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.

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.

St. Kliment Ohridsky, Sofia, Bulgarien; National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Irland; University of Ioannina, Ioannina, Griechenland; Université Paris 1 Panthéon, Paris, Frankreich; Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venedig, Italien; Keio University, Keio, Japan; Binghamton University, Vestal, USA/New York; Portugal, Lissabon: Universidade Técnica de Lisboa

Four computer clusters; 65 powerful computers; 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 of 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

With the start-up initiative SMILE, students, graduates, research assistants as well as doctoral students and doctoral graduates are supported on their way to personal and professional independence across faculties and universities with various free events, seminars, workshops, coaches, etc. as well as in numerous sub-projects, such as SMILE.start, SMILE.freiberufler (freelancers), SMILE.gründerinnen (founders). SMILE is financed with funds from the European Union and the Free State of Saxony, among others.

With its founding date 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.