University of Leipzig: Statistics

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

10%

Enrollment

31,088

Type

Non-profit

Funding

Public-private
partnership

Highest Degree

Doctorate

Website

www.uni-leipzig.de

Languages

German;English

Acceptance rate & Admissions

We've calculated the 10% acceptance rate for University of Leipzig based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Research profile

University of Leipzig is a world-class research university with 89,327 scientific papers published and 2,281,862 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science, Biochemistry, Genetics, and Environmental Science.

Publications

89,327

Citations

2,281,862

University of Leipzig majors

by publication & citation count

Annual publication & citation counts

Tuition

The tuition table for University of Leipzig gives an overview of costs but prices are approximate and subject to change and don't include accommodation, textbooks, or living expenses. The costs of programs might differ significantly for local and international students. The only source of truth for current numbers is the university's official website.

Currency: Euro (€)

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by University of Leipzig.

Note that the table provides a general overview and might not cover all the specific majors available at the university. Always visit the university's website for the most up-to-date information on the programs offered.

University of Leipzig alumni

1. Friedrich Nietzsche

   

   Born in

   Germany

   Years

   1844-1900 (aged 56)

   Enrolled in the University of Leipzig

   Studied in 1865-1879

   Occupations

   playwrightpedagoguephilosophermusic criticcomposer

   Biography

   Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a German philosopher who started his career as a classical philologist and turned to philosophy early in his academic career. In 1869, aged 24, he was appointed Professor of Classical Philology at the University of Basel. Plagued by health problems for most of his life, he resigned from the university in 1879. He afterward lived as an independent writer, spending much of his life in relative solitude and financial insecurity while moving between Switzerland, Italy, and southern France in search of climates that might alleviate his condition, and in the following decade, he completed much of his core writing. In 1889, aged 44, he suffered a mental breakdown and thereafter a complete loss of his mental faculties, with paralysis and vascular dementia, living his remaining 11 years under the care of his family until his death. His works and his philosophy have fostered not only extensive scholarship but also much popular interest.

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2. Angela Merkel

   

   Born in

   Germany

   Years

   1954-.. (age 72)

   Enrolled in the University of Leipzig

   1973-1978 graduated with Diplom in physics

   Occupations

   physicistpolitician

   Biography

   Angela Dorothea Merkel is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the only woman to have held the office and the only from former East Germany. She was Leader of the Opposition from 2002 to 2005 and Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 2000 to 2018.

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3. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

   

   Born in

   Germany

   Years

   1749-1832 (aged 83)

   Enrolled in the University of Leipzig

   1765-1768 studied jurisprudence

   Occupations

   travel writercomposerprint collectorprintmakerpainter

   Biography

   Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.

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4. Richard Wagner

   

   Born in

   Germany

   Years

   1813-1883 (aged 70)

   Occupations

   music criticdiaristtheatrical directoressayistconductor

   Biography

   Wilhelm Richard Wagner was a German composer, theatre director, essayist, and conductor, best known for his operas, although his mature works are often referred to as music dramas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both the libretti and the music for all of his stage works. He first achieved recognition with works in the Romantic tradition of Carl Maria von Weber and Giacomo Meyerbeer, but revolutionised the genre through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ("total work of art"), which sought to unite poetic, musical, visual, and dramatic elements. In this approach, the drama unfolds as a continuously sung narrative, with the music evolving organically from the text rather than alternating between arias and recitatives. Wagner outlined these ideas in a series of essays published between 1849 and 1852, most fully realising them in the first half of his four-opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen (The Ring of the Nibelung).

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