The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology is one of five research institutes of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences. The Institute is dedicated to high-quality, interdisciplinary education and research concerning culture and development.

The aims of research and teaching within the Educational Sciences programme are to understand in how individuals develop and learn and to optimize education for all individuals.

Underneath you will find more information on how the university works.

PhD

The League of European Research Universities (LERU) is a group of 23 leading European research universities.

At Leiden University we like to stay in touch with our alumni. We therefore invite you by post, email or phone to lectures, workshops and masterclasses for alumni and inform you about developments in your field and at the University. With your knowledge and experience, you also make a valuable contribution…

Fitness is more than physical health alone. An equally important aspect in our general well-being is mental fitness. Mental fitness refers to fitness of the mind. During the course of your PhD research, there might be periods in which you feel insecure or down. It is important to take good care of yourself.…

Bachelor

Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) is the international Honours College of Leiden University, located in The Hague. We offer an innovative and cutting edge Liberal Arts & Sciences programme to highly talented and motivated students from all over the world.

Would you like to stay with us a little longer after your exchange programme? If so, take a look at our extensive selection of English-taught 1 or 2 year Master's programmes.

In 2019 Leiden University was 444 years old. This special birthday called for a special celebration. We celebrated this milestone with the residents of Leiden and The Hague. In, with and for these two cities.

It's natural that you may need a little help and advice from time to time during your stay. There are forms to be completed upon arrival. Perhaps you need information about your course load or grades. Or maybe you need assistance with an academic or personal matter.

Humanities, Institute for Area Studies

Why study Comparative Criminal Justice at Leiden University?

Master

We are very happy to welcome you to spend a semester or year studying or doing an internship with us at the Leiden University Medical Center. Here you will find information on your course timetables and registration.

Humanities, Institute for History

Leiden has one of the most petrified inner-cities of The Netherlands. This is not beneficial for the biodiversity crisis and Leiden University, with a significant number of buildings within the Singels, should be more proactive on this matter. Currently, LUGO is taking steps with internal departments…

Humanities, Institute for History

Leiden University commemorates its victims of the war and pays tribute to all members of the university community who resisted injustice. Rudolph Cleveringa, for instance, the dean of the law faculty who gave a protest speech in 1940 after his Jewish colleagues were fired. We honour their memory through…

There are over 7,000 languages in the world and over half of the world’s population is bilingual. But how do all these people use their language? And how do these languages differ from one another? Under the slogan of ‘Interconnecting linguistic diversity,’ the researchers from the Leiden University…

The Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology (CADS) of Leiden University hosts almost 50 PhD candidates working on a wide variety of topics.

Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS)

Promotor: A. Achúcarro, Co-promotor: A. Boyarsky

Course, Summer Programme

The group Clinical Neurodevelopmental Studies has expertise in individual differences in child development, in particular the development of psychopathology, ranging from mild to severe neurodevelopmental disorders.

The collaboration between Leiden University (Medical Center) and the Autonomous University of Barcelona forms one of the most powerful international alliances for the creation and transmission of knowledge in the field of transfusion medicine.

In the early universe, the dynamics of the Higgs field can give rise to many interesting phenomena.

Leiden University College The Hague (LUC) is the international Honours College of Leiden University and offers an innovative Liberal Arts & Sciences undergraduate programme to highly talented and motivated students from all over the world.

The Leiden University Center for Statistical Science unites the statisticians teaching and researching at Leiden University.

Are you a Leiden University student (thinking of) studying in the UK? Find out more about the impact of Brexit for current and prospective EU students of Leiden University studying abroad in the UK.

If you have the ambition to continuously develop and grow in your work, then Leiden University is an attractive employer for you.

Science and education can really flourish in an environment where everyone can be themselves and where there is room for different perspectives that bring people together from different ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, health, religion, age and socio-economic background.

The Register of Early Modernists aims to facilitate collaboration between early modern researchers at Leiden University.

Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam work closely together in research and teaching, including in the area of minors. They offer joint minors and have a special admission arrangement for one another's students.