STREAM

Student Research Mobility Programme (STREAM) is aimed at students who are keen to conduct research during their studies.

Linda Ravazzano

University of Milan

Research at Leiden University: “Taking part to the STREAM programme had been a great opportunity to work in a true research project inside an international research group. This experience not only made me grow up under an academic point of view, but also gave me the opportunity to discover a new country and to meet people from all over the world”.

Melissa Pont

University of Zurich

Research at Leiden University: "My supervisor was really nice and open, always motivated. I was free to create my own project, she was of course there to help me and give me advice but she also took my opinion into account. I have learned a lot and also improved my English. I had free time for myself in the evenings and on weekends, which allowed me to fully enjoy my stay”.

Roberta Sellaro

Assistant Professor, Leiden University

“I had the opportunity to supervise an amazing student, extremely motivated, very skilled, professional, and trustworthy. She designed an entire study on her own and managed to program a complex virtual reality task”.

Participating universities

STREAM is a student exchange programme between Leiden University and other European universities who are, like Leiden University, members of  LERU (League of European Research Universities).

The programme is intended for students who are registered in their 3rd, 4th or 5th year of study at one of the following universities: 

• Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
• Université de Genève, Switzerland
• Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany
• KU Leuven, Belgium

Projects Leiden University

Within STREAM, currently the following projects are offered at Leiden University:

Faculty of Science

• Evolutionary Developmental Biology (pdf)
• In vivo cell fusion using a synthetic model system (pdf)
• Light-activated anticancer compounds (pdf)
• Metal complexes in Catalysis, Biomimetics and Inorganic Materials (pdf)
• Operando research in heterogeneous catalysis (pdf)
• Research projects in Physics (pdf)

Medicine (Leiden University Medical Center)

• Research projects in Biomedical Research (pdf)

Faculty of Law

• Climate Justice through the Courts (pdf)

General requirements

General minimum requirements for students interested in conducting research at Leiden University within STREAM:

• GPA of at least 3.2 (out of 4)
• Minimum English level: B2
• Only applicants nominated by their university will be considered.
• Applicants must be registered at their home university during the abroad activity.
• Please note that some projects may have additional requirements.

Application procedures

1. Ask the STREAM coordinator at your home university to submit your STREAM application to the STREAM coordinator at Leiden University.
2. After receiving your application, the research department will take a decision on your application.
3. Once your research project has been set up, we will invite you to submit an online study abroad/exchange application to Leiden University.
   Note that you do not have to complete step 1 of the online application procedure, i.e. 'Nomination/Pre-application'. Your home-university STREAM coordinator has already taken care of this for you. 

Deadlines

The deadline for submitting your online study abroad/exchange application to Leiden University is: 

• 1 April for projects beginning in September
• 1 October for projects beginning in February