University of Leiden

Leiden University (English: Leiden University; Dutch: Universiteit Leiden; Latin: Academia Lugduno Batava) is one of the most prestigious universities in Europe and the oldest institution of higher learning in the Netherlands, founded on February 8, 1575. Leiden University has trained many outstanding leaders and outstanding talents, including the Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte, including a total of 10 Dutch leaders, 16 Nobel Prize winners (Lorenz, Einstein, Fermi, etc.), 9 foreign heads of state (the sixth President of the United States, John Quincy Adams, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, former South African President Nelson Mandela, two NATO Secretaries-General, etc.).