Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

About Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

Leuphana University of Lüneburg is a state university sponsored by a foundation under public law in the Hanseatic city of Lüneburg in Lower Saxony. Its research focuses on education, culture, sustainability, law, and economics. In teaching, it has established a highly interdisciplinary study model that is unusual for Germany, with a College for bachelor's studies, a Graduate School for the connection of master's and doctoral studies, and a Professional School for continuing education. The University of Lüneburg was originally founded in 1946 as the Lüneburg Pedagogical University and, with around 10,000 students, is one of the medium-sized universities in Germany (as of winter semester 2020/21).