Prof. dr. Jasper Knoester Dean Prof. dr. Bart de Smit Vice Dean and education portfolio Suzanne van der Pluijm Executive Director Floris van Kampen Secretary Faculty Board Elice Schöne Manager Human Resources  Marjolein van Schoonhoven Manager Communication & Marketing Maaike Barkema Manager…

Would you like to know more about the procedures for establishing and filling a chair and recruiting and appointing regular professors and professors by special appointment? You can read all about it in Appendix 4 of the Policy for Appointing Professors.  

The Course and Examination Regulations (CER) contain information on such issues as admission criteria  examinations programme structure graduation

The Course and Examination Regulations (CER) contain information on such issues as admission criteria  examinations programme structure graduation

Institute Board Institute Office: HR and financial management, secretariat, education support, communications Institute Council Advisory Council

The Faculty Regulations describe the organisation of the Faculty of Archaeology, the research goals, and which programmes and research departments are part of the faculty. The regulations are enacted by the Faculty Council and approved by the University Executive Board.

Academic year 2024-2025

The Faculty Strategic Plan (FSP) 2022 – 2027, We are Humanities, sets out the faculty's ambitions for the coming years. The wealth of international academic knowledge about languages, cultures and societies worldwide, past and present, makes the Faculty of Humanities unique. The FSP describes how…

Functional Management ATIE is responsible for supporting student application, admission and exchange processes. Applications that fall under the management of Team ATIE   Student information system uSis Basic Register for Higher Education BRON HO National application system Studielink Contact For…

Research and education is being conducted at 8 institutes. Management information and contact details can be found on the web pages of the institutes: Mathematical Institute (MI) Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) Leiden Observatory  Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) Leiden…

Board of Examiners Simon Gröblacher (chair) (TU Delft) Matthias Möller (TU Delft) Evert van Nieuwenburg Secretary: Gérique Folkers-Gerritsen E-mail: BoardofExaminers-QIST-AS@tudelft.nl Education Committee İlke Ercan (chair) (TU Delft) Alexandre Artaud (TU Delft) Peter Bruin Slava…

Teachers, lecturers, associate professors and professors need a Basic Teaching Qualification (BKO). The Basic Teaching Qualification consists of the skills which every teacher at Leiden University must have mastered in order to teach well. What this means for you, you read in the Academic framework…

LUC employs external teaching fellows from Leiden University or other universities and academic institutions to teach one or more courses at LUC. The vast majority of the external teaching fellows are active researchers and firmly embedded in the research groups at their home faculty. This contributes…

Topics in the regulations of the Examination Appeals Board: Composition, appointment and term of office Lodging an appeal Content and receipt of the appeal Amicable settlement Written preparations Processing the appeal without hearing Hearing an appeal in session Deliberations and outcome

The rules set out in this procedure apply to the exams for all study programmes at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FSW).  There are two 'sorts' of exams: Regular exams (Pieter de la Court Building/USC) Exams with special provisions for students with a disability (always in…

These regulations contain information concerning the (binding) study advice issued to Leiden University students during their Bachelor’s programme, the requirements to be met for the issuance of positive advice, exceptions, transitional rulings and the procedures for cases of exceptional (personal)…

The Honours Academy Regulation has been established on the basis of the Joint Regulation. The formal affairs of the Honours Academy are laid down in this regulation, such as the Academy’s board, structure and education. This document is only available in Dutch.

The faculty's ICT Advisory Board advises the Faculty Board  on all matters concerning ICT policy. The board's members are representatievs from all five institutes.

Academic year 2022-2023. Course and Examination Regulations Master’s Programmes, including appendices and Course and Examination Regulations for the Industrial Ecology programme.

Academic year 2022-2023. Course and Examination Regulations Bachelor’s Programmes, including appendices and Course and Examination Regulations for the Bachelor programmes LST and MST.

The Online Proctoring Protocol describes the procedure and the rules and criteria for online proctoring when examinations are taken online. The possibility of online proctoring is described in Article 4.1 of the Course and Examination Regulations (OER), and the criteria are laid down in this present…

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) focuses on multidisciplinary research and education within the international scientific field of security studies. The Institute analyses and studies issues in a coherent way from their local transnational, and global impact. ISGA operates from…

Leiden University takes responsibility for helping prospective students to choose the study programme that is right for them. Leiden University has introduced compulsory matching with the aim of offering prospective students better guidance when choosing their study programme. In this framework you…

The Administration and Central Services department supports the Executive Board (CvB) in managing Leiden University. The service units performs tasks on behalf of administrative units (CvB, faculties). There are eight service units: Administrative Shared Service Centre (ASSC) ICT Shared Service…

The papers and thesis have to be written according to the Faculty of Archaeology's standards, as explained in the guidelines. More information on thesis and papers.

The standing Committee on Teaching advises the Faculty Board – on request or on its own initiative – about all aspects of the Faculty’s education policy. It also fulfils the role of Department Teaching Committee for the core curriculum courses: it analyses the student evaluations and provides the Faculty…

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 Board of Examiners determines in an impartial and competent manner whether a student possesses the knowledge, understanding and skills required to obtain a degree, as set out in the Course and Examination Regulations (OER).

Functional Management Team O&S is responsible for supporting educational planning, scheduling, enrollment, study guidance, result processing and certification processes. Applications that full under the management of Team FB O&S   Student app The Leiden University app Prospectus Studiegids…

The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences  (KNAW), the Association of Universities in the Netherlands (VSNU), and the Netherlands Federation of University Medical Centers (NFU) have drawn up a ‘Code for Transparency in Animal Testing’, with the aim of achieving non-binding openness and…

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs is managed by the Institute Board. They are appointed by the faculty from the scientific staff of the institute for a period of two years, in principle. The Institute Board is responsible for the workflow of the employees, and promotes consistency between…

The Academy of Creative and Performing Arts (ACPA) is a unique research institute within the Faculty of Humanities at Leiden University, where it offers composers, performing artists, visual artists and (graphic) designers the opportunity to perform research in and through artistic practice. ACPA also…

The Board of Examiners will look at your request in accordance to, among others, the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Examiners. Personal circumstances and proportionality are taken into account.

Bachelor’s › BSc Political Science: International Relations and Organisations Dutch bachelor’s programmes › Studiegids Politieke Wetenschap Master’s › MSc Political Science: International Organisation › MSc Political Science: International Politics › MSc Political Science: Political Science: Nationalism,…

Academic year 2023-2024. Course and Examination Regulations Master’s Programmes, including appendices and Course and Examination Regulations for the Industrial Ecology programme.

The Regulations on Working for Third Parties (log in required)  describe the correct way to acquire funding from third parties. They apply not only to research activities but also, for instance, to teaching and to services provided in the public arena. The Regulations specify how you…

The Bèta Operating Committee is an advisory committee responsible for policy as far as it pertains to beta-medical research and distribution of funding. The committee consists of representatives of the Faculty Board, the Faculty Office, the chair of the lab coordinators and the scientific…