Science Events

Plants & Planets

In Plants & Planets you will travel through time and space: from the Big Bang to th...

until 7 February 2027

Leiden International Film Festival

11 days filled with premieres, special film events, parties and more: that’s the Leiden...

until 19 October

Children's rights under pressure in a changing world: Need for a new research agenda?

From 16 to 17 October, a symposium on children's rights in a changing world will take p...

until 17 October

Lustrum Exhibition ‘The Eternal Student'

What is a university without its students? The university celebrates 450 years of study...

until 26 October

Unseen. Inequality in Medicine

"Unseen" reveals how medical science has historically treated the male body as the norm...

until 8 March 2026

European Organisation for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine

The European Organisation for External Quality Assurance in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)...

17 until 19 October

ArcheoHotspot Faculty of Archaeology

On Wednesday 22 October, the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University will hold an o...

Wednesday 22 October

PLSC-Europe

PLSC-Europe is an annual conference that will take place this year from 23 to 25 Octobe...

Thursday 23 October

LIBC Public Day 2025: Hope for the Brain

The Public Day 2025: Hope for the Brain is an annual event organised by LIBC in collabo...

Friday 31 October

The Knowledge Orchard: day for interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary collaboration - Leiden University

Friday, 28 November 2025, is designated as the day for interdisciplinary and transdisci...

Friday 28 November

Legacies: Why Museum Histories Matter

From 13 to 15 January 2026, Leiden University will host an international conference exp...

13 January 2026 until 15 January 2026

Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Conference (QSPC)

From 8 to 10 April 2026, the Quantitative Systems Pharmacology Conference (QSPC) will t...

8 April 2026 until 10 April 2026

Uxinsight Conference 2026

From 20 to 22 April 2026, the annual Uxinsight Conference will take place in the Stadsg...

20 April 2026 until 22 April 2026

International Radioisotope Supply Chain Meeting – IRIS 2026

This year, the international IRIS conference will take place in Leiden from 20 to 21 Ap...

20 April 2026 and 21 April 2026

The European Research Reactor Conference (RRFM)

The European Research Reactor Conference (RRFM) is an annual conference that this year...

20 April 2026 until 24 April 2026

Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis (IDA)

From 22 to 24 April 2026, the International Conference on Implementation and Applicatio...

22 April 2026 until 24 April 2026

European School of Metabolomics 2026 summer school

This year, the third edition of the European School for Metabolomics (EUSM) will take p...

4 May 2026 until 8 May 2026

International Image Interoperability Framework -IIIF- Annual Conference

The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) conference will take place in...

1 June 2026 until 4 June 2026

Staging the Heroine

3 June 2026 until 5 June 2026

NanoMRI8

This year, the eighth edition of NanoMRI will take place from 22 to 26 June in Scheltem...

22 June 2026 until 26 June 2026

Congress of the International Psychogeriatric Association

The annual international conference of the International Association for Psychogeriatri...

1 July 2026 until 3 July 2026

European Congress of Conservation Biology

From 6 to 10 July 2026, the European Congress of Conservation Biology will take place i...

6 July 2026 until 10 July 2026

International Carnivorous Plant Society 2026 Conference

From 21 to 23 August 2026, the International Carnivorous Plant Society Conference will...

21 August 2026 until 23 August 2026

Pidfest 2026

From 27 to 29 October 2026, SURF will host the international PIDfest conference in Leid...

27 October 2026 until 29 October 2026