Boasting a multitude of partnerships with foreign universities, our university promotes international cooperation in teaching and research. Bilateral university partnerships and our membership of the Utrecht Network are of particular importance.
Bilateral University Partnerships
Our university currently maintains bilateral agreements with 52 higher education institutions abroad. A number of our 12 bilateral partnerships with European universities have existed for many decades. These partnerships are a valuable complement to the Erasmus+ programme.
We currently have 40 bilateral agreements with higher education institutions outside Europe. They are an ideal platform for existing projects as well as for initiating new ones. Students have the chance to spend semesters abroad outside Europe. As of 2014, non-European partner universities can now also benefit from Erasmus+ funding.
In addition to university partnerships, many faculties cooperate with partner institutions abroad. A total of 10 European and 78 non-European faculty partnerships are currently in place.
Austria:
University of Graz
Bulgaria:
Sofia University (“St. Clement of Ohrid”)
Czech Republic:
Charles University of Prague
Finland:
Tampere University
France:
Université Lumière Lyon 2
Greece:
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Poland:
University of Wrocław
Jagiellonian University of Kraków
Romania:
Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca
Slovenia:
University of Ljubljana
Spain:
University of Salamanca
Argentina:
National University of Cuyo
Australia:
Macquarie University
Monash University
Brazil:
Rio de Janeiro State University
Federal University of Pernambuco
Canada:
Carleton University
Chile:
University of Chile
Pontifical Catholic University of Chile
University of the Andes
Cuba:
University of Havana
Egypt:
Ethiopia:
Addis Ababa University
Indonesia:
Universitas Gadjah Mada
State University of Jakarta/University of Brawijaya
Iraq:
Salahaddin University-Erbil
Israel:
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ben Gurion University of the Negev
Japan:
Waseda University
Chiba University
Mexico:
College of Mexico, Mexico
Mozambique:
Pedagogical University
Peru:
National University of San Marcos
PR China
Renmin University of China
Tongji University
South Africa:
Stellenbosch University
South Korea:
Sogang University
Sri Lanka:
University of Colombo
Syria:
Damascus University
Taiwan:
National Chengchi University
Tanzania:
University of Dar es Salaam
United States of America:
Binghamton University
Colgate University
Kent State University
Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Ohio University, Athens
Rice University, Houston
University of Houston
University of Arizona, Tucson
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
Vietnam:
Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST)
Vietnamese-German University
Czech Republic:
University of Veterinary and Pharmaceutical Sciences Brno
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Hungary:
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Italy:
Institute for Computational Linguistics «A. Zampolli» – National Research Council of Italy
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science
Latvia:
University of Latvia
Faculty of Education
Moldova:
State University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Nicolae Testemiţanu”
Faculty of Medicine
Romania:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Cluj-Napoca
Faculty of Medicine
Serbia:
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
Spain:
University of Granada
Faculty of Philology – Language Centre
Ukraine:
Lysenko National Music Academy, Lviv
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
United Kingdom:
University of St. Andrews
Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
Argentina:
National University of Tucumán
Faculty of Philology
Bahrain:
University of Bahrain
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Brazil:
Brazilian Center of Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP)
Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Federal University of Paraná
Faculty of Philology
University of São Paulo
Faculty of Philology
Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Faculdades EST
Faculty of Theology
Unisinos University
Faculty of Theology
Universidade FUMEC
Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Universidade federal Do Pará
Faculty of Economics and Management Science, Faculty of Medicine
Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará
Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Faculdade Luterana de Teologia, Sao Bento do Sul
Faculty of Theology
Cameroon:
University of Yaoundé I
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Canada:
University of Ontario
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Université de Montréal
Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
Chile:
University of Concepción
Faculty of Philology
Universidad Católica de Temuco
Faculty of Philology
Columbia:
University of Antioquia
Faculty of Biosciences, Pharmacy and Psychology
Cuba:
University of Physical Culture and Sport Sciences “Manuel Fajardo” (UCCFD)
Faculty of Sport Science
Egypt:
Badr University
Faculty of Veterinary Medicin
Pharos University in Alexandria
