Leiden University facts for kids

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Leiden University (Dutch: Universiteit Leiden), shortened to LEI, is a public university in Leiden, a city in the province of South Holland, the Netherlands.

Leiden University was established on 8 February 1575 and is the oldest university of the Netherlands.

It has about 25,000 students.

Its focus is on all sorts of sciences.

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William the Silent, founder of the university, in the 16th century.
The academy building of Leiden University in 1614.
Leiden anatomical theatre
Leiden University Library in 1610
The academy building of Leiden University in modern days
A lecture hall in the Leiden University campus in the Hague.
The Leiden University Medical Centre
Entrance of Gorlaeus building of the Faculty of Science
Huygens and Oort Buildings of the Faculty of Science
Faculty of Law, in the building that once housed Heike Kamerlingh Onnes' laboratory
The Pieter de la Court-building, the main building of the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences
Leiden Observatory of the university.
Research building of the Leiden University Medical Centre