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Leiden University was founded in A.D. 1575. It is not only one of the oldest universities in Europe, but also the university with the highest reputation and academic status in continental Europe.
Leiden University, as an ancient aristocratic university, has maintained close relations with the Dutch royal family since it was founded in the 6th century. Former beatrix wilhelmina armgard Wilhelmina, Julianne Luis Julianne and Crown Prince William? William Alexander studied at Leiden University. In 2005, beatrix wilhelmina armgard beatrix received a precious honorary degree from Leiden University. The newly elected Dutch Prime Minister Mark? Mark rutte also graduated from Leiden University majoring in history in 1992. So far, there are 16 Nobel Prize winners (Einstein, Fermi, Lorenz, etc. ) and eight foreign heads of state (John F., the sixth president of the United States? Quincy. Adams, two NATO secretaries-general, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill during World War II and former South African President nelson mandela all left footprints in Leiden.
Leiden University is divided into six colleges, more than 50 departments and more than 65,438+050 research institutions. It is one of the most prestigious comprehensive universities in Europe. Times Higher Education University Rankings (Times Higher Education? In the ranking of humanities colleges given by the world university rankings, Leiden University ranks 1 and 1 in the European continent. 20 13 Latest Times Higher Education University Rankings (Times Higher Education? In the ranking given by the world university rankings, Leiden University ranks 64th in the world and is the highest ranked university in the Netherlands. In addition, Leiden University ranked 29th in the global university Millennium ranking, and 4th in the golden age of Holland in17th century. Leiden University is a member of Coimbra Group (CG for short), which is composed of 39 oldest and most prosperous elite universities in Europe. It is also a founding member of Europaeum (a consortium of famous universities in Europe 10) and the European Union of Research Universities.
Hiroshi Urahara, a famous Japanese haiku writer, once lamented: In Leiden University Town, the moonlight is as cold as ice. ? The university mentioned in the poem is the oldest university in the Netherlands and the birthplace of the famous painter Rembrandt. In Europe, Leiden and Oxford are twins. The former is the most prestigious and academic university in continental Europe, while the latter is the oldest university in Britain? The seat of Oxford University. Every year, there are regular official exchanges between Oxford and Leiden.