ABSTRACT
The English students at Leiden are analysed in comparison with all Leiden students as well as against the background of the development of teaching and research in the individual subjects. The quantitative analysis of the Leiden student population comprises its size, the share of noble students, the changes in the national composition of the student body over the years, typical study durations, the students’ ages at matriculation, the age composition of the national groups and the age distribution within the subjects, as well as the faculties’ national composition and the share of the four faculties among the national groups. This analysis is followed by overviews of the development of the individual subjects at Leiden in comparison with the English universities and a detailed investigation of the types of English students found at Leiden and of their study patterns.
