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.
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