Faculty of Medicine
Become a future health professional for sustainable healthcare.
Do you want to make an impact on the health of tomorrow? At the Faculty of Medicine, you can choose from a broad range of programmes โ from cure to care and from innovation to policy. You will discover where your strengths lie and grow into a professional who contributes to future-proof healthcare, both within and beyond the hospital. You study in a close-knit, supportive learning environment where collaboration and personal attention are central.
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Japanese Ambassador visits Leiden University -
LUMC receives tens of millions for research into new stem cell-based treatments -
Six Leiden professors elected as members of the KHMW -
DNA study reveals remarkable stability in prehistoric Low Countries populations -
Doctors discover a simple method to predict the risk of brain tumour recurrence -
More health, less care: how can we make this happen? -
How Leiden University is taking action against cancer -
Research improves risk assessment for hereditary breast cancer -
Launch of the Prof. Andrea Evers Fund for Health, Behaviour and Society -
New platform to accelerate cardiac drug development -
New traffic controller discovered on DNA railway -
Professor of Urology Maxime Kummeling: โThe human dimension should guide usโ -
Marieke Adriaanse appointed as strategic representative of the Healthy Society Programme -
Doctors with a backbone -
Five Leiden contributions to NWO Perspectief projects -
Students come up with creative solutions to make Leiden-Noord healthier -
Keuzegids: seven top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University -
Nearly 200 million for new research buildings and facilities -
โTraining the pharmacists of tomorrow is something we do togetherโ -
โBeing healthy isnโt an individual choice โ it depends on your circumstancesโ -
Why our welfare state doesnโt always reach vulnerable people -
Fourteen Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grant -
LUMC researchers use viruses to fight prostate cancer -
Why early detection of bone disorders matters -
Two young researchers win Krijn Rietveld Award for innovative research on blood donation and colorectal cancer -
Three Leiden researchers awarded an ERC Starting Grant -
Thirteen NWO Open Competition XS grants for Leiden researchers -
Three innovative research projects awarded Open Competition Science-M funding
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Does your smartwatch say youโre stressed? It may often be wrong -
Astronomers and surgeons join forces in the operating theatre -
Veni grants for 18 Leiden researchers -
From Covid student to biotech entrepreneur: Violette Defourt is working on rapid STI diagnostics -
Leiden scientists join national effort to advance nanomedicine -
LUMC participates in pioneering type 1 diabetes research -
How AI could give doctors more time at the patientโs bedside -
Four Leiden researchers receive ERC Advanced Grant -
Medical milestone at LUMC: first Dutch patient receives CAR T-cell therapy for autoimmune disease -
Delegation from Nagasaki University visits Leiden University -
Leiden researchers receive funding for high-tech research
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AI model predicts risk of infection in postoperative patients -
Live: protest in Wijnhaven building Leiden University -
More research on side-effects: โSide effects are not a side issueโ -
Health Campus explores effect of neighbourhood approach for healthy Hague generation -
Six Medical Delta professors for Leiden -
AI internship for students on reducing administrative burden in healthcare -
NWO Open Competition grants for two research projects
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First time in the cortรจge: โI wanted to be part of itโ -
A real professor in the classroom: โWhat do you like best about your work?โ -
Meta Roestenberg awarded Mercator Sapiens Stimulus for pioneering malaria research -
Jan Anthonie Bruijn: The world cannot survive without interdisciplinary knowledge -
From research to practice: Leiden researchers awarded European grant
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PhD candidate develops new device for diagnosing erectile dysfunction -
Love took Ephrem from a refugee camp to the lecture hall -
Keuzegids: six top bachelor's programmes at Leiden University -
Grants for fundamental research in Leiden -
These were Leiden Universityโs interdisciplinary milestones of 2024 -
Synthetic dataset protects privacy in criminological research -
Eleven Leiden University researchers receive Vidi grants
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Assessors: for 25 years an essential link between students and the university -
โYou cannot expect healthcare professionals in Value-Based Healthcare teams to be able to work together without trainingโ -
Symposium honouring departing LUMC Dean Pancras Hogendoorn -
Ten Leiden researchers awarded ERC Starting Grants -
LUMC first medical programme to include AI in curriculum -
Four NWO Open Competition grants for Leiden researchers -
Veni grants for 22 researchers from Leiden University
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Proof of Concept grants for four Leiden researchers -
Young peopleโs experience of mental health problems help improve medical training and practice -
Leiden technology research receives funding from NWO and businesses
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Kiem initiative culminates in plan to apply for larger grant -
Marlies Reinders new Dean of Faculty of Medicine and member of LUMC Board of Directors -
On barriers and bridges: autoimmune rheumatic diseases and the road to a cure -
Alumnus Anne Speckens opened a mindfulness centre in Nijmegen -
Seven Comenius grants for Leiden lecturers -
LIFES: From Reusable Data to New Treatments and Faster Diagnoses -
AI model accurately predicts endometrial cancer recurrence -
King of Sweden visits Leiden University -
Interdisciplinary symposium on restitution policies seeks more diverse perspectives -
Leiden conference to look for emerging trends in global governance
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Student tower opened with cafรฉ, common room and spectacular views -
Whatโs Your Story?: diversiteit in een kaartspel -
Leidenโs poo can help rid patients of resistant gut bacteria -
Leiden University/LUMC to drop cum laude honour for Masterโs in Medicine -
UMCs join forces to increase pandemic preparedness -
โActively listening makes a difference but can be harder than removing a tumourโ -
โMaybe interdisciplinarity could function as a way to change the universityโ -
Gravitation funding for five projects with Leiden researchers -
Minor Violence Studies: interesting encounters and flying wooden blocks -
Quality of masterโs programmes assessed in new guide
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How Europe will be better prepared for the next pandemic -
LUMC first hospital with AI admissions predictor for Acute Admissions Unit -
Vici grants for seven researchers from Leiden University
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Headache e-diary aimed at more personalised help for patients and physicians -
No higher risk of miscarriage after COVID-19 -
'When a deaf child suddenly hears and learns to talk, this also has a huge impact on the people around them.' -
Alumnus Charlotte Poot developed a hospital app for children -
'We aim to continue innovating technologically, but in a relevant manner' -
'We are going to make the world's best eye radiation line' -
Drugs for our immune system in the right place at the right time -
Better treatment of systemic autoimmune diseases requires close collaboration
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Transdisciplinary health improvement in The Hague: โNeighbourhoods tell us what they needโ