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Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands. Founded in 1575 by William, Prince of Orange as a reward to the city of Leiden for its defense against Spanish attacks during the Eighty Years' War, it is the oldest institution of higher
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In 1575, the emerging Dutch Republic did not have any universities in its northern heartland. The only other university in the Habsburg Netherlands was the University of Leuven in...
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Most of the university's departments offer their own degree programme(s). Undergraduate...
See moreThe university has no central campus; its buildings are spread over the city. Some buildings, like the Gravensteen, are very old, while buildings like
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See moreThe university is divided into seven major faculties which offer approximately 50 undergraduate degree programmes and over 100 graduate programmes.
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• Governance and Global Affairs...
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Of the 101 Spinoza Prize laureates (the highest scientific award of The Netherlands), twenty-five were granted to professors of Leiden...
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