Graduate School of Legal Studies

General information on PhD research at Leiden University (including specific information of Leiden Law School on the Training and Supervision Plan (TSP), the Data Management Plan (DMP), and the PhD training).

Support Graduate School

The Graduate School provides a targeted research and training infrastructure and a doctoral research quality care and control system, offers a wide range of support services, and stimulates social exchange between PhDs.

The Graduate School is the contact point for all questions related to the training programme and the final stage towards the public defence of the dissertation.

The staff members at the Graduate School organise, administer, and coordinate all ongoing processes and procedures surrounding PhD studies, for PhD candidates and their supervisors. 

The PhD Deans oversee the research progress of individual PhD candidates and provide them with solicited and unsolicited advice.

The Pre-PhD Programme is embedded in the Graduate School.