staffed by employees who deal with a variety of specific policy issues, as well as project managers, and administrative support personnel. The Board Secretary…

The Executive Board is responsible for the efficient and effective management of the whole University.

The Humanities Think Tank (HTT) is composed out of 16 students from 16 different study programmes. The Think Tank meets every 6 weeks to discuss and advice the Leiden Faculty of Humanities about relevant faculty topics such as communication towards students, the integration of research and education,…

Responsibilities The Office of the Beadle is responsible for organising PhD defence ceremonies, inaugural lectures and valedictory lectures, and should be contacted for matters relating to PhD defence ceremonies, such as reserving a date. Position within the University In organisational terms, the Office…

Business Development Tying opportunities and Leiden possibilities together by: * early involvement in researchers’ ideas and projects * supporting for strategic decisions at departmental level * supporting commercial development * managing strategic alliances * managing existing accounts * identifying…

The Faculty Board is responsible for the administration of the faculty as a whole and with its management. Its main tasks are to give direction to, coordinate and stimulate the faculty as a whole and the various (research) centres in particular.

Leiden University has legal counsels with different expertise areas, working in various departments: General Legal affairs (JZ) Privacy legal counsels and officers: privacy related matters, data protection HR department of the faculty/institute: employment related matters Luris: research contracts,…

Employee and student participation within the university has two systems; the candidate system and the list system. In elections according to the candidate system, individual students or staff can register as candidates. Under the list system, lists (parties) can register with multiple candidates. You…

If, on the basis of the checklist, your research needs to be presented to the Ethics Committee, you are required to take the following steps: Contact a data steward from the faculty via researchsupport@hum.leidenuniv.nl at least six weeks before the deadline of the Ethics Committee (dates given below)…

The Educational Service Centre (OSC) of the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs oversees the student and course administration and the faculty-level support for all educational administration and content systems at our faculty. The OSC is also responsible for organising all education-related…

Research at Leiden Law School is organised in research programmes. All researchers at Leiden Law School take part in one of its research programmes and become research fellow.

The Study Advice Department guides students during their studies and gives advice on, for example, srudie planning.

Universitair Belang represents the interests of all Leiden University employees. We see quality as a source of inspiration and motivation, especially when it comes to the mutual improvement of teaching, research and operational management. Universitair Belang is committed to achieving this through the…