Leiden University

Leiden University was founded in 1575 and is one of the leading international research universities in Europe. The University has seven faculties: Law, Archeaology, Social Sciences, Humanities, Medicine, Natural Sciences and Governance & Global Affairs, spread over campuses in both Leiden and The Hague. Our motto is Praesidium Libertatis – Bastion of Freedom.

Leiden University harbors pioneering research and teaching based on a wide diversity of academic disciplines. The university has excellent research facilities and renowned collections, and a strong and intricate knowledge infrastructure. Over 33,000 students and almost 8,000 staff members form an open, active and engaged University community, with a deep-rooted academic freedom and an intrinsic international orientation. They are driven by the desire to know, understand, interpret and create. They work together to answer the questions of today and keep an eye to the questions of tomorrow.

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Estudo mostra que reciclagem poderia suprir até 40% do gálio importado pela Europa, bem como 23% da demanda total de tântalo e 12% da de magnésio e tungstênio, além de várias outras matérias-primas críticas. Robert Kneschke/Shutterstock

Lixo eletrônico da Europa pode ser um recurso valioso para o próprio continente

A Europa não está enfrentando um problema de escassez, mas sim um desafio de recuperação — e esse desafio pode ser superado
An Iranian woman walks next to a billboard in Tehran featuring the US president, Donald Trump, in a coffin on July 15. Abedin Taherkenareh / EPA

Donald Trump is running out of options in Iran

Trump has backed himself into a corner from which there is no apparent escape.
Wall of remembrance in Lagos for missing Nigerian schoolgirls. Beendy234 - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0

Conflict hits schooling hardest where children are the target – study

When armed groups use child recruitment or sexual violence, the impact of conflict on schooling is much more severe than in conflicts without these tactics.
Ces dés, datant de 12 000 ans et récemment découverts, ont été fabriqués en bois et en os par des chasseurs-cueilleurs amérindiens. Robert Madden

Des archéologues ont découvert des dés vieux de 12 000 ans : voici ce qu’ils nous apprennent sur l’histoire du jeu

S’ils ne ressemblent pas à nos dés actuels, les dés préhistoriques retrouvés sur des sites d’Amérique du Nord démontrent combien ce type de jeu est ancien.

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