Our world is shrinking, or at least our electronic devices are. From PCs to mobile phones: everything is smaller and thinner. The smaller the chip, the better it can conduct electricity and pass on information.

The Philosophy of Law Department is responsible for various courses both in the Bachelors and the Masters.

Terrorism only poses a small risk to people but tends to be a major source of public fear. Through fear, terrorism has far-reaching implications for public governance.

This thesis describes the design, characterization and application of dextran based crosslinked network.

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Promotor: Huub J.M. de Groot, Co-promotor: Francesco Buda

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.K. Richardson

Several single-stranded RNA viruses make use of Xrn1-resistant RNAs in their 3’ untranslated regions of their genome RNAs in order to increase their pathogenicity.

Promotor: C.W.J. Beenakker, Co-Promotor: A.R. Akhmerov

Religion, Class, and the Postwar Development of the Dutch Welfare State. Dennie Oude Nijhuis.

The effects of anthropogenic noise on interactions between predators and their prey are still little understood.

In this thesis we explore machine and deep learning approaches that address keychallenges in high dimensional problem areas and also in improving accuracy in wellknown problems. In high dimensional contexts, we have focused on computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations.

Mining time series is a machine learning subfield that focuses on a particular data structure, where variables are measured over (short or long) periods of time.

Leiden University was founded in 1575, thanks to William of Orange. According to tradition, he founded the University to reward the citizens of Leiden for their resistance to the Spanish occupiers.

Would you like to stay with us a little longer after your exchange programme? If so, take a look at our extensive selection of English-taught 1 or 2 year Master's programmes.

This doctoral thesis is an effort to understand how lipid phase-separation induced by diacylglycerol analogues in lipid-based nanoparticles affects their in vivo behavior, leading to specific nanoparticle-protein communications and selective cell targeting.

This project aims to assess the risk of spread of antimicrobial resistance genes in the environment derived from currently used synthetic biology approaches in the field of drug discovery.

Promotor: J.N. Kok, Co-Promotor: A.J. Knobbe

This thesis describes the development and optimization of the first molecular tools to study the enzyme PLA2G4E.

Promotores: Wim Jiskoot; Ferry Ossendorp

Promotor: Prof.dr. B. van de Water, Co-promotores: L.T.M. van der Ven, A.S. Kienhuis

Promotor: Prof.dr. M.K. Richardson, Co-Promotor: F. Witte

Agrobacterium tumefaciens, a gram-negative plant pathogen belonging to the family Rhizobiaceae, is the causative agent of crown gall disease, which can affect many plant species including agronomically important ones.

During my PhD research, I studied the photon statistics of light emitted by a microcavity that contains a single quantum dot (QD) on resonance.

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It is essential for researchers to be able to obtain independent research funding to advance in their careers.

From fake news to COVID-19 conspiracies, debates about truth claims have become more prominent during the past decade. Taking a global, comparative perspective, the minor Disinformation and Strategic Communication in Global Media focuses on the broad spectrum of contested narratives subsumed under the…

The core of Leiden University's vision is to train students to become academic professionals and engaged, responsible citizens. Once they have graduated, out students will then be able to make a contribution to resolving the challenges currently facing society - both within and outside academia.

The Bachelor's degree trains future computer scientists in the fields of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. When you graduate you will be ready for a range of career options.

With an MSc degree in Mathematics you are well prepared for a broad range of career prospects and ready to operate on the international market. The master’s degree is also an excellent preparation for pursuing a PhD degree.

By following the Education Programme you will be able to combine your scientific background with new skills and become acquainted with teaching. This two year programme will give you the right tools for being a scientist and a teacher.

The correspondence of the Dutch factory in Hirado, Japan, 1609-1633

The different kinds of cultural perspectives on health and disease of the participants are related to their knowledge, beliefs, values and practices manifested in various forms of lifestyle in Indonesia. The cultural diversity of the population is also related to differences in health behaviour.

How do humans control their thoughts and actions, and what can high-field brain scanning reveal about the underlying processes?

The broad scope of the Astronomy and Instrumentation specialisation provides you with an MSc level training highly sought after by employers, not only in astronomical instrumentation, but also in other areas of high-tech instrumentation development.

Many students receive their first job offer during or right after their Business Studies internship. With an MSc in Physics you are well prepared for broad array of career prospects in research or industry.

The programme encourages engagement career preparation activities, like offering guest lectures and a study trip. Read more about the career activities

The Biological- and Soft-Matter Physics specialisation is an excellent preparation for pursuing a PhD degree in physics.

This is the application procedure for the physics summer school of Leiden University. It is part of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION). Interested bachelor (BSc) students can apply through the online form, where they need to upload several documents. The application deadline is 1 March 2024.

What roles does music play within our society? How does current society influence music? And vice versa: how does music influence, for instance, politics, media and technology? The minor Music Studies offers you a different way of thinking about music. Music is more than just a form of art, more than…

The Europa Institute offers a regular European Law LL.M. programme and an Advanced LL.M. programme in European and International Business Law.

This PhD thesis concerns the topic of arithmetic geometry. We address three different questions and each of the questions in some way is about counting how big some set is or can be.

This study presents an agent-based simulation model exploring the patterns of presence and absence of Late Pleistocene Neanderthals in western Europe.

Promotor: G.A. van der Marel, Co-promotor: J.D.C. Codée

Promotor: J.N. Kok, P.E. Slagboom Co-promotor: J.F.J. Laros

On 27 January 2022 Tjahjono Prasodjo successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

Promoter: J.G.E.M.Fraaije, Co-promotor: A. Kros

The program group Learning and Behavior Problems in Education: Challenges and Solutions strive to find solutions to the learning and behavior challenges faced by preschool and elementary-school children, youth, and young adults in education. In doing so, the group focuses on cognition and behavior and…

The Learning@LeidenUniversity vision on teaching and learning is about what we want our future graduates to be and what that means for our curricula and our learning environment. It offers a long-term framework for the further development of our education and marks the start of a process of innovati…