HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

The program offers high international exposure and great flexibility and focuses on developing your leadership and entrepreneurial skills

HHL offers an innovative and flexible full-time MBA Program designed to prepare responsible and effective business leaders and entrepreneurs for the opportunities and challenges of the 21st century. The program offers students high international exposure, a solid understanding of the key management concepts and focuses on developing your leadership and entrepreneurial skills. Our program offers you the greatest flexibility and you have two tracks to choose from. The “Fast Track”, allows you to acquire the essential knowledge and skills and to return to work as soon as possible. The “Advanced Track” gives you the opportunity to take additional electives, to do an internship or a term abroad. It is best suited for candidates who wish to spend more time building a professional network, concentrate on certain disciplines or improve their German knowledge. 

Innovative. International. Individual. We are HHL.

Innovative. International. Individual. We are HHL.

HHL is a university-level institution and ranks among the leading international business schools. The goal of the oldest business school in German-speaking Europe is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially-minded leaders through its integrated management approach. 

HHL stands out for its excellent teaching, clear research focus, effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services.

Where we are today

• 800+ students in 8 programs
• 50+ nationalities on campus
• 3,500+ alumni in 10+ chapters
• 530+ start-ups, 4 unicorns
• 140+ partner universities

Innovative. International. Individual. We are HHL.

According to Startup Radar, HHL ranks first in Germany for its entrepreneurship focus. In addition to that, our graduates find excellent positions in many prominent companies in Germany as well as other countries in Europe and worldwide.

Five reasons to join HHL's international community:

Leading Positions in Rankings and International Accreditations - Among the top 5 Business Schools in Germany, #2 for salaries in Europe, #21 for MBA worldwide (QS), #11 Career Service worldwide  - HHL is the first private business school in Germany to be accredited by AACSB International

Individual Career Service and Close-knit Network - HHL provides students with outstanding industry connections and networking opportunities with leading companies and successful alumni worldwide, but also with individual career coaching; HHL is #11 worldwide for career service

Outstanding Teaching Quality and Focus on the Most Wanted Skills - Instruction at HHL is characterized by boutique classes, teamwork, and an intertwining of theory and practice - HHL trains strategic-thinking and innovative students with strong leadership and communication skills

Ultimate International Experience - 97% of our MBA students come from outside Germany, and we offer the possibility of an optional term abroad at over 140 different partner universities

Immediate and continuous ROI - Our MBA graduates experience a 80% salary increase on average - HHL provides extraordinary career opportunities that make the financial investment well worthwhile and generates lifelong benefits, not only financially - The MBA that pays off!

The MBA faculty at HHL brings a wealth of international experience to the classroom and are at the forefront in their respective fields.

The MBA faculty at HHL includes both full-time resident professors and international guest professors, who have taught at MIT, Stanford, the University of Chicago, the University of St. Gallen and other prestigious universities. They bring a wealth of international experience to the classroom and are at the forefront in their respective fields. Several courses are taught by business professionals with an outstanding track record of expertise in their subjects in order to bring together the academic element with the state-of-the-art business experience.

With more than 3.300 active alumni, the HHL network is well equipped with all sorts of contacts and connections. Our former students spread all around the globe - they are currently situated in more than 70 countries! The 50 annually, in-person held, alumni events strengthen our so called „HHL spirit“ tremendously. It is a support system for every student at HHL, built out of open-minded, communicative, successful and creative alumni, which becomes bigger and stronger every year. The highlight of each year is the Homecoming event in Leipzig. It is well visited by alumni, current students, professors and staff. It is almost impossible not to form connections and exchange ideas there.

Take the first step towards joining our exclusive and tightknit network

Academic Background: First academic degree in any discipline

Work experience: 3 years post-graduate work experience

GMAT/GRE: competitive GMAT score or equivalent GRE score

Proof of very good English: TOEFL of 90+ or IELTS of 7.0+

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Application deadlines:
Nov 30 – Early Bird I deadline: 6,000 Euro tuition fee discount
Jan 31 – Early Bird II deadline: 5,000 Euro tuition fee discount
Mar 31 – Early Bird III deadline 2,000 Euro tuition fee discount

May 31-- Application deadline for international candidates who require a visa to Germany
Jun 30 – Final application deadline

Online application:
Available at https://www.hhl.de/application-full-time-mba-program/

Admission Process:

Step 1:
YOU Complete and submit your online application

Step 2:
WE review your application and give you our first feedback

Step 3:
YOU will be invited for an interview with one of our professors (in-person or Skype)

Step 4:
WE communicate our decision within 2 weeks

Step 5:
YOU accept our offer by signing the contract and paying the commitment fee within 3 weeks

The whole admission process lasts two to three weeks.

Questions? Feel free to get in touch!

Application fee: none

Tuition fee (Full-time MBA): 39 500 EUR / 33 500 EUR Early Bird I rate/ 34 500 EUR Early Bird II rate/ 37 500 EUR Early Bird III rate

Average living costs per year: 8 000 EUR / 9 050 US Dollar

HHL scholarships are available to outstanding candidates. Other financing options are also available, read more here.

HHL graduation in the heart of Leipzig

40,000 students call Leipzig their home. The city offers a high-quality lifestyle with very moderate living costs compared to other university cities in Germany. With its many parks, open air sports facilities, surrounding lakes with beautiful beaches, as well as many jogging and biking paths, Leipzig is certainly one of the greenest European metropoles. Also our campus is surrounded by the green banks of the White Elster river, where you can relax after classes. In your free time, you can also enjoy a drink with your classmates in one of the many cafés, restaurants or German Biergarten, or participate in one of the many cultural events.

Compared to other German and European cities, accommodation in Leipzig is very reasonable. Student dorms are available for international students and are located near the campus.

The HHL Campus

The HHL-Leipzig mix sets the perfect balance for studying, networking and enjoying life:

Learn more about the HHL student experience or get in touch to find out more about living in Leipzig, sports activities or students initiatives! 

Leipzig is a city that embraces and offers diversity. The people are friendly and open-minded and show an interest in the new and the unfamiliar and thus the city is continuously re-inventing itself. Leipzig is not only a city for work and study – it also offers plenty of distractions. Enjoy a picnic (or a morning run) in the big Clara Park, a boat tour on the river Elster, join a walk through the galleries of the Spinnerei, go hiking among blocks of flats, or surfing on the lakes in the surroundings of Leipzig, buy souvenirs at a night flea market, watch a soccer match in a 40 000 seat stadium… Leipzig makes it easy to balance out work and life.

Team-building in the Welcome Weeks

The Welcome Weeks offer a plunge into the HHL spirit. Through a range of intercultural team-building activities, you will embark on your unforgettable HHL adventure. You will get to know classmates from all of our programs and from all corners of the world and lay the foundation for a powerful network of contacts that will support you not only through your studies but far beyond. Refresher courses on business management fundamentals will also ease you into the program, and an initial introduction to the Leipzig Leadership Model will begin your transformation into the future leader of your aspirations.

After four terms on campus, MBA students have the choice between:

_expand your global network on an internatioal study trip
_a term abroad at one of our 140 partner universities,
_work on a real-life consulting project
_test your entrepreneurial skills in a lean startup seminar
_complete an internship, be an entrepreneur in residence or make a difference with a social impact project

Study German to get a headstart for your career

For those who want to use the lecture-free time to study the language more intensively, there is an intensive three-weeks German course for beginners offered in August.