The most important aspect of the strategy is the joint contribution to solving significant social issues. Thanks to the high quality of academic expertise, enormous range of the largely-complementary portfolios and the close proximity in terms of location, the three universities are able to successfully cooperate, in an interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary manner, on regional, national and global challenges. Their partnership is based on four societal themes: Sustainable Society, Inclusive Society, Healthy Society and Digital Society. These themes guide current and future education and research in the LDE context.
The LDE alliance works closely with societal partners in Zuid-Holland (such as municipalities and provinces) to contribute more effectively to the development of the region. The network is also intended to strengthen the effectiveness and position of the three cooperating universities at both national and international level.
Students will also benefit from the more intensive cooperation between Leiden University, TU Delft and Erasmus University Rotterdam. The study programmes conducted by each of the universities were already partly accessible to students from all three universities; in addition, the number of jointly organised degree programmes and minors is also growing.
In addition to cooperation in research and education, the universities also collaborate in other areas, such as through a joint traineeship for young professionals and a postdoc programme for international academic talent.
> Have a look at the Leiden-Delft-Erasmus Universities Strategy 2019-2024