History
Originally founded in 1946 as a teacher-training college, Leuphana University Lüneburg was granted university status in 1989. The university became a foundation under public law in 2004 and merged with the University of Applied Sciences North-East Lower Saxony in 2005.
Education
Leuphana University of Lüneburg offers you more than 30 different degree programmes in a variety of departments. No matter whether Bachelor’s or Master’s, full-time, part-time or professional – study in Lüneburg is worth your while. Take advantage of degree programmes that are distinguished by extensive dialogue among the disciplines, outstanding expertise, optimum guidance and a practical orientation – programmes that offer lots of room for your own curiosity and initiative. Learn about the individual majors and doctoral programmes at Leuphana and discover your possibilities in Lüneburg
Research
Leuphana University of Lüneburg understands its role as theme-oriented university dedicated to the current research issues affecting the civil society of the 21st century. In order to facilitate necessary subject-overarching research, Leuphana’s research activities are installed within four university-wide, inter- and cross-disciplinary “Research Initiatives”, namely: education, culture, management and business activity, and sustainability. Each of Leuphana’s four faculties directs one of the knowledge initiatives. Researchers within the research initiatives apply an inter- and cross-disciplinary method to expand on a number of cross-sectional topics
Career
The Career Service at Leuphana University of Lüneburg offers comprehensive services in various fields of activity involving career and vocational orientation linked to programmes of study, as well as the possibility to network with the labour market
Short Courses
University Ranking
World University Rankings by Times Higher Education
2024
501 -150
2023
351
2022
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World University Rankings is a vital resource that provides the definitive list of the world's best universities. They look at how often they're producing new ideas, what their reputation is around the world, and how much they're contributing to science and academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, THE ranks the universities accordingly.
Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghai Jiao Tong University
2023
-
2022
-
2021
901
ARWU World University rankings is the first world university ranking. It ranks the world's top 1000 colleges and universities based on objective indicator. They look at the number of award-winning (Fields Medals and Nobel Prize) scientists who are located there, how much of their research is cited and referenced around the world, and how much they've contributed to different academic fields. After calculating and comparing these criteria, ARWU ranks the universities accordingly.
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report
2024
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2023
926 -56
2022
870
Best Global Universities Rankings by U.S. News & World Report presents all the top universities from the U.S. and 60 other countries around the world. They measure the rate of students going to their second year of studies, as well as the rate of students who graduate. It also asks university representatives on the performance of universities, and evaluates university resources, teacher salaries, graduation rates, student academic achievements and satisfaction. After calculating and comparing these criteria, U.S. News ranks the top international universities accordingly.
Student services
We offer support on choosing courses, the application process and during the course, e.g. making decisions, learning organisation or career planning. We take time to respond to your questions and advise you according to your needs in individual and group counselling sessions. You can access individual counselling sessions at short notice during the open consultation hours or by making an appointment through the Infoportal
Housing services
Students in Lüneburg live either in halls of residence, which are located on or close to the campus or in the city centre, or in private rooms or apartments. While only students live in the halls of residence, students also live together with working people in the private apartments. Both in the halls of residence and in private apartments, there are usually mixed-gender flat-sharing communities (WGs), in which the kitchen and bathroom are shared, but each flatmate has its own bedroom. Shared rooms are unusual in Germany, except for a short stay in a youth hostel. Students who prefer to live alone, opt for a single apartment.
Library services
The Electronic Journals Library provides acces to licensed titles as well as openly availably scientific journals. It contains approximately 34.000 titles. We strive to continously grow our e-book collection, which currently consists of approximately 161.000 titles. All titles can be found through LUX or the catalogue.
Campus life
Leuphana’s campus is a bustling place where university members come together for a wide range of activities to develop their skills – while studying, teaching, working, at sports, at cultural events, in meeting and communicating, or to participate in one of the many initiatives.
Sports facilities
University sports offers students an energy boost. Courses, trips, events, meets, an elite athletics program and sports for Leuphana employees are among our attractive and popular offerings.
Leuphana University of Lüneburg received a system accreditation by the ACQUIN agency in 2014. The accreditation of the management system of their programmes of study has been guaranteed.