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The '''Leiden University''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Universiteit Leiden'') is an [[university]] in the City of [[Leiden]], the [[Netherlands]]. The current rector is Carel Stolker. | The '''Leiden University''' ([[Dutch language|Dutch]]: ''Universiteit Leiden'') is an [[university]] in the City of [[Leiden]], the [[Netherlands]]. The current rector is Carel Stolker. | ||
| − | It was founded by [[William the Silent]] in 1575 and became the oldest university in that country, with total of 25,800 students.<ref>http://www.universiteitleiden.nl/over-ons/feiten-en-cijfers</ref> | + | It was founded by [[William the Silent]] in 1575 and became the oldest university in that country, with total of 25,800 students in 2015/2016.<ref>http://www.universiteitleiden.nl/over-ons/feiten-en-cijfers</ref> |
==Faculties== | ==Faculties== | ||
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The Leiden University (Dutch: Universiteit Leiden) is an university in the City of Leiden, the Netherlands. The current rector is Carel Stolker.
It was founded by William the Silent in 1575 and became the oldest university in that country, with total of 25,800 students in 2015/2016.[1]
Faculties
- Faculty of Archeology.
- Faculty of Humanities.
- Faculty of Medicine.
- Faculty of Jurisprudence.
- Faculty of Social Sciences.
- Faculty of Mathematics and Natural sciences.
- Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs.
Famous (former) students
- Queen Juliana of the Netherlands
- Queen Beatrix
- King Willem-Alexander
- John Quincy Adams , 6th President of the United States
- Baron d'Holbach , French philosopher
- King William III of England
- Enrico Fermi , Italian physicist