Steps in Leuphana's Evolution since 2007

Idea

A university for civil society

Guidelines

  • Humanist
  • Sustainable
  • Application-oriented

Organisation

(as of June 2025)

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

Students

(as of winter semester 2024/2025)

9.348 students

  • thereof 5.462 College
  • thereof 2.449 Graduate School
  • thereof 1.437 Professional School

Employees

(as of calendar year 2024)

1.161 full-time employees

  • thereof 110 university professorships
  • thereof 11 university of applied sciences professorships
  • thereof 24 junior professorships
  • thereof 15 acting or substitute professorships
  • thereof 18 full-time visiting professorships
  • thereof 425 academic staff (wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiter*innen)
  • thereof 576 non-academic staff

and furthermore:

  • 42 part-time visiting professorships
  • 770 student and research assistants (studentische und wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte)
  • 490 adjunct lecturers (Lehrbeauftragte)

Range of Courses

(as of June 2025)

  • College: 13 majors, 17 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, 20 doctoral programmes
  • Professional School: 17 master's programmes, 2 Bachelor's programmes, 49 certificate programmes
  • 423 university partnerships plus 9 program partnerships (11 double/joint degree programmes)

Finances

(as of December 2024)

EUR 123.2 million overall budget for 2024

  • thereof EUR 69.0 million in financial assistance from the federal state
  • thereof EUR 19.0 million in special funds from the federal state
  • thereof EUR 26.5 million in third-party funding
  • thereof EUR 8.7 million in other funds

Campus

(as of June 2025)

  • Central Campus: 1 central building, 28 other buildings
    97.253 sqm total area
    95.658 sqm of which is used by the university
  • Campus Rotes Feld: 1 buildings
    9.764 sqm total area
    5.608 sqm of which used by university
  • Campus Volgershall: 2 buildings
    16.774 sqm total area
    2.267 sqm of which used by the university