Leipzig University of Applied Sciences

Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig
Motto	Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur – WissenschafftVerbindung
Motto in English	Technology, Economy and Culture connected by science
Type	Public research university
Established	1992
Rector	Jean-Alexander Müller
Students	6.580 (WS 2023/24)
Location	Leipzig, Saxony, Germany; 51°18′51″N 12°22′21″E / 51.31417°N 12.37250°E
Campus	Urban
Website	www.htwk-leipzig.de

The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, in German the Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur (HTWK), is a Fachhochschule in Leipzig, in the Saxony region of Germany. It offers a combination of practice-oriented teaching and application-driven research, with a particularly broad spectrum of engineering and technical disciplines, as well as in the fields of economics, social science and culture. It offers more than 40 degree courses. There are currently^[when?] about 6,600 students enrolled at HTWK Leipzig.

History

The Leipzig University of Applied Sciences Leipzig was founded on 15 July 1992. It was founded by the Leipzig University of Technology, the Leipzig School of Librarians and Booksellers, the School of Librarianship and the Institute of Museology. The university is not yet represented on RocApply for applications

Location and buildings

The main campus with 13 buildings is located along the streets Karl-Liebknecht-Straße, Gustav-Freytag-Straße, Eichendorffstraße and Kochstraße in Leipzig-Connewitz. Outside the main campus are three other university buildings: the Wiener-Bau of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology in Wächterstraße / Zentrum-Süd, the Life Science & Engineering research center in Eilenburger Straße / Reudnitz, and the sports hall on Arno-Nitzsche-Straße. In recent years, the campus has been supplemented by new buildings, most recently the Hopper and Shannon Buildings (occupied by the Faculty of Digital Transformation) in the Plagwitz area of the city in 2019.

Faculties

Faculty of Architecture and Social Sciences
Faculty of Business Administration and Industrial Engineering
Faculty of Civil Engineering
Faculty of Computer Science and Media
Faculty of Engineering
Faculty of Digital Transformation

Rectors

Klaus Steinbock, Founder (1992-2003), professor of automation engineering
Manfred Nietner (2003-2006), professor of production techniques
Hubertus Milke (2006-2011), professor of water management, hydrology and settlement water management
Michael Kubessa (2011), professor of supply and disposal technology
Renate Lieckfeldt (2011-2013), professor of technical management and project management
Markus Krabbes (2013-2014), professor of information systems
Gesine Grande (2014-2019), professor of psychology
Mark Mietzner (2019-2024), professor of banking and finance
Jean-Alexander Müller (2024-present), professor of computer networks

Lecturers

Lecturers at the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences

University library

The library supports students, staff and academic programmes with a variety of services. It offers study places and study rooms for individuals or groups as well as workshops on topics such as information literacy and reference management programmes.^[2]

The library's holdings include: