Rankings
Leuphana University regularly achieves top positions in the relevant international rankings. In the subject ranking of Times Higher Education as well as in the Shanghai ranking, Leuphana is (among) the leaders in its focus areas in Lower Saxony. These positions impressively illustrate the positive developments in the field of research and confirm the university in the path it has taken since 2007.
Rankings make the quality, performance and institutional efficiency of universities measurable and comparable. They thus provide orientation in an increasingly complex international higher education and science system and establish transparency and accountability vis-à-vis the public.
- Overall ranking: rank 351-400 worldwide
- Social Sciences: rank 15 in Germany and rank group 201-250 worldwide
- Business and Economics: rank 15 in Germany and rank group 251-300 worldwide
- Psychology: rank 21 in Germany and rank group 201-250 worldwide
- Engineering: rank 25 in Germany and rank group 601-800 worldwide
- Education: ranked 27 in Germany and rank group 401-500 worldwide
- Physical Sciences: rank 34 in Germany and rank group 401-500 worldwide
- Political Sciences: rank 4 in Germany and rank group 51-75 worldwide
- Management: rank 5 in Germany and rank group 201-300 worldwide
- Business Administration: rank 12 in Germany and rank group 301-400 worldwide
- Environmental Science and Engineering: rank 15 in Germany and rank group 301-400 worldwide
- Ecology: rank 26 in Germany and rank group 301-400 worldwide
- Economics: rank 28 in Germany and rank group 401-500 worldwide
- Psychology: rank 40 in Germany and rank group 401-500 worldwide
- Ranked 5th among the most popular universities in 2025 in the Studycheck university ranking.
- Ranked 15th among public universities in Germany by the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (2024, based on the proportion of scholarship recipients).
- Ranked 2nd among the most start-up-friendly medium-sized universities in Germany in the Gründungsradar 2025 published by the Stifterverband für die deutsche Wissenschaft.
- Among the top 20 research-strong universities in business administration in the German-speaking world in the 2022 Wirtschaftswoche ranking (19th out of 200 universities surveyed).