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The Hochschule für Telekommunikation Leipzig (HfTL) is a university-owned by the HfTL Trägergesellschaft mbH – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom which is recognized by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts. The university implements the concept of lifelong learning in academic training in its full-time, part-time, and cooperative degree programs. The hotel offers an attractive learning environment. Practical, scientific training and well-thought-out programs mean that students may earn their Bachelor of Engineering/Science degree after six semesters or their Master of Engineering degree after four semesters. The library of the HfTL is operated together with the library of the University of Technology, Economics, and Culture (HTWK) Leipzig. The fact that the hotel has been at the top of the CHE ranking lists has further proven the high teaching quality at the university. The full-time degree programs have been accredited by the accreditation agency for degree programs ASIIN and are equivalent to public universities' programs. The university library HfTL is operated jointly with the University of Technology, Business, and Culture (HTWK) Leipzig Library. The collection consists of a broad cross-section of the relevant literature and provides additional information about the "bigger picture." The library and the administration of your account are accessible for you at the library catalog Kapri. We also hold many advanced functions, so you can compile bibliographies and printed and electronic documents. Sports are a great way to get to know other students, which is why we offer a wide range of sporting activities and facilities, including a gym. We cooperate with the HTWK Leipzig'sLeipzig's athletics department, allowing students to try out new activities. Students may also participate in university and national championships. HTML is a private university under the patronage of the HfTL Trägergesellschaft mbH – a wholly-owned subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom AG that is recognized by the Ministry of Science and Art of Saxony, making it the only corporatefundedprivate university in Germany. HTML specializes in academic teaching and research in the field of information and communications technologies (ICT). It currently has some 1000 students on its full-time and part-time Bachelor's degree programs in Communications Engineering, Communications and Information Technology, Business Information Systems and the Master of Engineering in Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Master of Science in Business Information Systems. The academic staff comprises 29 university lecturers, 12 laboratory engineers, and around 40 guest lecturers. A staff/student ratio of 1:30 ensures highly personal, direct contact between lecturers and students. The 10,000 m² campus, 8,000 m² of which is available for teaching and research, creates a familiar atmosphere for students and academic staff alike. Laboratories, project rooms, and lecture theaters are equipped with the latest technology and excellent learning conditions. As well as being state-recognized, the content of the full-time degree courses is also accredited by ASIIN e.V. in recognition of its high quality. With a range of full-time degree courses, HfTL also offers a selection of cooperative degree courses organized in cooperation with Deutsche Telekom AG or on a part-time basis, which culminate in a Bachelor'sBachelor's or Master'sMaster's degree. To give students a deeper understanding of the theory taught in lectures, practical exercises are carried out in several hotel courses. To this end, our laboratories are fitted with the latest equipment and measuring technology. There are also computer pools for computer science students. Practical training is considered very important at the hotel. Measurement setup in the EMC chamber at the HfTLOne year has passed since the EMC Centre Leipzig was founded as part of the Research and Transfer Centre (FTZ) in a joint research project the HTML and the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK). Successful research has been conducted in the labs of both institutes ever since. The main objective is to consult and support regional SMEs regarding electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) during the development of components, appliances, and products. Previously, a study was carried out to investigate the demand for EMC services supported by the Leipzig Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer and the IHK (chamber of industry and commerce) Leipzig. Pooling the EMC know-how of both universities, the researchers created a catalog of potential EMC tests. By the results of this project conception phase, the EMC centre'scentre's services focus mainly on: EMC pre-compliance testing-seminars and further training courses- industrial R&D projects and contract research. Measurement services for product development stand out as an area that has quickly led to close cooperation with regional companies. Legal regulations specify emissions and environmental standards that must be met when selling and operating a component or product. EMC testing during the development process has therefore proven to be very beneficial, as expensive and time-consuming adjustments, later on, can be avoided. This advantage is often emphasized by certified EMC labs, who point out that about half of all newly developed products only pass the EMC tests on their second or third attempts. The practical work at the EMC Centre Leipzig has shown that, although pre-compliance testing cannot replace the required certified EMC test for specific applications, the scientific/technical know-how and sophisticated testing equipment at both universities will ensure successful cooperation with regional partners. View full university

