Continuing education as an auditing student: Welcome to the open lecture hall!
Campus for everyone – Leuphana University Lüneburg opens its doors to you!
The Open Lecture Hall guest student programme is the right choice for you if you want to continue your academic education. What makes it special is that no matter what school qualifications you have or what prior education you bring with you, the only thing that counts for us is your enjoyment of learning. Anyone can become a guest student, because education knows no boundaries and no age limits.
Your advantages as a guest student
- Extensive range of courses and a wide variety of subjects to choose from
- Explore new topics or deepen your existing areas of interest
- Participate in academic campus life
- Make new contacts with students or at the guest student get-together
- No admission requirements
- Lifelong learning
- Interdisciplinary further education
- Learn with young people and like-minded individuals
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How to become a guest auditor
The guest student programme offers a wide range of courses and subjects. Deepen your knowledge of your favourite topics or discover completely new fields of study. As a guest student, you will be immersed in the regular course offerings. You will not only enjoy high-quality academic continuing education from our online guest student directory, but also valuable intergenerational exchange.
Make new contacts and exchange ideas with undergraduate students in lectures and like-minded people at the guest student get-together.
We would be delighted to personally support you in finding the right courses for your interests within the guest auditor program. Please consult the Guest Auditor Directory (PDF) for a list of courses taught in English, and proceed with your registration afterwards. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at offener-hoersaal@leuphana.de.
At a glance
Admission requirements: None
Start of Lectures: in summer semester: April; in winter semester: October
Registration period: Please find the current registration period in the dates section below
Fees: 125 Euros for enrollment of up to 4 semester hours (SWS) per semester, 185 Euros for enrollment of more than 4 SWS per semester (Academic courses are organised in semester hours per week. 1 SWS corresponds to 45 minutes per week. Most courses comprise 2 SWS, i.e. 1 hour and 30 minutes per week)
Taking examinations: If you wish to take examinations, a separate fee is charged: 25 euros per credit point (CP). Please find the current registration period for exams in the dates section below.
Dates
- Registration period for open lectures – 16 March to 30 April 2026
- Start of lectures – 6 April 2026
- Start of exam registration – 6 April 2026
- End of exam registration – 20 April 2026
- Guest student get-together, 22 April 2026 – 4:00–5:30 p.m., Klippo in the central building (advance registration at claus.goepfert@stud.leuphana.de)
- End of lecture period – 10 July 2026
The guest student get-together
Would you like to meet other guest students and network in a relaxed atmosphere over coffee and cake? Would you like to talk to like-minded people about the courses you have booked or your experiences as a guest student?
During the lecture period, we offer a guest student get-together at Klippo (on the ground floor of the central building) every other Wednesday afternoon. The guest student get-together is open to all registered guest students at Leuphana and is supervised by Claus Göpfert. If you are interested in this offer, please send an email to claus.goepfert@stud.leuphana.de.
Contact & Advising
Coordination
Nadine Theinert
Phone +49.4131.677-7921
offener-hoersaal@leuphana.de
Consultation hours: Tuesdays, 10 am – 12 noon
Contact person for:
Dates, fees, events, use of the online guest student directory, registration process, rules of use, further development, support for lecturers
Student Services/Information Portal
Phone +49.4131.677-2277
studierendenservice@leuphana.de
Opening hours
Points of contact for:
Registration process, payment processing, exam registration
IT tutors
Phone +49.4131.677-1222
it-tutor@leuphana.de
In person: IT helpdesk in the library foyer
Opening hours
The first point of contact for guest students experiencing technical difficulties with Leuphana’s IT services:
The IT tutors sort through the issues and, where necessary, forward them to the relevant internal contacts.
Immediate assistance with:
login details, multi-factor authentication (MFA), Wi-Fi, Leuphana account