Introduction

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management is a prestigious private business school in Germany, offering world-class master's, MBA, doctoral and executive education programs, and is committed to cultivating business leaders with innovative spirit, responsibility and entrepreneurial thinking.

Overview

Students and Alumni: With more than 800 students covering 8 programs, students come from more than 60 different countries, forming a diverse learning and communication environment. The school has more than 3,500 alumni in more than 70 countries around the world. They have made remarkable achievements in various fields and provide students with rich network resources and career development support.

Course Setting: The courses are rich and diverse, including Master of Management, Master of Finance, Master of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Entrepreneurship and doctoral courses, etc., to meet the learning needs and career development goals of different students.

History and Establishment Time

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management was founded in 1898 and is the oldest business school in German-speaking Europe. It was re-established in 1992.

School Strength

Faculty: The teaching team consists of full-time professors, international visiting professors and professionals with rich industry experience. Among them, many professors have taught at world-renowned universities such as MIT, Stanford University, University of Chicago, and University of St. Gallen. They not only have profound academic attainments, but also can bring cutting-edge industry practice experience to students.

Teaching Quality: It is characterized by small-class teaching, teamwork and the combination of theory and practice, focusing on cultivating students' strategic thinking, innovation, leadership and communication skills. The school has been accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB), one of the most authoritative business school accreditations in the world, which indicates that its teaching quality and academic level have been internationally recognized.

Nature of the institution

Private business school.

Educational philosophy

Aims to cultivate effective, responsible and entrepreneurial leaders through comprehensive management methods, focusing on closely combining academic knowledge with practical experience, cultivating students' ability to solve practical business problems, emphasizing personalized development, providing students with tailored learning paths and career guidance, and helping students succeed in the global business environment.

Key laboratories and disciplines

Key disciplines: Management, finance, entrepreneurship and other disciplines are its advantageous disciplines. The Master of Management program focuses on cultivating students' comprehensive management capabilities and lays a solid foundation for students to enter management positions in internationally renowned companies; the Master of Finance program focuses on cultivating students' professional skills in corporate finance, investment banking, private equity and other fields; the Master of Entrepreneurship program provides students with entrepreneurial dreams with rich resources and support to help them transform business ideas into actual entrepreneurial projects.

Key laboratories: Although there is no explicit mention of key laboratories in the traditional sense, the school has entrepreneurial support platforms such as the entrepreneurial incubator Digital Space and the accelerator Spinlab, which provide students' entrepreneurial projects with a full range of services from creative incubation to accelerated development, helping students to apply theoretical knowledge to practice and promote the transformation of innovative entrepreneurial results.

Departments

There are no clear divisions into multiple departments, but around the business field, there are master's, doctoral and executive education courses in multiple professional directions, such as management, finance, entrepreneurship, etc., forming a systematic business education system.

Ranking

Ranked 86th in the 2025 World University Master of Management Ranking.

Ranked 34th in the Financial Times 2023 Master of Management Ranking.

In the QS World University Rankings, its MBA The program ranks 21st in the world.

Expenses

Tuition fees: Taking 2024 as an example, the tuition fee for MBA courses is 39,500 euros, and the tuition fee for courses such as Master of Management is about 30,000 euros.

Living expenses: In Leipzig, students' monthly living expenses are about 800-1000 euros, including expenses for accommodation, food, transportation, and school supplies.

Campus

Campus location: Located in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, the city is one of Germany's important commercial, cultural and educational centers, with convenient transportation and profound cultural heritage, providing students with rich internship and employment opportunities and colorful extracurricular life.

Campus facilities: The campus buildings are modern, equipped with advanced teaching facilities and complete learning and living facilities, such as libraries, laboratories, computer rooms, student dormitories, canteens, sports facilities, etc., creating a good learning and living environment for students.