UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG
University of Leipzig (UL): Leipzig University was founded in 1409 making it one of the oldest universities in Germany. It is an interdisciplinary, international comprehensive university with 35,000 persons research, teach and study at the university and more than 4,300 persons are employed at the University Hospital of Leipzig.
Leipzig University has been placed as the best university in the New Laender and among the top 25 in Germany in the fourth consecutive year (by the Shanghai Ranking).
The Faculty of Sport Science at Leipzig University is Saxony’s only institution for the education of sport scientists. It has a total of 120 employees with currently 1261 enrolled students of which 55 are PhD students. The faculty generates on average 2 million Euros yearly through external research funding. It offers a total of 9 different sport science degrees at the bachelor, master and PhD level. The faculty consists of six departments both in natural and human sciences. Research areas of the Department of Sport Psychology and Physical Education focus on doping, doping prevention as well as the psychology of elite sports.