The Faculty of Humanities is housed in various buildings situated in the historical centre of Leiden and in the modern Wijnhaven Building in The Hague.

The centrally located Lipsius building is the heart of the faculty, providing services like the Academic Language Centre, the faculty restaurant, the Lipsius café and the larger lecture theatres. Both the Faculty Board and the Faculty Office are located in the Herta Mohr building. The Schouwburgstraat houses the  Bachelor's Programme International Studies and the Wijnhaven building houses the Bachelor's Programme Urban Studies.

Visiting Address

Cleveringaplaats 1 
2311 BD Leiden

Postal Address

Faculteit Geesteswetenschappen  
Postbus 9515  
2300 RA Leiden

Telephone numbers

Reception Lipsius building	+31 (0)71 527 2300
Service desk (employees)	+31 (0)71 527 2400
Student Service Desk	+31 (0)71 527 6485 (09:30-12:30hrs)

Visit us

For information on how to reach us, please visit the Lipsius Building page.

Contact information of our institutes

• Academy of Creative and Performing Arts
• Centre for the Arts in Society
• Institute for History
• Institute for Area Studies
• Centre for Linguistics
• Institute for Philosophy
• Centre for the Study of Religion
• Nederlands Instituut in Marokko

Secretary's office

The faculty board is housed in the Herta Mohr building. For appointments with the board, please contact:

• Jonique van Hooff-Bartels, secretary of the dean Mark Rutgers.
• Roxana Rossel, secretary of Vice Deans Mirjam de Baar and Jeroen Touwen