Campus The Hague

Campus The Hague is an institution for university education and scientific research of Leiden University, located in The Hague. It was founded in 1998 as a partnership between the university and the municipality of The Hague, and is based in several buildings in the city. The faculties at Campus The Hague focus on politics, public administration and international law.[1]

Campus The Hague
Campus Den Haag
Campus building (Turfmarkt, The Hague)
Established1575 (Campus The Hague was established in 1998)
RectorCarel Stolker
Students5.300 (2019)
Location
The Hague
,
South Holland
,
Netherlands
CampusUrban/College town
Websitewww.universiteitleiden.nl/en/the-hague

Education

As of 2018 six of the seven faculties of the university are active in The Hague. The faculty Governance and Global Affairs is exclusively located in The Hague; similarly are Leiden University College and International Studies. Dean of the Faculty Governance and Global Affairs is prof. Erwin Muller PhD. Campus The Hague of Leiden University offers courses on several areas, mainly public administration, international law, politics and government. The most popular is the English-taught bachelor's course International Studies. Campus The Hague offers six bachelor's courses and eight master's courses. In 2016, Leiden University Medical Center founded an additional branch at Campus The Hague, with research, teaching and a training program for GPs.[2] In 2015 Delft University of Technology opened a branch at Campus The Hague, in the Wijnhaven Building, offering a master's degree in Engineering and Policy Analysis, which is in line with the other programs offered at Campus The Hague.[3] As part of its facilities, Leiden University Library opened a library at Campus The Hague.

Education is coordinated from the Leiden University College The Hague (LUC The Hague) and the Public Administration Institute.

Research

The research branch of Campus The Hague focuses on management, international law and government as well.[4] There are eleven research institutes:

  • Leiden University College The Hague
  • Centre for Professional Learning
  • Grotius Centre for International Law
  • Dual PhD Centre The Hague
  • Centre for Modern Urban Studies
  • Institute of Public Administration
  • Institute of Security and Global Affairs
  • Centre for Terrorism and Counterterrorism
  • Montesquieu Institute
  • Centre for Innovation
  • Leiden Leadership Centre
  • Leiden Risk & Regulation Lab

Buildings of Campus The Hague
  • A building of Campus The Hague, near Centraal Station
  • Campus building at Schouwburgstraat
  • Campus building at Turfmarkt
  • Beehive Student Centre, opened in 2018
  • Also, the Parliamentary Documentation Center of Leiden University (PDC UL) is seated in The Hague, at the Lange Voorhout, collaborating with the Faculty Governance and Global Affairs of Campus The Hague.

References
  1. Leiden University: Campus The Hague
  2. Leiden University newsrelease: Start of LUMC Campus The Hague, 18 March 2016
  3. Delft University of Technology: TU Delft - The Hague
  4. Universiteit Leiden benoemt lobby-professor (De Volkskrant, 26 aug. 2013) (in Dutch)

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