Leipzig University, Germany

Leipzig, Germany is the fastest-growing and the most economically vibrant city in the region with many IT start-ups and large industrial consortiums attracting international students and foreign workers annually. Dating back to over 1000 years, Leipzig has gone from a small town to a business and cultural hub through turmoil and grace. Not just known for its beauty and regional influence, Leipzig is also known as the cradle of German music, commerce, and heroes. Located in Leipzig is one of the world’s oldest universities and the second-oldest university in Germany, the University of Leipzig. 

Established in 1409, the university has 14 faculties namely Faculty of Education; Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy; Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies; Faculty of Life Sciences; Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science; Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences; Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy; Faculty of Law; Medical school; Faculty of Philology; Sports Science Faculty; Faculty of Theology; Veterinary Faculty; Faculty of Business and Economics.

The university offers 155 degree programs to undergraduates and graduates and the institute is considered a global leader when it comes to research-based study and medicine. The most popular academic areas of study taken up by students at the University of Leipzig include Philology; History, Arts, & Oriental Studies; and Medicine. Today, the University of Leipzig boasts over 150 institutes and faculties, which are home to almost 30,000 students. The university offers a number of courses in English and other foreign languages, and there are several programs which have been specially designed for foreign students.

Leipzig is a predominantly industrial city, with large factories, construction sites and office buildings and the largest employers are the German car-makers BMW and Porsche, logistic giant DHL, machinery builder Kirow Ardelt AG and the European Energy Exchange. Therefore, the largest demands for jobs are for engineering graduates, as well as for MBAs and Bachelor’s in management. Some of the car-makers and telecommunication companies also employ large numbers of computer science graduates for their software divisions. One can find many software and IT start-ups in Leipzig, making it the most technologically competitive city in Germany. Companies are offering internships and part-time jobs even starting from their first year of studies

University of Leipzig is ranked #353 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence.  The university is ranked #157 in Best Global Universities in Europe and ranked #24 in Best Global Universities in Germany.

The university subject rankings include: #188 in Arts and Humanities; #232 in Biology and Biochemistry (tie); #78 in Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems (tie); #389 in Chemistry (tie); #189 in Clinical Medicine (tie); #112 in Environment/Ecology; #214 in Immunology (tie); #179 in Molecular Biology and Genetics (tie); #154 in Neuroscience and Behavior; #188 in Oncology (tie); #502 in Physics (tie); #265 in Plant and Animal Science (tie); #124 in Psychiatry/Psychology; #388 in Social Sciences and Public Health (tie); #174 in Surgery (tie)

Leipzig university provides accommodation for both German and international students. Students can choose to live at one of the residence halls run by Studentenwerk Leipzig or live in shared apartments. The university provides information about reliable housing services around Leipzig.

The university has a fantastic reputation and is reflected in the fact that around 50 Nobel laureates have worked, taught, or published their works in the university including Theodor Mommsen, Wilhelm Ostwald and Werner Heisenberg, who received the Nobel prize for Physics in 1932. In addition, important figures such as Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Wagner and the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, all studied here.