The This is International Studies Website contains much nice-to-know information about the International Studies programme at Leiden University. However, there are dedicated websites for our current students and prospective students where you will find all your need-to-know information.

What's life like after International Studies? An interesting question for many current students of International Studies, and one that you can answer! We would love to feature your story on our Instagram Account. Get in touch with us!

On July 6, about thirty International Studies alumni met up at Café Luden for a reunion. Featuring talks by The Hague's deputy mayor Robert van Asten, Sarita Koendjbiharie, and of course plenty of drinks and bitterballen: it was a great success. Interested to hear what other International Studies alumni are up to these days? Watch the video below!

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In their third and final year, International Studies students are challenged to translate their academic knowledge and skills into practical advice and to develop consultancy competences during the Practising International Studies course (PRINS).

What's life like after International Studies? An interesting question for many current students of International Studies, and one that you can answer! We would love to feature your story on our Instagram Account. Get in touch with us!

This month, not only 520 new students have arrived in The Hague to start their International Studies adventure, we also welcome four new tutors and five new tutor-lecturers. They are joining the team of now almost 40 tutors. In this article they will quickly introduce themselves and share their expectations of teaching at International Studies.

Over the past year, the community building team at International Studies has been working hard to document the career steps of our older and more recent graduates from International Studies.

The Programme Board International Studies is a very important body, as it is responsible for the teaching programme, i.e. for designing and implementing the teaching programme. The Board comprises of: the Programme Chair (Giles Scott-Smith), the Programme Manager (Jaap Kamphuis), and two students from International Studies. Who are this year’s students of the Programme Board, taking care of your wishes? They will introduce themselves here.

Since 2017, Dr. Sarita Koendjbiharie, has been gathering stories of International Studies Alumni, which resulted in an impressive and growing collection of around 150 “Alumni Dreams”. In this article we would like to highlight one of the Alumni Dreams and find out a bit more about Kieran Richards, a British alumnus (2012), who currently has an impressive job as an FX MM Investigator at BNP Paribas in Paris. We asked him about the choices he made, his career path, working in the banking sector, his time at International Studies and of course his advice for new alumni!