Leiden University (English: Leiden University), one of the most prestigious universities in Europe, was founded in/kloc-0 on February 8, 575, and is the first university in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the past five centuries, Leiden University has trained many outstanding talents, who have influenced the process of human civilization.
Descartes, Huygens, Rembrandt, Spinoza, 65,438+06 Nobel Prize winners (Lorenz, Einstein, Fermi, etc. ), nine heads of state (john quincy adams, Churchill, Mandela, etc. ), many Dutch leaders and members of the royal family (including the current Dutch Prime Minister mark rutte) have left their footprints in Leiden through study and teaching.
Leiden University is one of the founding members of 12 of the European Union of Research Universities (LERU), and also a member of university organizations such as coimbra Group and Europaeum.
Since its establishment, Leiden University has been at the top level in many fields of humanities and science in the world:/kloc-the first university observatory was built in Leiden in the 7th century;/kloc-the birthplace of modern academic hospitals in the 8th century;/kloc-the history department of Leiden initiated the study of cultural history in the 9th century; in the early 20th century, Leiden became the research center of world cryophysics.