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Leuphana University Luneburg

Public university in Lüneburg, 30 minutes from Hamburg: a shared first semester, then a major plus a minor; seven English majors, no tuition.

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7 programmes
City
Luneburg
Apply via
Leuphana's myCampus portal
Next deadline
31 May 2027

Deadlines

  1. 31 May 2027*

    Medicine group closes for gap-year applicants (leaving certificate before mid-January)
    Hard deadline
    Details

    This deadline applies if your school-leaving certificate predates 16 January of the application year, which for an IB candidate means you took a gap year. Straight from the Diploma, this is not your deadline.

    Published as "31.05.2026 - Ende der Bewerbungsphase (Ausschlussfrist) fuer Alt-Abiturient*innen", qualified "mit einem HZB-Zeugnis vor 16.01.2026". If you take a gap year and apply with your 2027 diploma for 2028 entry, you become an Altabiturient and the deadline moves forward by six weeks. An Ausschlussfrist cannot be extended, and hochschulstart says so explicitly - not even where the applicant is blameless. hochschulstart.de carries only two tables, Wintersemester 2026/27 and an archive of Sommersemester 2026, and no Wintersemester 2027/28 dates exist anywhere on the site. Judging by this cycle the winter table appears in spring, so recheck from about March 2027.

    Source

  2. 15 July 2027*

    Medicine and neighbours close — for applicants with a 2027 certificate
    Hard deadline
    Details

    The deadline for a student applying straight from the May 2027 session. Roughly a week after results, so the paperwork has to be ready before they arrive.

    Published as "15.07.2026 - Ende der Bewerbungsphase (Ausschlussfrist) fuer Neu-Abiturient*innen", qualified "mit einem HZB-Zeugnis nach 15.01.2026". Your IB results arrive 6 July 2027, so you fall in the Neuabiturient group and this is the deadline that matters. Which group you are in turns on the date printed on the certificate, not on when you apply. hochschulstart.de carries only two tables, Wintersemester 2026/27 and an archive of Sommersemester 2026, and no Wintersemester 2027/28 dates exist anywhere on the site. Judging by this cycle the winter table appears in spring, so recheck from about March 2027.

    Source

  3. 15 July 2027

    Application deadline for winter semester 2027/28 (window opens mid-May)
    Hard deadline
    DetailsSource
All dates for this school (1 more)

  1. 6 July 2027*

    IB results released
    Details

    Early July, which is what places an IB candidate in the later medicine group rather than the earlier one.

    Source

* Last year’s date, not yet confirmed.

Every date in Germany

What you could study here

EU/EEA tuition: Free (semester fee about €453).

Studium Individuale

BA · 3 yrs

Core modules are in English, but electives come from across Leuphana and some may require German.

Interdisciplinary

Psychology

BSc · 3 yrs

Does not qualify you for a psychotherapy or clinical psychology master.

Social sciences

What it asks of IB students

The IB must meet Germany's KMK rule. 30% of places go on grade alone, the rest on grade, extracurricular points and an optional English study-skills test. English: IB English A HL at 6, or e.g. IELTS 6.5.

Where it says so

Where it says so

Its IB recognition statement

Worth knowing

You combine your major with a minor; several minors are in English, and for a German-taught minor you should ideally have C1 German (DSH-2).

All 3 notes
  • You combine your major with a minor; several minors are in English, and for a German-taught minor you should ideally have C1 German (DSH-2).
  • IB English B is not on Leuphana's English list: the IB route is English A HL at grade 6, otherwise a test such as IELTS 6.5, which may follow up to the start of lectures.
  • Around half of Digital Media's courses take place at the Hamburg Media School, the other half on the Lüneburg campus.

Sources
  1. Leuphana College — Bachelor's majors — checked 2026-09-26
  2. Leuphana College — International applications ("from mid-May to 15 July 2027") — checked 2026-09-26
  3. Leuphana College — Entry requirements for international applicants (IB recognition, EU/EEA apply directly) — checked 2026-09-26
  4. Leuphana College — English language proficiency for English-language majors — checked 2026-09-26
  5. Leuphana College — Application — checked 2026-09-26
  6. Leuphana — Economics major (55 places; minors in English and German) — checked 2026-09-26
  7. Leuphana — Psychology major (70 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  8. Leuphana — Studium Individuale (40 places; some modules may require German) — checked 2026-09-26
  9. Leuphana — Cultural Studies: Organization, Society, and the Arts (35 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  10. Leuphana — Digital Media major (36 places; Hamburg Media School) — checked 2026-09-26
  11. Leuphana — Global Environmental and Sustainability Sciences (70 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  12. Leuphana — International Business Administration & Entrepreneurship (160 places) — checked 2026-09-26
  13. Leuphana College — Admission process (best quota 30%; main quota grade, extracurricular points, study skills test; admission limits 2025) — checked 2026-09-30
  14. Leuphana — Admission limits winter 2025/26 (best quota and main quota per major) — checked 2026-09-30
  15. Leuphana Gazette 35/26 — Zulassungsordnung (selection rules: 30% best quota; up to 59 points; 10% waiting time) — checked 2026-09-30
  16. Leuphana Gazette 40/26 — Zugangsordnung (English for English majors: IB English A HL at 6) — checked 2026-09-30
  17. Leuphana College — Selection days: study skills test and interviews (interviews only for Studium Individuale) — checked 2026-09-30
  18. Leuphana — Extracurricular activities that earn selection points (max 5) — checked 2026-09-30
  19. Leuphana — Psychology curriculum (compulsory internship from semester 4) — checked 2026-09-30
  20. Leuphana — IBAE double degree with the University of Glasgow — checked 2026-09-30
  21. Leuphana — GESS integrated year abroad — checked 2026-09-30
  22. KMK — Agreement on the overall grade of foreign school-leaving certificates (one decimal place, not rounded; basis of the IB-point equivalents of cut-offs) — checked 2026-09-30