A young institution founded in 1992, the University of Music and Theatre »Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy« Leipzig (Hochschule für Musik und Theater, or HMT) is the successor to Germany's oldest Academies of Music (1843) and Theatre (1953, itself the successor to the Leipzig Theatre School, founded in 1875-1876). Our Alumni have had an immeasurable influence on the international cultural scene. Starting with Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, on whose initiative the Leipzig Konservatorium der Musik was founded, a very brief selection of the countless renowned persons who taught or studied here might include Wilhelm Backhaus, Georg Christoph Biller, Sir Adrian Boult, Frederick Delius, Eberhard Esche, Götz Friedrich, Edvard Grieg, Ludwig Güttler, Leós Janácek, Sebastian Krumbiegel, Tobias Künzel, Harry Kupfer, Kurt Masur, Ulrich Mühe, Tom Pauls, Max Reger, Carl Reinecke, Karl Richter, Robert Schumann, Peter Sodann, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Klaus Tennstedt and Nadja Uhl. The HMT Leipzig is dedicated to the professional training of musicians, music teachers, and actors at the highest international level. Mendelssohn's first draft concept from 1840 explicitly addresses the dangers of narrow technical drills and emphasizes the importance of comprehensive artistic education in forming thinking musicians. This principle is as central to the HMT's ideals and values today as it was in Mendelssohn's day. It has recently informed two fundamental curricular reforms —in the 1990s following German reunification and since 2006 in response to the EU-wide introduction of Bachelor and Master degrees. As a result, our students benefit from focused curricula integrating an unusually broad range of relevant practical and theoretical disciplines. The decade following the amalgamation of the Music and Theatre Academies in 1992 was experimentation and gradual consolidation. This provided several opportunities to add new and innovative courses to the traditional canon. However, great care was taken to ensure that the foundation of new departments (Early Music and Dramaturgy) or the considerable expansion of existing ones (Jazz) was compatible with the HMT's mission. Conscious decisions were made not to establish Music Marketing, Management, Gender Studies, Law, Music Medicine as specific departments within the HMT or to establish an on-site Career Service. Instead, the University collaborates with other institutions and experts who demonstrate a high degree of competence in these fields. The HMT leaders are convinced that their predecessors were right to focus on providing the best possible practical and theoretical music and theatre training. We reject short-term or superficial attempts to expand beyond our core disciplines, divert human and material resources from the University's mission. Building on the HMT's superlative 170-year tradition today requires the same dedication and focus demonstrated by Mendelssohn in the 1840s. In the winter semester 2016/2017, more than 1,300 students were taught at the HMT Leipzig. Two-thirds of them were from Germany while one-third of the students came from abroad. The high proportion of students from abroad reflects our education's international orientation - internationality does not only involve the presence of international students but means exchange and mobility. The collaboration with many European as well as worldwide universities and music conservatories enriches the HMT. It makes it a fertile, living, and various places to study, do research and live and work. Exchange programs such as ERASMUS+ offer numerous possibilities to teachers and students to work internationally or study abroad. The significant number of partner universities allows an individual response to the student's specific needs. Furthermore, the HMT Leipzig is a member of the AEC (Association Européenne des Conservatoires, Académies de Musique et Musikhochschulen), a European cultural pedagogical network with more than 270 members in 55 countries. International students and teachers greatly benefit from this membership, as it opens other doors to international exchange opportunities. The contact person for international matters is Birgit Reichelt. She coordinates international relations and contacts and responsible for the organization of international partnerships within Europe. Birgit Reichelt supports and consults German students and teachers regarding studies abroad and is furthermore responsible for the ERASMUS program View full university

Universität Leipzig was founded in 1409 and is thus the second oldest University in Germany, where teaching has continued without interruption. Today it offers a broad spectrum of academic disciplines at 14 faculties with more than 150 institutes. From A for African Studies to W for West Slavic Studies, Universität Leipzig is a classic university with the whole range of subjects from natural sciences through law, human and veterinary medicine to numerous arts degrees. Twenty-eight thousand young people from all over the world are currently studying more than 140 courses. A variety of cooperation programs with foreign partner universities and an internationally oriented choice of subjects make Leipzig attractive worldwide. The University has exchange programs with over 350 ERASMUS partner universities in some 150 European cities and more than 60 universities outside Europe. The traditionally broad range of subjects also constitutes the basis