Students develop professional, methodological-analytical, social and personal skills; Student participation in research; Clear organisation of studies; Practice-oriented teaching content; Various opportunities for individual specialisation; Pronounced research focus in the Master's degree courses; Techniques of academic work and presentation skills are an integral part of the course; Attractive postgraduate degree courses; Regular evaluations of all teaching content as part of an active quality management process.

Sound method- and theory-based education in Business Administration and Economics with elective and specialisation options and opportunities from international exchange; practice- and research-oriented, interdisciplinary programmes; in the SEPT Master's degree Focus on Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises and Development Cooperation; in the Joint International Master's programme, strong sustainability, research and mobility components with partner universities abroad. Furthermore, possibility for double degree.

Joint International Master Programmes in Sustainable Development: With the Karl-Franzens University of Graz, the University of Utrecht, the Ca‘ Foscari University of Venice, the University of Basel, the University of Hiroshima, Stellenbosch University and TERI in New Delhi; International Energy Economics and Business Administration Collaboration with MGIMO University (Moscow); Stays abroad supported within the organisation of studies: Over 40 partner universities, for example Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Keio University (Tokyo); MSc Economics can be studied in English.

Universiteit Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgien; Université Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne, Paris, Frankreich; Athens University of Economics and Business, Athen, Griechenland; Dublin City University, Dublin, Irland; Università di Pisa, Pisa, Italien; Universiteit Utrecht, Utrecht, Niederlande; Universität Graz, Graz, Österreich; Poznan University of Economics and Business, Poznan, Polen; Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Lissabon, Portugal; Université de Fribourg, Fribourg, Schweiz.

Central computer clusters; Own servers; Ultra-modern peripheral devices; Effective support for the degree courses through system and application software (e.g. Stata, R); Access to the Thomsen Reuters Datastream database; Four complex, high-performance labs, including the lab for high-performance computing and the virtual reality lab (VR lab) for three-dimensional visualisation of operational software and its development process; Access to almost 400 subject-specific databases.

Cooperation with non-university research institutions, e.g. with the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research, the Leibniz Institute for Economic Research Halle, the ifo Munich and the German Institute for Development and Sustainability; Research work placements possible; Promotion of research at a high level through national and international networking of researchers, through third-party funded research and through international degree courses; Demanding and modern education for junior academics

Founded in 1409, the University of Leipzig is the second-oldest university in Germany. The Faculty of Economics is located in the city centre. The MSc Business Administration is unique in Saxony and in German-speaking higher education (great freedom of choice, low proportion of compulsory modules and strong focus on the areas of service and sustainability management and corporate accounting). The MSc Economics has a particularly good student-teacher ratio. The student selection in the MSc Business Administration and MSc Economics can include a personal interview.