The Faculty of Science offers PhD programmes spanning the entire spectrum of science.

Dean

The Graduate School of Science is supervised by the Faculty Board. Prof.dr. Erik Danen is the current Dean of the Graduate School of Science and is supported by the Graduate School Office.

Facts and Figures about our Faculty

The Faculty of Science was established in 1815 and is currently home to over 1000 PhD candidates. For more information visit the Faculty website.

International environment

A large number of our PhD candidates has an international background and the same applies for the scientific staff. The courses, colloquia, scientific meetings and daily conversations in the research groups take place in English.

Institutes

The Faculty of Science consists of eight Institutes. You can find more information on research themes on the webpages of each institute, on the content box on the right. 

Collaborations

Interdisciplinary teams of scientists work together with partners from the Leiden University Medical Centre (LUMC), the Graduate School of Social Sciences, Delft University of Technology as well as partners from industry and governmental agencies. The location of Leiden Science, in the middle of one of Europe’s most successful Bioscience Parks, enables close collaboration with life science companies. For more information visit the Faculty website.