for interdisciplinary research of the highest-ranking. This is reflected particularly in the six top-level research areas in which several faculties cooperate with non-University research institutions. Under its slogan of "A Tradition of Crossing Boundaries," the University is proud of its internationally recognized academic achievements, especially in the fields of biomedicine, regional sciences, and intelligent materials. The great tradition of Universität Leipzig is illustrated by its prestigious scholars and Nobel laureates, such as Wilhelm Wundt, Wilhelm Ostwald, Ivan Petrović Pavlov, Werner Heisenberg, Shin'ichirō Tomonaga, Gustav Hertz, Hans Mayer or Ernst Bloch. Its famous students include Thomas Müntzer, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner, Felix Bloch, Edward Teller, Wang Foh-san, Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, Hans-Dietrich Genscher and Angela Merkel. The Universität Leipzig currently boasts more than 150,000 alumni. Leipzig has the unique flair of a contemporary metropolis with a wide-ranging cultural life, lively residential districts, and a wealth of sporting and leisure facilities. The cultural scene is further enriched by the University's museums and collections and the "Leipzig University Music" society. The new campus on Augustusplatz at the heart of the city will shortly be completed. It provides an ideal environment for study, with its up-to-the-minute lecture-theatre and seminar building, the first 24-hour library in Saxony, its future Auditorium Maximum and Paulinum, the University Computing Centre, and the Refectory by the park. Leipzig University was founded in 1409, making it one of the oldest universities in Germany. It is an interdisciplinary, international comprehensive university. On its ambitious path to becoming a top-level European university and the internationally recognized seat of research and learning for young scholars, the University draws on an extensive range of subject areas. Crossing boundaries of traditional academic disciplines, international collaboration, networking with non-university research institutes, and business are not just the University's traditions but are also the basis of its academic excellence. The University consists of 14 faculties with 128 institutes. Thirty-five thousand people research, teach and study at the University. More than 4,300 persons are employed at the University Hospital of Leipzig. The University offered 136 courses of study in the 2009/10 winter semester. Five thousand six hundred eighty-six doctoral candidates are registered at the UL (2,439 in medicines), 631 enrolled in 20 structured graduate training programs (as per the end of 2009). The research potential in Leipzig is fortified by 20 non-university research institutions and five other universities. Leipzig University has always become more robust as a university steeped in tradition when emerging from difficult transitions. After the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 was dominated by a virtually complete restructuring of the humanities and social sciences while the life sciences and natural sciences were adapted to new accents in research and teaching. The fundamental reformation of its structures and courses of study was also combined with the opportunity to promote interdisciplinary collaboration from the onset and take advantage of arising synergies. Leipzig University has been placed as the best University in the New Laender and among the top 25 in Germany in the fourth consecutive year (by the Shanghai Ranking). Leipzig's city is a centuries-old trading center as well as an educational and cultural center that has a heritage of international relations, cosmopolitan attitudes, and cultivating tradition and tolerance. The significant features of Leipzig and the University are a state-of-the-art infrastructure with attractive surroundings where everything is just one step away. A survey of the European Commission indicates that Leipzig is among the three big cities in Europe where life is most worth living while the New York Times calls it one of the top ten destinations. Leipzig University was founded in 1409. In its diverse history, it grew to encompass a wide selection of disciplines comprising almost all areas of knowledge. World-renowned scientists have taught or studied in Leipzig, and important impulses for the development of thought originated here. The mission, elaborated in the following principles, is both a definition and a challenge and serves as the basis of the University's decisions and further development. Leipzig University was founded in 1409, making it one of the oldest universities in Germany. On its ambitious path to becoming a top-level European university and the internationally recognized seat of research and learning for young scholars, the University draws on an extensive range of subject areas. The University embraces the tradition of crossing boundaries and strives for interdisciplinary cooperation extending beyond single subject areas and institute boundaries to live up to its standard in research and teaching. The motto of its institutional strategy - 'Leipzig: Human Living Conditions. Diversity and Dynamics' - reflects the University's research focus and the attractiveness of Leipzig as a location. The dynamic and focused promotion of excellent research areas, interdisciplinary research initiatives, and young academics fortifies the comprehensive University as a whole and puts it on track for the future. The University is just as dedicated to pure research as promoting the responsible use of research findings, transferring knowledge, and cooperating with non-university institutions. View full university

Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) was established in 1992, building on its predecessors and continuing a long tradition of scholarship in Leipzig. Today, with about 6,000 students, HTWK Leipzig ranks among Germany's largest universities of applied sciences. Providing practice-oriented, career-relevant education in short and intense study courses that lead to accredited bachelor's and master's degrees is HTWK Leipzig's trademark feature. Our curricula have been designed to meet rapidly evolving industry needs, preparing students for high-level professional practice in engineering, business, social science, and cultural studies. Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) offers a combination of practically oriented teaching and application-oriented research. Our regionally unique selling point is the wide range of engineering programs. Together with economics and cultural studies, we offer various degree programs and research opportunities at seven faculties. Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) was established in 1992, building on its predecessors and continuing a long tradition of scholarship in Leipzig. Today, with about 6,000 students, HTWK Leipzig ranks among Germany's largest universities of applied sciences. Providing practice-oriented, career-relevant education in short and intense study courses that lead to accredited bachelor's and master's degrees is HTWK Leipzig's trademark feature. Our curricula have been designed to meet rapidly evolving industry needs, preparing students for high-level professional practice in engineering, business, social science, and cultural studies. HTWK Leipzig is pooling competencies in four teaching and research areas. The university is committing to the unity of teaching and research. The respective areas are based on the strengths and potential of HTWK Leipzig and the current and future demand of the economy and society and combine cross-disciplinary studies and research activity. Within this framework, clusters are formed, which contribute to forming new networks and activating synergies. They are essential to the strategic measures of the university. The degree programs at HTWK Leipzig are scientifically substantiated and with a practical orientation. Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK Leipzig) is one of the leading higher education institutions in Saxony, Germany, and establishes itself as one of Europe's major educational centers. A long tradition of engineering, business, and cultural sciences is the foundation for the unique combination of diverse interdisciplinary courses offered at HTWK Leipzig. Students, professors, and university staff alike are partners in scientific education and research at HTWK Leipzig. Our graduates are responsible, conscientious contributors to the professional world and society. This is achieved through an educational process based on applied scientific research and teaching, and competency fueled by lifelong learning. We are actively committed to making the diverse, multi-networked HTWK Leipzig one of Europe's top universities of applied sciences. HTWK Leipzig was founded on 15 July 1992 and continued the long tradition of Leipzig's polytechnical schools. HTWK Leipzig incorporates the learning institutions that are especially typical for Leipzig, such as librarians, book traders, polygraphs, and museologists. Leipzig is a city of books and a crucial major center of trade and commerce with a great past and bright prospects. However, the university's roots extend as far back as 1764, when its earliest predecessor, the Academy of Painting, Drawing, and Architecture, was established under the direction of the painter Adam Friedrich Oeser. The architectural department was led by J. P. Habersang, who taught the subject art of construction. His scientific concept included the application of mathematical and natural sciences. The establishment of the architecture degree program at HTWK Leipzig two centuries later, fortunately, brought a full circle. Due to the architect Albert Geutebrück, the Royal-Saxonian School of Building Trades Leipzig was built on 13 July 1838. The first director and municipal architect were Geutebrück himself, who intended to push education into a scientific direction. The drafts and buildings of the employed professors can still be recognized in modern Leipzig. The academic professor Ludwig Nieper founded later in 1875 the Municipal Industrial School Leipzig, which constituted the key for the scientific engineering education in mechanical and electrical engineering. The basic concept was that merchants should receive not only higher general education but also thorough technical education. The conjunction with practical and technical relevance was already established at this time. Almost 40,000 students are enrolled at the universities in Leipzig. Around two-thirds study at Leipzig University, followed by Leipzig University of Applied Sciences with approximately 6,000 enrolled students (effective 2016). Twenty-one thousand four hundred ten cups of coffee were sold at the Mensa Academica (2015), situated in the Lipsius building on the HTWK Leipzig campus. In the same year, Studentenwerk Leipzig states that amount of 6,776 kilograms of pasta was sold. On peak days 1,200 people eat in our canteen. Our gym, which can be reached in a couple of minutes by bike, is open 76 hours a week during regular operation. Two organizations coordinate around 90 instructors. You can learn five different languages at the university language center - respectively, at different levels of educational requirement. There are also English courses, especially for staff. In total, we have 100 musicians in our two most musical university groups: choir and orchestra. View full university

