Apart from the regular programmes, Leiden University offers the possibility to follow online programmes and courses. Read about the best known forms of online education at Leiden University.

Open online education has become a highly popular method of education. The current project aims to further our knowledge of how open online courses can be best designed to be consistent with human learning mechanics and facilitate meaningful learning.

Everyone wherever they are in the world can follow free online academic courses offered by Leiden University.

The main interest of this project concerns learners’ perceived learning outcomes in massive open online courses and the factors related to their perceived learning outcomes.

Study information

Leiden University now offers almost 20 Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs). The enthusiasm displayed by participants makes it rewarding to develop and teach such courses, say MOOC lecturers Marlies Reinders and Edwin Bakker. But that is not all, ‘You bring together a global community.’

The current dissertation presents a review study and three empirical studies, focusing on the understanding of the state of the art of research about PjBL in higher education and the investigation of the relation between PjBL and student outcomes in the context of Chinese higher education.

How do learners engage during project-based learning (PBL) and what is the impact of PBL on their learning outcomes?

Everything around us is in motion. Students, the University, technology, society, the labour market and the world. These developments provide an impetus to experiment with new forms of education. This article samples a small selection of the many dozens of innovative educational projects. What is striking…

Leer meer over de Master Education and Child Studies tijdens de Online Master's Open Dagen van de Universiteit Leiden.

The blended flipped classroom is a partially online, partially offline course to teach social science research methods. Online, students watch video lectures, do readings, and complete short exercises to acquire basic knowledge of research methodologies and academic skills.

Assessing Learning in Higher Education addresses what is probably the most time-consuming part of the work of staff in higher education, and something to the complexity of which many of the recent developments in higher education have added. Getting assessment ‘right’– that is, designing and implementing…

Currently, more and more universities are experimenting with various forms of digitization: MOOCs, SPOCs, but also the adoption of YouTube video’s, online quizzes and other online learning methods in university education. Many of these educational methods are not just digital, but also freely accessible…

Everyone can study at Leiden University, at all stages of life: as undergraduate, master or doctoral students in Leiden or The Hague, or short courses with a choice of interesting and diverse subjects. In fact, by sitting in front of a computer at home, now you also take part in free online programs…

The goal of the Kenniswerkplaats Diversiteit is to answer research questions schools in the Hague have in collaboration with the schools. The aim is to offer all children the same opportunities to develop through education.

Nineteen new Leiden University MOOCs have started this January. Anyone can take part in these online courses varying from combatting terrorism to kidney transplantation.

Education and Organisation Development

An important goal of the ICLON programme is to build bridges between practice and theory.

Research and design are becoming more and more important in international science education. In The Netherlands, two recently introduced subjects focus on research and design activities in the classroom: O&O (research and design) and NLT (nature, life and technology). This research aims to look at what…

The Clinical Psychology Educational Programme aims to provide specialized knowledge of psychopathology, diagnostic and treatment skills and related scientific research.

The Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS) offers bachelor and master level education in computer science at Leiden University. We are known for our scientifically based education and for our open atmosphere.

The Faculty of Humanities in Leiden is unique in its research, education, valorisation and breadth of languages, cultures, arts and societies of the world, in their historic context, from prehistory to the present. Humanities’ research and education at Leiden are among the top 30 in the world (THE).

Honours education offers students an extra challenge alongside their regular studies. The education is small-scale, personal and future-oriented. Because students and lecturers from different faculties work together, education is multidisciplinary from the very first moment.

Developmental and Educational Psychology offers bachelor's courses and master's programmes.

The department offers a variety of courses in the bachelors program and in the masters program and in Post Graduate Education.

From junior school pupils to university students: the Living Lab is a valuable place of study for many people. Every year the Living Lab trains dozens of students at vocational, college and university level. More than a thousand pupils also have lessons on location, and junior schools use over thirty…

The Center for Law and Digital Technologies offer educational programmes at bachelor and master level.

Leiden Observatory provides full education programmes in Astronomy both at the bachelor’s and master’s level. We integrate world-class scientific research and excellent education. Read all about our study programmes!

How to make educational innovations practical for teachers

Collaboration is increasingly common among teachers in schools. As such, teacher education should prepare prospective teachers to effectively interact with other teachers in different types of communities or groups.

The goal of the Bachelor Honours Programme Sustainability is to provide students with the knowledge and tools to make a contribution towards a sustainable society.

The department of Business Studies facilitates business study education to students of the Leiden Law School as well as the students of other faculties of Leiden University.

Our educational programmes span the entire spectrum of pharmaceutical education, from training of the next generation drug researchers in the areas of drug design, drug action, and drug use to educating the pharmacists of the future.

Impact Challenges are extracurricular courses in which students work towards solving a current problem of an external partner of the Honours Academy. The education is project-based, high-level and multidisciplinary. Through Impact Challenges, students can positively impact a real-world issue.

The Department of Constitutional and Administrative Law of Leiden University is active in education in various ways.

The LIBC is actively involved in training and education in the field of brain and cognition.

Connect art and academia at ACPA

The Department of Child Law focuses in its education on the legal position of the child in national and international law.

Doctors are expected to apply recent insights from research to improve patient care. This is one of the reasons for integrating research into medical education.

How do students’ interests develop over time and which interests are subsequently pursued in the higher educational choice of students?

We are very happy to welcome you to spend the spring semester or year studying with us at the Institute of Education and Child Studies. Here you will find practical information on studying Education and Child Studies in Leiden as an exchange student.

The programmes offered by the Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs in The Hague are closely linked to the defining image of The Hague as a city of international justice, peace and security as well as the centre of Dutch public administration and international governance.

The Leiden Institute of Physics (LION) offers bachelor and master level education in physics at Leiden University.

Religious Studies at Leiden University allows you to study a broad spectrum of religions and their manifestations.

Our education programmes span the entire spectrum of Animal Sciences, Evolution, Biodiversity and Conservation, Microbial Biotechnology and Plant Sciences.

The Graduate School offers various courses on English and Methodology & Statistics to PhD candidates.

Leiden Law School offers intensive education programmes that provide tremendous opportunities for talented students.

The Institute of Security and Global Affairs (ISGA) offers courses at both bachelor’s and master’s level. There are also minors, online learning and courses for professionals.

In higher education intermediate assessment is used in different ways. In her PhD research Indira Day shows that lecturers should be able to continue to have the freedom to use various test forms, because not one type of test is optimal.