Leuphana University of Lüneburg: Campus

The Leuphana University of Lüneburg regards itself as a model university, treading new paths in teaching and research. Leuphana is committed to humanistic, sustainable and proactive activities. The mission statement emphasizes being a humanistic, sustainable and proactive university.

Learn more about the university and campus life below!

Facts about Leuphana...

Leuphana's main campus is just one of three Leuphana campuses (Leuphana Main, Rotes Feld, and Volgershall)

the main campus was built in the 1930s as military barracks during WWII

the barracks were named after a reformer of the Prussian military, Gerhard vonScharnhorst, which is still the name of the university's address (Scharnhorststraße 1)

in 1946 a pedagogical institute was founded at the oldest part of the university, Rotes Feld

in May 1989, the name changed to "University of Lüneburg" after study options were expanded

the university adopted the current name, Leuphana, after a settlement near the Elbe. This settlement was found on a map from the ancient geographer Claudius Ptolemy (Ptolemäus)

7,000 students attend Leuphana, approximately 6% are international students

approximately 1,500 undergraduate students start Leuphana each year and 700 graduate students

the administrative and technical staff consists of 420 employees

Leuphana has four faculties
- Faculty of Education (12 institutes)
- Faculty of Cultural Studies (7 institutes)
- Faculty of Sustainability (8 institutes)
- Faculty of Economics, which partially incorporates Law (14 institutes)

Knowing where to go...

A good way to know where your classes are is how they are written. Each location is identified by a set of numbers and letters, it isn't hard if you know what they mean. They follow this system:

location (which campus) . Building . Floor and room

For example:

C.8.116 >> main Leuphana campus. building 8 . First floor, room 116*

*it is important to remember that room 116 will be found on the "first floor"**, room 216 would be on the "second floor".

**Germans count the ground floor as '0'. (Room 016 = ground floor, Room 116 = first floor)

W.210 >> Rotes Feld Campus. Room 210

*Because Rotes Feld (W) doesn't have building numbers, the buildings are identified by their addresses. Please see the list of abbreviations (to the right) to make sure you know where the buildings are.

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