Editing Leipzig (section)

==Education==
[[File:Leipzig - Universitätsstraße - Uni + Paulinum + Neues Augusteum - Schinkeltor 02 ies.jpg|thumb|Campus of Leipzig University]]
[[File:HGB-LichthofMontage.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|Atrium of the [[Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig]]]]

===University===
[[Leipzig University]], founded 1409, is one of Europe's oldest universities. [[Karl Bücher]], a German economist, founded the ''Institut für Zeitungswissenschaften'' (Institute for Newspaper Science) at the University of Leipzig in 1916. It was the first institute of its kind to be established in Europe, and it marks the commencement of academic study of media communication in Germany.<ref>Tillack-Graf, Anne-Kathleen (2019). ''"Institute of Communication and Media Studies (University of Leipzig)"''. The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Mass Media and Society. SAGE Publications.</ref> 

[[Gottfried Leibniz|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]], a philosopher and mathematician, was born in Leipzig in 1646, and attended the university from 1661 to 1666. Nobel Prize laureate [[Werner Heisenberg]] worked at the university as a physics professor (from 1927 to 1942), as did Nobel Prize laureates [[Gustav Ludwig Hertz]] (physics), [[Wilhelm Ostwald]] (chemistry) and [[Theodor Mommsen]] ([[Nobel Prize in Literature]]). The 2022 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine]] went to [[Svante Pääbo]], an honorary professor at the university. Other former university staff include mineralogist [[Georg Agricola]], writer [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]], philosopher [[Ernst Bloch]], founder of [[psychophysics]] [[Gustav Theodor Fechner]], and founder of modern psychology, [[Wilhelm Wundt]]. The university's notable former students include writers [[Johann Wolfgang Goethe]] and [[Erich Kästner]], philosopher [[Friedrich Nietzsche]], political activist [[Karl Liebknecht]], and composer [[Richard Wagner]]. [[Angela Merkel]], former German chancellor, studied physics at Leipzig University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.uni-leipzig.de/english/index.html |title=Leipzig University homepage |access-date=22 August 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080912050259/http://www.uni-leipzig.de/english/index.html |archive-date=12 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The university has about 30,000 students.

A part of Leipzig University is the [[German Institute for Literature]] which was founded in 1955 under the name "Johannes R. Becher-Institut". Many noted writers have graduated from this school, including [[Heinz Czechowski]], Kurt Drawert, [[Adolf Endler]], [[Ralph Giordano (writer)|Ralph Giordano]], Kerstin Hensel, [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah]] and Rainer Kirsch, Angela Krauß, [[Erich Loest]], and [[Fred Wander]]. After its closure in 1990 the institute was refounded in 1995 with new teachers.

===Visual arts and theatre===
The Academy of Visual Arts (''[[Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst]]'') was established in 1764. Its 600 students ({{As of|2018|lc=y}}) are enrolled in courses in painting and graphics, book design/graphic design, photography and media art. The school also houses an Institute for Theory.

The [[University of Music and Theatre Leipzig|University of Music and Theatre]] offers a broad range of subjects ranging from training in orchestral instruments, voice, interpretation, coaching, piano chamber music, orchestral conducting, choir conducting and musical composition to acting and scriptwriting.
[[File:Rat-des-Bezirkes-Leipzig.jpg|thumb|Main building of [[Leipzig University of Applied Sciences|Leipzig University of Applied Sciences (HTWK)]]]]

===University of Applied Science===
The [[Leipzig University of Applied Science]]s (HTWK)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.htwk-leipzig.de/en/ |title=? |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321154621/http://www.htwk-leipzig.de/en/ |archive-date=21 March 2015}}</ref> has approximately 6,200 students ({{As of|2007|lc=y}}) and is ({{As of|2007|lc=y}}) the second biggest institution of higher education in Leipzig. It was founded in 1992, merging several older schools. As a university of applied sciences (German: {{Lang|de|Fachhochschule}}) its status is slightly below that of a university, with more emphasis on the practical parts of education. The HTWK offers many engineering courses, as well as courses in computer science, mathematics, business administration, librarianship, museum studies, and social work. It is mainly located in the south of the city.

===Leipzig Graduate School===
The private [[HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management|Leipzig Graduate School of Management]], (in German ''Handelshochschule Leipzig (HHL)''), is the oldest business school in Germany. According to [[The Economist]], HHL is one of the best schools in the world, ranked at number six overall.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Bildung/Leipziger-HHL-Absolventen-erhalten-weltweit-zweithoechstes-Einstiegsgehalt |title=Management Master – Leipziger HHL-Absolventen erhalten weltweit zweithöchstes Einstiegsgehalt – LVZ – Leipziger Volkszeitung |last=LVZ-Online |website=www.lvz.de |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=22 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200522101853/https://www.lvz.de/Leipzig/Bildung/Leipziger-HHL-Absolventen-erhalten-weltweit-zweithoechstes-Einstiegsgehalt |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/whichmba/MiM/2017/S/HHL-Leipzig-Graduate-School-of-Management |title=Masters in Management 2017 |newspaper=The Economist |access-date=6 June 2017 |archive-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180225135745/http://www.economist.com/whichmba/MiM/2017/S/HHL-Leipzig-Graduate-School-of-Management |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Lancaster University Leipzig ===
Branch campus of [[Lancaster University]], it is the first public UK university with a campus in Germany. [[Lancaster University Leipzig]] was founded in 2020 and currently has a diverse international student body with more than 45 nationalities.

===Research institutes===
[[File:LE Max Blanck MIS MPI.jpg|thumb|upright=0.7|The Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences]]
Leipzig is currently the home of twelve research institutes and the [[Saxon Academy of Sciences and Humanities]].
*[[Max Planck Society]]: [[Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences]], [[Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences]], and [[Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology]].
*[[Fraunhofer Society]] institutes: Fraunhofer IZI and Fraunhofer IMW.
*[[Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres]]: [[Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research]]
*{{ill|Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum|de|lt=Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum – DBFZ}}
*[[Leibniz Association]]: {{ill|Leibniz-Institut für Troposphärenforschung|de|lt=Leibniz-Institute for Tropospheric Research}}, {{ill|Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung|de|lt=Leibniz-Institute IOM}}, [[Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe]], {{ill|Leibniz-Institut für Länderkunde|de|lt=Leibniz-Institute IfL}}, {{ill|Leibniz-Institut für jüdische Geschichte und Kultur – Simon Dubnow|de|lt=Leibniz-Institute for Jewish history and Culture – Simon Dubnow}}.

===Others===
Leipzig is home to one of the world's oldest schools, ''[[Thomasschule zu Leipzig]]'' (St.&nbsp;Thomas' School, Leipzig), which gained fame for its long association with the [[Bach family]] of musicians and composers.

The Lutheran Theological Seminary is a seminary of the [[Evangelical Lutheran Free Church (Germany)|Evangelical Lutheran Free Church]] in Leipzig.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lutherisches Theologisches Seminar |url=http://elfk.de.dd21408.kasserver.com/html/main/uber-uns/arbeitsbereiche/seminar/ |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160211063650/http://elfk.de.dd21408.kasserver.com/html/main/uber-uns/arbeitsbereiche/seminar/ |archive-date=11 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lutherisches Theologisches Seminar Leipzig |url=http://www.elfk.de/html/seminar/ |access-date=7 February 2016 |archive-date=24 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200224052355/http://www.elfk.de/html/seminar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The seminary trains students to become pastors for the Evangelical Lutheran Free Church or for member church bodies of the [[Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Evangelical Lutheran Free Church – Germany |url=http://www.celc.info/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180010197&cpage_id=180031338 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207102042/http://www.celc.info/site/cpage.asp?sec_id=180010197&cpage_id=180031338 |archive-date=7 February 2016 }}</ref>