News
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Leiden Complex Networks Network day on 23 September 07 September 2016
On Friday 23 September 2016 the Leiden Complex Networks Network day, the LCN2 day, will take place in Leiden.
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Maxim Allaart appointed assessor of Faculty of Science Board 2016-2017 06 September 2016
This academic year Maxim Allaart will hold the position of assessor within the Faculty Board of the Faculty of Science. The assessor is a student memb...
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‘Today’s refugees are tomorrow’s Dutch citizens’ 05 September 2016
From virtual education to a friendly meeting place where refugees and Dutch students can get to know one another. Investing in refugees is in the inte...
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Students searching for biological ways to prevent tundra fires 05 September 2016
In August-September 2016 three CML students are doing an exciting field work in sub-arctic tundra in Sweden in collaboration with Ümea University.
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New Directors of Education IBL 05 September 2016
Remko Offringa, Associate Professor in Plant Developmental Genetics, and Associate Professor in Molecular Microbiology Arthur Ram both have been appoi...
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International students meet the Faculty of Science 30 August 2016
At the OWL faculty day about 150 newcomers met their fellow students and had a chance to check out the study and research facilities at the Faculty of...
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'A garden on Mars' crowdfunding campaign starts today 22 August 2016
Today, 13 students at Leiden University have started a crowdfunding campaign to collect money for research into the possibilities of growing crops on ...
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EL CID: enthusiastic start for first-years and mentors! 15 August 2016
EL CID has started! This is the week when new students have the chance to get to know the city and student life. Some of the mentors and first-years i...
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Record number of medals for mathematics students 03 August 2016
Mathematics students Bob Zwetsloot, Daan Becker, Loek Veenendaal and Onno Berrevoets have won 3 medals during the International Mathematics Competitio...
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Universe Awareness celebrates tenth anniversary 08 July 2016
Universe Awareness (UNAWE), an international programme that inspires children from the age of four to twelve with our wonderful cosmos, exists ten years.
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Farhad Arbab honoured by Sharif University in Iran 07 July 2016
Farhad Arbab, Professor of Software composition, was honoured by Sharif University of Technology in Iran as one of its 50 most outstanding alumni. The...
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Students get crash course in IT in Chinese Silicon Valley 04 July 2016
Learning about the newest communication technology in China and solving a business case at telecom giant Huawei. Four Leiden science students get to k...
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3500 students to take part in El CID 2016 20 June 2016
A record number of students are due to part in the EL CID introduction week starting 15 August. For five days, first-year students from Leiden Univers...
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Niall Hodgins best Student Entrepreneur 15 June 2016
Niall Hodgins, master student Biology and Science Based Business, has earned the right to call himself the best student entrepreneur in Leiden. On Jun...
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Hague campus to become international academic centre 09 June 2016
Within the next five years, Leiden University wants its campus in The Hague to become a leading international academic centre with research and teachi...