More than fifty researchers are working together to describe the colonisation of the Americas from the Amerindian perspective. In November they will be meeting for the first time, in Leiden. How is Corinne Hofman, Leiden Professor of Archaeology managing the international megaproject Nexus 1492?

Archaeology, World Archaeology, Classical & Mediterranean Archaeology

Archaeology, FdA Faculty Board and office

PhD, Staff

PhD, Staff

Your tuition fee depends on a number of factors. These are your nationality, your study programme and whether you have already obtained a Dutch higher education diploma.

Lecture

Symposium

In our teaching we give all our students the opportunity to become acquainted with sustainability themes and issues, where possible in line with the content of their programme.

Conference

The China Region Group develops and monitors Leiden University's cooperation with China. It is chaired by the Dean of The Law Faculty, Prof Joanne van der Leun, and consists of representatives of Leiden University's faculties and various policy departments.

The Golden Horde Project was initiated by Dr. Marie Favereau and Dr. Gabrielle van den Berg. The initiative is funded by Asian Modernities and Traditions (AMT) and Leiden Global Interactions (LGI) research profile areas.

In 2022, Leiden will host the ESOF conference. The EuroScience Open Forum is the largest multidisciplinary scientific conference in Europe. Working in close collaboration with EuroScience in Strasbourg, the tenth edition will take place between 13-16 July 2022, in Leiden.

Bachelor, Master

Bachelor, Master, PhD

The faculty’s scientific research is organised around a number of centres and institutes in The Hague, city of peace, security and justice.

A record number of 417 PhD candidates defended their theses in 2016. How many of these were cum laude? What were their propositions? The advantage of dirty nappies, for example. Read about the facts and figures on PhD defences in 2016.

In 2020, many of our staff and students have again won prestigious prizes and been awarded important research subsidies.

Study all aspects of human life in the past and take on a broad, historic perspective.

Leiden archaeologists investigate how people in the past impacted their environment. Together with scientists, environmental scientists, and humanities experts, they use this information to draw conclusions about the present – and show what we can learn from it for the future.

Lecture

Leiden University research institutes based in Leiden and The Hague.

Lecture, Research Seminar

Research into the evolutionary backgrounds of our diets can help us make the right choices in diet, health and lifestyle.

Classical and Mediterranean archaeologist Tymon de Haas is a relatively recent addition to the Faculty of Archaeology. Succeeding Tesse Stek in September 2018, he has played an important role in teaching since then, working together with colleagues from multiple research groups. ‘I have my corner of…

A diploma is a valuable document that the University issues only once. If somebody loses his or her diploma, he or she can download a copy in the diploma register.

For questions about a English diploma statement and/or a transcript in English, you can contact your faculty or the administration of your study.

Eight interdisciplinary programmes were launched at Leiden University in 2020. They focus on intensifying interdisciplinary collaboration throughout the University, and respond to issues affecting the world today and agendas such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Lecture

‘What is the best electoral system for a democracy? First prize in the Leiden University Thesis Prizes 2021 goes to someone who has added their own deftly argued vision to this socially relevant topic.’ These were the words of Annetje Ottow, president of the Executive Board and board member of the Leiden…

Indigenous Pasts and the Roman Present

Conference

Every year, around 400 PhD candidates defend their dissertation at Leiden University, spread across all the University’s different disciplines.

Professor Jan Kolen was appointed Dean of the Faculty of Archaeology on September 1, 2018. We sat down with him and interviewed him about his background, the challenges he sees, and the future of our Faculty.

To increase the accuracy of climate models, it is crucial that they include past human land-use and human-driven vegetation changes. Here archaeology can make an important contribution. Current models are based on reconstructions of past vegetation. However, their accuracy is limited because it does…

How do societies move forward with sustainable, effective and efficient management of Earth's water resources?

Annual meeting

A multiple isotope approach to human-animal dynamics in the Lesser Antilles across the historical divide

A delegation from Leiden University is currently visiting Mexico to initiate collaboration with universities and science funding bodies in the country and to extend and expand existing partnerships. Rector Magnificus Carel Stolker is confident enough already to call it a success.

Leiden University offers its students a wide range of bachelor's, master's and minors that explore sustainability or climate. Here, you find an overview of those programmes in the academic year 2020-2021.

How can we organise society so as to keep our planet habitable for us and for all other life forms around us? To answer this question, Leiden researchers collaborate across disciplines, from biology to data science, and from environmental economy to archaeology.

Lecture

Conference, Information meeting

The title of European City of Science was officially handed over to a delegation from Leiden in the Italian city of Trieste on 6 September. Leiden will be the science capital of Europe for the year 2022. The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), the largest interdisciplinary science conference in Europe, will…

In 2021 many of our students and staff won fantastic prizes and were awarded important research grants. This is our traditional review of these successes as the end of one year marks the beginning of another.

Alumni Event

Lecture

Read all about YAL membership and the members of the Young Academy Leiden.

Conference

Forschungsseminar