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Prof. Dr. Ulf Engel, Professor für Politik in Afrika an der Universität Leipzig

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Political scientist Engel: How Africa could resolve conflicts without resorting to violence

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Auf dem Foto ist Prof. Dr. Christian Wirth zu sehen.

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Biologist Wirth appointed to BMBF advisory panel “Forum #Zukunftsstrategie”

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Zu sehen ist Prof. Dr. Stefan Rohdewald.

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Stefan Rohdewald on the situation in Ukraine: “Trench warfare that could last for years”

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Our courses

Choose from a wide range of over 150 courses of study and find the right degree for you. We offer a broad selection of disciplines, from the natural sciences, law and medicine to the humanities.

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Guidance and services

From choosing a course of study to application, enrolment and exmatriculation: our advisers at the Student Office and the Student Advisory Service are there to assist you with all study-related matters.

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Lots of visitors to Leipzig University’s open day inside the Paulinum
Students with computers inside the lecture hall building
Graduate jumping for joy

Research at Leipzig University

On our path to becoming a leading European university, we can rely on a diverse range of subjects and an approach that crosses disciplinary and institutional boundaries. We are concentrating our research strengths in three strategic research fields and their nine research profile areas.

Farbfoto: Im Hintergrund steht ein mehrstöckiger, moderner Bürokomplex, davor ist eine Kunstinstallation in Form von großen "Betoklecksen", im Vordergrund ist eine Wiese mit roten Mohnblumen zu sehenn

Research at Leipzig University

In 2022, our university received more than 220 million euros in funding for research. This enables research on a variety of topics such as biodiversity, climate change and globalisation.

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Blick vom Cityhochhaus auf Leibniz-Forum, Neues Augusteum, Audimax, Paulinum, Hörsaalgebäude, Seminargebäude
Luftaufnahme der Stadt Delitzsch
Foto: Wolken aus Sicht des Forschungsflugzeugs HALO
Eine Europa-Flagge weht im Wind, Foto: Colourbox
Der Sächsische Ministerpräsident informiert sich am ICCAS über innovative robotergesteuerte Therapieansätze
Eine Lupe wird auf ein arabisches Buch gehalten
Wortwolke in verschiedenen Farben, enthält unter anderem folgende Begriffe: Forschung, Metadaten, Projekte, Personenprofil.

The University at a glance

Our university was founded in 1409 and is one of Germany’s leading universities when it comes to top-class research and medical expertise. It offers a unique variety of subjects, from the humanities and social sciences to the natural and life sciences.

View of the Paulinum and the Neues Augusteum with the bronze model of the old university church of St. Paul in the foreground.

My Uni Leipzig

From lab to lecture hall, from library to choir, from medicine to biodiversity: in this video, Leipzig University presents its broad spectrum of research, teaching and knowledge transfer. Students and researchers tell their very personal stories about their Uni Leipzig.

A tradition of diversity

We have a tradition of diversity; one that began more than six centuries ago. We promote international cooperation in teaching and research at our 14 faculties and 19 Central Institutions.

History of our University

Our university has been making history for over 600 years. Read about the most important historical milestones of one of Germany’s oldest universities, from its foundation in 1409 to the opening in 2017 of the Paulinum – Assembly Hall and University Church of St. Paul. The selected milestones in the University’s history reflect six centuries of political and social change.

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View of the vault inside the Paulinum – Assembly Hall and University Church of St. Paul. Photo: Steffen Spitzner

Modern university, long tradition

Our university is among the oldest in Europe. Many world-renowned figures taught or studied here. Leipzig has also frequently been the source of major development in the sciences. A member of the German U15 network, today we are one of the country’s leading universities when it comes to top-class research and medical expertise.

A cosmopolitan and modern comprehensive university, we offer more than 150 degree programme in disciplines from the natural sciences, law and medicine to the humanities and social sciences. We are concentrating our research strengths in the three strategic research fields “Changed order in a globalised world”, “Intelligent methods and materials” and “Sustainable principles for life and health”.

We aspire to be one of the leading institutions of higher learning in Germany. To achieve this goal, in 2018 Leipzig presented a university development plan that describes our strategic goals up to the year 2025 in research, teaching, transfer and administration as well as in the fields of internationalisation, equality and diversity, and digitisation. This strategy revolves around the motto “The Leipzig Way” and aims at interdisciplinarity and the formation of alliances.

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Foto: Blick auf die Büste des Alumnus Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz im Foyer des Neuen Agustueums
Ein Kompass lehnt an einem Fenster

An International University

Leipzig University’s outstanding international profile in teaching and research makes it one of the most outward-looking higher education institutions in Germany.

International Profile

Our university is promoting the internationalisation of teaching through study and doctoral programmes with foreign partner institutions, the targeted expansion of worldwide mobility, and by strengthening international research alliances.

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Studierende auf dem Leibnizforum
Internationale Studierende zeigen auf eine Erdkugel

Knowledge and Technology Transfer

Several pillars form the basis of Leipzig University’s strategy for knowledge and technology transfer: “Applying knowledge”, “Imparting knowledge”, “Consulting” and “Communicating knowledge”.

Menschen sitzen in einem Raum zusammen und diskutieren