She has held office for over a hundred days, and is enthusiastic about what she has seen of the University thus far. Bursting with energy, she has pla...

On the day of the Dies Natalis, Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker starts his second term of office. How does he look back on the first four years, and w...

Leiden University is working increasingly closely with Chinese universities. On 22 November the Rector signed a statement of intent to ratify the rela...

Rector Carel Stolker officially presented the University's Programme for Cooperation with China to stakeholders from the Chinese Embassy, the Dutch go...

Leiden University is extremely concerned about the situation in Turkey and offers all possible support to its Turkish colleagues.

Mathematician Hester Bijl will be appointed Vice-Rector Magnificus and member of the Executive Board of Leiden University with effect from 1 November ...

Within the next five years, Leiden University wants its campus in The Hague to become a leading international academic centre with research and teachi...

President Joko Widodo was received on 22 April in the Academy Building at the Rapenburg by Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker and Henri Lenferink, Mayor ...

A delegation from Leiden University is visiting Brazil from 14 to 18 March. The first day of the visit was spent with scientists in São Paolo.

Universities cannot survive in this highly competitive world without collaboration. And the ultimate aim is to make the world a safer and more sustain...

The Leiden African Studies Centre (ASCL) will become part of the University from 1 January 2016.