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Steps in Leuphana's Evolution since 2007

Idea

A university for civil society

Guidelines

  • Humanist
  • Sustainable
  • Application-oriented

Organisation

(as of August 2026)

  • 5 schools of research: Education, Humanities and Social Sciences, Management and Technology, Sustainability, Public Affairs
  • 3 schools of teaching: College, Graduate School, Professional School
  • 7 Academic institutions: International Center, "Kunstraum", Media and Information Centre, Methods Centre, University Music Centre, University Sports Centre, Writing Centre

Students

(as of winter semester 2025/2026)

9.504 students

  • thereof 5.582 College
  • thereof 2.533 Graduate School
  • thereof 1.389 Professional School

Employees

(as of calendar year 2025)

1.191 full-time employees

  • thereof 111 university professorships
  • thereof 11 university of applied sciences professorships
  • thereof 25 junior professorships
  • thereof 11 acting or substitute professorships
  • thereof 17 full-time visiting professorships
  • thereof 421 academic staff (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen)
  • thereof 595 non-academic staff

and furthermore:

  • 37 part-time visiting professorships
  • 781 student and research assistants (studentische und wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte)
  • 528 adjunct lecturers (Lehrbeauftragte)

Range of Courses

(as of August 2026)

  • College: 13 majors, 19 minors, of which more than 100 combinations are possible; 12 subjects can be combined to form a polyvalent two-subject bachelor's degree, which provides access to the Master of Education for teacher training at primary, secondary and grammar schools as well as teaching at vocational schools.
  • Graduate School: 6 master's programmes with a total of 18 majors, 22 doctoral programmes
  • Professional School: 17 master's programmes, 2 Bachelor's programmes, more than 40 certificate programmes
  • 423 university partnerships plus 9 double/joint degree programmes

Finances

(as of August 2026)

EUR 139.9 million overall budget for 2026

  • thereof EUR 77.8 million in financial assistance from the federal state
  • thereof EUR 23.5 million in special funds from the federal state
  • thereof EUR 24.6 million in third-party funding
  • thereof EUR 14.0 million in other funds

Campus

(as of December 2025)

  • Central Campus: 1 central building, 29 other buildings
    97.250 sqm total area
    95.733 sqm of which is used by the university
  • Campus Rotes Feld: 1 buildings
    9.764 sqm total area
    5.513 sqm of which used by university