The Leiden University PhD regulations are leading for the composition of the PhD dissertation. As Leiden University prescribes no strict regulations with regard to the structure and content of a PhD dissertation, LACDR has composed thesis guidelines, specified per research group. At the start of a PhD track, the PhD candidate will receive the guidelines of his/her research group. Note that these are guidelines, and for individual cases the promotor may deviate from these guidelines for specific reasons.

The topics of the guidelines are:

•    Structure of the thesis
•    Publication
•    Authorship
•    Same research manuscript in more than one thesis