PhD defence in the Great Auditorium

Some 300 PhD defences are held every year at Leiden University. A PhD defence is always both an official and a festive occasion. Leiden University has two locations where defences can be held: the Great Auditorium and the Senate Room. The Great Auditorium is the most suitable location for a large audience.

[@dmsreg]

It's nice that there is some ceremony about this, it's very stately without being overly so. Is it common for the doctorate to be denied at this point or does all the previous examination tend to mean this is rare?

[@JoepHeki]

Rarely happens, it's more of a formality.

[@iuliial772]

It is much different from the defence of a doctorate dissertation in Russia.

[@FFirefly]

how is it different? Kinda curious about it.

[@claudiaglorianinojimenez2390]

Gary. Lee Haas after Christmas song

[@sasa3766]

what the hell is this??

[@jo2421]

Haha😅

[@dr.brianjudedelimaphd743]

how non-pretentious…