Leiden University, one of the most prestigious universities in Europe, was founded on February 8th, 1575. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the Netherlands. Former beatrix wilhelmina armgard Wilhelmina, Julianne, Beatrice and current King william alexander all studied at Leiden University 1. In the past five centuries, Leiden University has trained many outstanding talents, who have influenced the process of human civilization. Descartes, Rembrandt, Spinoza and other masters of science and literature, 16 Nobel Prize winners (Lorenz, Einstein, Fermi, etc. ), nine heads of state (the sixth president of the United States, john quincy adams, Churchill, Mandela, two NATO secretaries-general, etc. ), and 65,438+00 Dutch leaders (including the current Dutch Prime Minister mark rutte) are studying and teaching in Leiden. Leiden University is one of the 12 founding members of the European Union of Research Universities, and is also a member of Coimbra Group, Europaeum and other university alliances. She was built by Prince Willem van Oranje, the leader of the Dutch revolution in the eighty years' war, and still has close ties with the royal family of the Orange Dynasty. Leiden University is divided into 9 colleges, more than 50 departments, 150 majors, 1 1 core research fields, and more than 40 national or international research institutions are established in the university.