HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

Welcome to HHL

HHL is a university-level institution and ranks amongst 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, its clear research focus, its effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services.

HHL campus

According to the Financial Times, HHL ranks first in Germany and fifth globally 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 - #3 Business School in Germany, #17 for Master programs worldwide, #2 for salaries in Europe and #1 for Entrepreneurship (FT rankings), #1 for student satisfaction in Germany (Trendence), #6 for career progress (FT Executive MBA ranking) - 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 #6 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 - 90% of our MBA students come from outside Germany, and we offer the possibility of an optional term abroad at over 130 different partner universities

Immediate and continuous ROI - Our MBA graduates expect 60% salary increase on average - HHL provides extraordinary career opportunities that make the financial investment well worthwhile and generates lifelong benefits, not only financial - The MBA that pays off!

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.

Academic Background: First academic degree in any discipline

Work experience: Substantial post-graduate work experience (class average: 5,5 years)

GMAT: competitive GMAT score (class average: 630)

English test(s): TOEFL, IELTS

References: 2

Language fluency: English

http://study.hhl.de

Application deadlines:
Jan 31 – Early Bird deadline: 3,000 Euro tuition fee discount
May 30 – Application deadline for international candidates who require a visa to Germany
Jun 30 – Final application deadline

Online application:
Available at http://study.hhl.de

Admission Process:
Once you have submitted your application, our Admissions Officer will inform you right away if you have been selected for an interview, either via Skype or – if you are in Germany – at HHL. Once the committee has arrived at its final decision, you will be informed immediately. The whole admission process lasts two to three weeks.

Application fee: none

Tuition fee (Full-time MBA): 31 000 EUR / 29 000 EUR Early Bird rate

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

The education funds finance tuition fees and living costs. Repayment will depend on future income. HHL scholarships are available to outstanding candidates.

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 metropoles, accommodation in Leipzig is very reasonable. Student dorms are available for international students and are located near the campus.

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

Lear more about HHL student life or ask our students 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.

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.