Faculty of Medicine
Ethiopia:
University of Gondar
Faculty of Medicine
India:
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune
Faculty of Chemistry and Mineralogy
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Jawaharlal Nehru University
Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
O.P. Jindal Global University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Pondicherry University
Faculty of Philology
Israel:
Bar-Ilan University
Faculty of Theology
Japan:
Shinshu University
Faculty of Philology
Aichi Prefectural University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies (student exchange), Faculty of Education
Mie University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies (student exchange)
Osaka Kyoiku University
Faculty of Education
Osaka Prefecture University
Faculty of Life, Environment, and Advanced Sciences
Kobe University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies (student exchange)
Keio University
Faculty of Economics and Management Science (student exchange)
Hiroshima University
Faculty of Education
Ritsumeikan University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Mukogawa Women’s University
Faculty of Sport Science
Kyoto Sangyo University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies (student exchange)
Daito Bunka University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies (student exchange)
Soka University
Faculty of Education
University of Tsukuba
Faculty of Sport Science
Jordan:
German Jordanian University, Amman
Faculty of Philology, Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Kazakhstan:
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University
Faculty of Education
Kokshetau State University
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Kenya:
University of Nairobi
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST)
(in partnership with Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia)
Faculty of Education
Malaysia:
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Faculty of Education
Mexico:
University of Guadalajara
Faculty of Philology
University of Guanajuato
Faculty of Medicine
Ibero-American Sports University
Faculty of Sport Science
Nepal:
Kathmandu University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
New Zealand:
University of Otago
Faculty of Social Sciences and Philosophy
PR China:
Peking University
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
Fudan University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Heilongjiang University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Hong Kong Baptist University
Faculty of History, Arts and Area Studies
Shanghai University of Medicine & Health Sciences (SUMHS)
Faculty of Medicine
Rwanda:
University of Global Health Equity
Faculty of Medicine
South Africa:
University of the Free State
Faculty of Physics and Earth Sciences
South Korea:
Gyeongsang National University
Faculty of Philology
Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Faculty of Philology
Chonnam National University
Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine (TRM)
Sangmyung University, Seoul
Faculty of Education
Chung-Ang University
Faculty of Education
Kyung Hee University
Faculty of Economics and Management Science
Syria:
Al-Baath University
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Taiwan:
Wenzao Ursuline University of Languages
Faculty of Philology (student exchange)
Uganda:
Makerere University
Faculty of Medicine
US:
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Student exchange
University of California
Centre for Higher Studies, Erasmus Mundus
Duke University
Faculty of Theology
United Lutheran Seminary
Faculty of Theology
Vietnam:
University of Medicine and Pharmacy HCMC
Faculty of Medicine
We are proud of our diversity. That’s why our international partnerships do not focus on a particular region, but rather on the whole world.
Dr Svend Poller, Head of the International Centre
Arqus European University Alliance
Leipzig is a member of the Arqus European University Alliance together with the universities of Granada (Spain), Graz (Austria), Leipzig, Lyon 1 (France), Maynooth (Ireland), Minho (Portugal), Padova (Italy), Vilnius (Lithuania) and Wroclaw (Poland) as well as the National University of Kiev-Mohyla Academy (Ukraine) as an associated partner.. The main purpose of this alliance is to promote intensive integration and cooperation at all levels as well as the exchange of experience in the areas of research and advancement of young academics, studies, teaching and social commitment. Find out more on our website.
Utrecht Network
Our university is part of the Utrecht Network. This European university network promotes international cooperation between its members, and in turn internationalisation and the sharing of experience.
A total of 32 universities from 27 European countries belong to the network. Together they organise conferences, summer schools, workshops, continuing education courses and study programmes. Every year, more than 1300 students and around 200 scholars take part in academic exchanges within the network.
The Utrecht Network cooperates with Australian university partners from the Australian-European Network (AEN) and the US Mid-American Universities International (MAUI) network.