University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig, located in Leipzig, Germany, is one of the oldest universities in Europe.
It was founded in 1409, and was originally comprised of four faculties.
While part of East Germany, it was called Karl-Marx-university (KMU).
Today it has grown to 14 faculties, and with over 29,000 students, is Saxony's second-largest
university. Since its inception the university has enjoyed almost 600 years of
uninterrupted teaching and research. There are now more than 150 institutes and the university offers 190 study
programs leading to a diplomas, Master's degrees and teaching
qualifications. Arguably, the Faculty of Medicine is the university's most renowned faculty.

History

The 'Alma mater Lipsiensis' opened on 2 December 1409 after it had
been officially endorsed by Pope Alexander V in his Bull of Acknowledgment on 9 September 1409. Its first rector was Johann von Münsterberg.

Faculties

The original four facilities were the Faculty of Arts, Theology, Medicine,
and Law. Today, the university comprises the following 14 faculties.
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Main entrance to the University of Leipzig with relief of Karl Marx
and the memorial to the demolished university church

Faculty of Theology

Faculty of Law

Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies

Faculty of Philology

Faculty of Education

Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy

Faculty of Economics and Management (incl. Civil Engineering)

Faculty of Sports Science

Faculty of Medicine (and a University Hospital)

Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science

Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology

Faculty of Physics and Earth Science

Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine

People associated with the University of Leipzig

The University of Leipzig in the past has attracted a number of renowned
scholars. Among the great minds that shaped the profile of the university
are:

chemist Wilhelm Ostwald

economist Karl Bücher

economist Wilhem Roscher

educationalist Theodor Litt

germanist Theodor Frings

Greek scholar Petrus Mosellanus

historian Karl Lamprecht

historian Walter Markov

historian Wilhelm Maurenbrecher

neurologist Paul Flechsig

philologist Johann Christoph Gottsched

philosopher Ernst Bloch