Our HHL family consists of various members from different countries, speaking multiple languages, bringing enriching backgrounds, renowned expertise, various responsibilities, and diverse focuses. Therefore, HHL is known for its mixture of innovative, international, and individual approaches by students, staff, faculty, and alumni. HHL is not only Germany's business school with the longest tradition and the birthplace of modern management education, but also receives excellent ratings for the quality of teaching, based on small classes, high-performance, and intensive teamwork. With more than 250 startups founded by HHL Alumni, our business school is the top address for Germany's entrepreneurship. On our campus, you can meet students from about 60 nations. Our students benefit from seven active student initiatives and excellent career service, and the know-how and the network of nearly 2,500 alumni. Thus, our business school thrives on variety, on the breadth of ideas, and from the diversity of the people studying here. As our students, also the HHL lecturers and business professionals come from all over the world. The members of the HHL faculty exert a decisive influence on the outstanding reputation of our business school. They offer a wide range of expertise and provide state-of-the-art management education on a very high level combined with practical insight into current best practices and upcoming trends in close cooperation with the industry. The latest research results are fed back into teaching. An institution can operate most successfully with a motivated and reliable team in the background. With high commitment, the HHL staff offers plenty of personal services: from career development to internal and external communication, professional networking, study guidance, and support for student initiatives and events. We are working every day to ensure a pleasant study- and research-friendly environment for our students and faculty. "We educate effective, responsible, and entrepreneurial business leaders through outstanding teaching, research, and practice. We are driven by excellence in teaching and research to benefit our students, stakeholders, and society. Our academic quality is underscored by our global outlook and a lifelong premier service and support network." HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, founded in 1898 as Germany's first business school, was the birthplace of modern management education. From its inception, HHL has been committed to rigorous management instruction and research and quickly developed an international reputation. After the peaceful East German revolution of 1989, which started in the streets of Leipzig, HHL rediscovered the entrepreneurial spirit of its founding days and was restructured as a high-performing private business school – again with full university status. The philosophy behind all our programs is to focus on the student by offering close student-faculty interaction, in-depth business and academic experience, and at the same time developing the students' leadership potential and networking skills. We continue to build on our highly successful model and reputation for excellence. We update our curriculum according to global employment markets' needs to further internationalize our expertise and keep HHL at the forefront of business education and professional training. We invite you to become part of HHL's promising future. The quality management of HHL is based on the school's mission and considers the specific culture of a relatively small and very personal university. The quality cycle Plan-Do-Check-Act is the foundation for the continuous improvement of the study programs. HHL was the first private Business School in the German-speaking region to be accredited by AACSB International in 2004. Since then, HHL was successfully reaccredited in 2009 and 2014 under the new standards. AACSB puts a particular focus on the continuous improvement and mission of the school. Following an announcement of the German Accreditation Council, which was looking for innovative ways of Quality Management at Universities, HHL applied a holistic approach to sustainable quality assurance and development. By combining the international with the national accreditation, HHL plays a pioneering role in Germany's national accreditation system. In the department of HHL Executive Education, we support your executives and managers in the expansion of their business know-how and strengthening their management skills with hands-on advanced training programs and seminars. Our management programs and seminars are based on the latest scientific evidence. However, many practical exercises are characterized simultaneously to impart your executives in a workshop-like atmosphere numerous individual guidelines for managing the increasingly complex challenges. We develop company-specific executive programs tailored according to your objectives and the needs of your executives. Our open enrollment programs and seminars on selected latest topics are tailored to specific audiences and based on the general management approach and innovative learning content and methods of HHL. HHL offers a unique blend of tradition and state-of-the-art business education. As the oldest business school in German-speaking countries, it was already an innovation driver in the 19th century. Today, HHL is positioned internationally as one of the leading business schools in Europe. We stand for entrepreneurship, general management, and our mantra as the "personal business school." 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