About LUC The HagueWelcome to Leiden University College The Hague, an international honours college of Leiden University situated in the world’s capital of peace and justice. LUC The Hague provides a unique combination of world-class scholarly depth, drawn from the oldest university in the Netherlands, with a cutting-edge and globally conscious curriculum that capitalises on its location in the vibrant, international atmosphere of The Hague.
Unique amongst the institutions and programmes of Leiden University, LUC draws on the world-class expertise from right across the university, focussing it in the intense and intimate environment of our honours college in The Hague. This is captured in our logo, which shows all the Faculty colours of the university converging on LUC.
Despite being such a small country, The Netherlands is a high-performing knowledge society, with several world-class universities that routinely feature in the world’s top 100. Leiden University is one of the world’s leading research universities. Together with Oxford, Cambridge, Heidelberg and others, it is one of the ten founding members of the League of European Research Universities.