Schools & Institutes & Centres

The five schools of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Technology, Sustainability and Public Affairs, together with the schools, form the academic core of the university. Research centres expand this with specific scientific focal points.

Institute of Educational Sciences (IBIWI)
Institute of English Studies (IES)
Institute of Ethics and Theological Research (IET)
Institute of Fine Arts, Music and Education (IKMV)
Institute of German Language and Literature Studies (IDD)
Institute of Mathematics and its Didactics (IMD)
Institute of Psychology (IFP)
Institute of Social Work and Social Pedagogy (IFSP)
Institute of Physical Activity, Sports and Health (IBSG)
Institute of Social Science Education (ISWB)

Institute of Culture and Aesthetics of Digital Media (ICAM)
Institute of History and Literary Cultures (IGL)
Institute of Urban and Cultural Area Research (IFSK)
Institute of Philosophy and Art History (IPK)
Institute of Sociology and Cultural Organization (ISCO)

Centre for Sustainability Management (CSM)
Institute of Ecology (IE)
Institute of Ethics and Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research (IETSR)
Institute of Education and Psychology (ISEP)
Institute of Sustainable Chemistry (INSC)
Institute of Sustainability Governance (INSUGO)
Social-Ecological Systems Institute (SESI)

Institute of Political Science (IPW)
Leuphana Law School (LLS)
Institute of Economics (IVWL)

Institute for Auditing & Tax (IAT)
Institute of Banking, Finance and New Venture (IBFG)
Institute of Information Systems (IIS)
Institute of Experimental Industrial Psychology - LüneLab
Institute of Knowledge and Information Management (IWI)
Institute for Management and Organisation (IMO)
In­sti­tute of Ma­nage­ment, Ac­coun­ting & Fi­nan­ce (IMAF)
Institute of Marketing (IFM)
Institute of Performance Management (IPM)
Institute for production technology and systems (IPTS)

DFG Graduate Programme: Cultures of Critique (KdK)
DFG Research Group: Media Cultures of Computer Simulation (MECS)

An overview of all DFG projects at Leuphana can be found in the research database.

• Center for Critical Studies (CCS)
• Center for Applied Health Sciences (ZAG)
• Center for Empirical Research on Language and Education (ERLE)
• Center for Digital Cultures (CDC)
• Center for the Study of Democracy (ZDEMO)
• Digital Transformation Research Center (RCDT)
• Institute for Sustainable Development and Learning (ISDL)
• Leuphana Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and Society (LIAS)
• Research Center for Entrepreneurship (RCE)
• Yunus Centre for Social Business and Values
• Zukunftszentrum Lehrerbildung (ZZL)

Cultures of Critique
Doctoral Programme Democracy under Stress (DUS)
Research Programme PriMus – PhD In Museums
Robert-Bosch-Kolleg „Processes of Sustainability Transformation“