The University of Leipzig was founded in 1409, making it the second oldest university in Germany to be run without interruption. It teaches around 31,100 students with 5,400 employees in 150 different courses of study.

As a member of the german U15 network, the University of Leipzig is one of the strongest research universities in Germany and a leading medical university. Its research is mainly concentrated on these three fields:

• Changing orders in a globalised world
• Intelligent methods and materials
• Sustainable foundations for life and health4

The university imparts knowledge in the fields of natural sciences, law, medicine, and numerous humanities and social sciences.

The University of Leipzig has 14 faculties:5

• Faculty of Education
• Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
• Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies
• Faculty of Life Sciences
• Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
• Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Medicine
• Faculty of Philology
• Faculty of Sports Science
• Faculty of Theology
• Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
• Faculty of Economic Sciences

The Faculty of Economic Sciences houses the Institute of Information Systems (IWI), which maintains contacts with many research institutions worldwide.

Research is concentrated on the following areas:6

• Application Systems
• Information Management
• Information Systems in logistics
• Software Development

Semester dates & deadlines:

www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/studium/studienbuero/mentoring/studieninteressierte.html

Courses:

www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/studium/masterstudiengaenge/wirtschaftsinformatik.html

As the university's study locations are spread all over the city, student life is also very versatile.

For IS:link students, the Augustusplatz campus is especially important, as this is where most of the lectures take place.7

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1de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A4t_Leipzig (last access: 17.11.2020)

2de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig (last access: 17.11.2020)

3de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leipzig (last access: 17.11.2020)

4de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universit%C3%A4t_Leipzig (last access: 17.11.2020)

5www.uni-leipzig.de/universitaet/struktur/fakultaeten-und-einrichtungen/ (last access: 17.11.2020)

6www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/iwi/iwi.html (last access: 17.11.2020)

7www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/iwi/iwi/studium/master/master-of-science-msc-wirtschaftsinformatik.html (last access: 17.11.2020)

6https://www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/iwi/iwi.html (letzter Zugriff: 17.11.2020)

7https://www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/iwi/iwi/studium/master/master-of-science-msc-wirtschaftsinformatik.html (letzter Zugriff: 17.11.2020)