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Leiden Varsity
Universiteit Leiden
Laitin: Academia Lugduno Batava
Umwhile names
Rijksuniversiteit Leiden
MottoLibertatis Praesidium
Motto in Scots
Bastion o Freedom
TeepPublic research varsity
Established1575
Endowment528 million[1]
RectorProf. mr. Carel Stolker
Academic staff
1,239[1]
Admeenistrative staff
1,120[1]
Students25,800 (2015-2016)[2]
Unnergraduates14,977[1]
Postgraduates4,560[1]
1,147[1]
LocationLeiden, Sooth Holland, Netherlands
CampusUrban
Nobel LaureatesJacobus van 't Hoff, Hendrik Lorentz, Pieter Zeeman, Johannes Diderik van der Waals, Tobias Asser, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Albert Einstein, Willem Einthoven, Albert Szent-Györgyi, Enrico Fermi, Gerrit Jan van Heuven Goedhart, Igor Tamm, Jan Tinbergen, Nikolaas Tinbergen, Tjalling Koopmans, Nicolaas Bloembergen[3]
Colours     Dark Blue [4]
Wabsteidwww.leiden.edu
Leiden University Logo Text
Leiden University Logo Text

Leiden Varsity (Dutch: Universiteit Leiden), locatit in the ceety o Leiden, Sooth Holland, is the auldest varsity in the Netherlands.[5]

References

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  1. a b c d e f "The University in figures". Leiden University. Archived frae the original on 7 Februar 2016. Retrieved 22 Mey 2013. Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name "The University in figures" defined multiple times wi different content
  2. Website Leiden Varsity - About us
  3. Leiden's Nobel Laureates - website of the Leiden University
  4. "Universiteit Leiden Kleurgebruik". Leiden University. Retrieved 7 Februar 2013.
  5. Technically the University of Leuven, currently in Belgium but in the year of its foundation (1425) located in the Netherlands, is the oldest university ever founded in the Netherlands, but Leuven is no longer part of the Netherlands.