HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Established | 1898 re-established 1992 |
| Chancellor | Dr. Hiltrud Ludwig |
| Dean | Prof. Dr. Tobias Dauth |
| Location | Jahnallee 59, 04109 Leipzig, Germany , , , |
| Website | www.hhl.de |
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, formerly known as Handelshochschule Leipzig, is a private business school based in Saxony, Germany.[2] Established in 1898, it is one of the world's oldest business schools.[3][4] The school is accredited internationally by AACSB[5] and locally by ACQUIN.[6][7] HHL Leipzig graduate school of management is authorized to award doctoral and postdoctoral degrees.[8]
History
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The school was founded in 1898 upon an initiative by the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce.[9] In 1946, it was integrated into Leipzig University and regained partial independence in 1969. After the Fall of the Iron Curtain and the reunification of Germany, the school was re-founded under private management in 1992, again, through an initiative of the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce.[3][10]
Ranking
[edit]Rankings of Individual HHL Programs
Master in Management
- Ranked 5th in Germany, 42nd worldwide in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking 2026[11]
- "Salary after graduation" category: Ranked 3rd in Europe
- "Alumni network" category: Ranked 4th in Europe
- "Career service" category: Ranked 5th in Europe
Master of Business Administration
The MBA program at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management achieves 62.6 out of 100 points in this category, placing it above the global average of 57.7 points.[12]
Study Programs
[edit]Master in Business Administration
[edit]- Full-time MBA
- Full-time MBA | Finance
- Full-time MBA | AI
- Part-time MBA
Master of Science (M.Sc.)
[edit]- Full-time Master in Management
- Full-time Master in Management | Finance
- Full-time Master in Management | Strategy and Business Consulting
- Part-time Master in Management
- Part-time Master in Management | Finance
- Master in Entrepreneurship
- Master in Finance
Doctoral Program
[edit]The doctoral program is for candidates who hold a secondary university degree. Within three years, the candidate participates in lectures, courses, a research colloquium and conferences. After successfully completing all requirements and acceptance of the doctoral thesis, the candidate is awarded the degree Dr. rer.oec.
The Leipzig Leadership Model
[edit]The Leipzig Leadership Model (LLM) is an interdisciplinary and multidimensional framework for good leadership developed at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in 2016.[13] The LLM uses its four dimensions (purpose, entrepreneurial spirit, effectiveness and responsibility) to link important questions of meaning and values with the strategic and operational tasks of entrepreneurial activity. The four dimensions can be applied using key questions and guide reflection:

- Are we pursuing an overarching goal? (Purpose)
- Do we think and act entrepreneurially? (entrepreneurial spirit)
- Are our actions legitimate? (Responsibility)
- Are we effective? (Effectiveness)
Without prescribing specific instructions for action, the LLM offers orientation in order to remain capable of acting as an organization or manager in a fundamentally uncontrollable world and to develop an attitude according to which the manager sees her/himself as part of a larger whole and defines her/himself through a value contribution and not through status, knowledge or power.[14]
In 2022 an extended version was published in which systemic interactions between entrepreneurial activity and grand challenges are given greater prominence.[15]
In 2023, a psychometric procedure ("Leipzig Leadership Profile") was presented, with the help of which individual leadership orientations are measured in the four model dimensions.[16] This is used in teaching and in the "New Leipzig Talents" competency coaching program.[17]
Partner Universities
[edit]The school maintains a network of more than 120 partner universities worldwide.[18]
- Imperial College Business School, Imperial College London
- Booth School of Business, University of Chicago
- Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College
- Goizueta Business School, Emory University
- Baruch College, City University of New York
- Freeman School of Business, Tulane University
- EADA Business School
- Nanyang Business School, Nanyang Technological University
- Indian Institute of Management Udaipur
- Norwegian School of Management
- Guanghua School of Management, Beijing University
- Lingnan (University) College, Sun Yat-sen University
- Indian Institute of Management
- Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
- Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- National Chengchi University, Taiwan
- NUCB Business School, Japan
Honorary doctors, senators and professors
[edit]- Heribert Meffert
- Michael Spence
- Wendelin Wiedeking
- Michael E. Porter
- Philip Kotler
- Kurt Biedenkopf
- Bernhard Walter
- Burkhard Schwenker[19][20]
- Hans Werner Sinn
- Gerhard Casper
- Jürgen F. Strube
- Stefan H. Thomke
- Arend Oetker
- Horst Albach
- Ludwig Trippen (†)
- Joseph A. Maciarello
- Angela Merkel[21]
Professors and alumni
[edit]- Karl von der Aa
- Abraham Adler
- Hermann Großmann
- Timo Meynhardt
- Balduin Penndorf
- Eugen Schmalenbach
- Rudolf Seyffert
- Franz Koch
- Arnis Vilks
Literature
[edit]100 Jahre Handelshochschule Leipzig 1898–1998. Festschrift anlässlich des 100-jährigen Gründungsjubiläums der Handelshochschule Leipzig am 25. April 1998; Published by: Handelshochschule Leipzig.[22]
References
[edit]- ↑ "HHL Leipzig Graduate School of management Rankings". Rankings FT.
- ↑ "HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management". Masters Portal.
- 1 2 "IG Geschichte der Handelshochschule Leipzig". www.igghhl.de. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "HHL, Leipzig Graduate School of management ESCP Europe". ESCP Europe. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "AACSB Schools Accredited in Business". Archived from the original on 19 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.
- ↑ "ACQUIN – Akkreditierungs-, Zertifizierungs- & Qualitätssicherungs-Institut". Acquin. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management". Top MBA. Archived from the original on 30 December 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2015.
- ↑ "HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management". HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ Kaplan, Andreas (2014) European management and European business schools: Insights from the history of business schools, European Management Journal doi:10.1016/j.emj.2014.03.006
- ↑ "HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management – Masters in management". Mim-compass.
- ↑ "Masters in Management 2026". ft.com. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ "QS Global MBA Rankings 2027". topuniversities.com. 21 September 2026. Retrieved 21 September 2026.
- ↑ Kirchgeorg, M., Meynhardt, T., Pinkwart, A., Suchanek, A., & Zülch, H. (2019). Das Leipziger Führungsmodell: führen und beitragen. BoD–Books on Demand
- ↑ Meynhardt, T. (2018). "The Leipzig Leadership Model - Finding purpose through contributing TEDxHHL". YouTube.
- ↑ Meynhardt, T., Kirchgeorg, M., Pinkwart, A., Suchanek, A., & Zülch, H. (2022). Führen in der Krise: Herausforderungen an das Leipziger Führungsmodell, S. 174, BoD–Books on Demand
- ↑ Meynhardt, T., Steuber, J., & Feser, M. (2023). The Leipzig Leadership Model: Measuring leadership orientations. Current Psychology, 1-20
- ↑ "Neue Leipziger Talente". Neue Leipziger Talente. Archived from the original on 15 March 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2024.
- ↑ "Partner universities on all continents | HHL Leipzig".
- ↑ "Webseite Leipzig Graduate School of Management". Archived from the original on 21 March 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "About us". Roland Berger. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "Merkel awarded her 17th honorary doctorate | DW | 31.08.2019". DW.COM. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
- ↑ "Zur Entwicklung der Betriebswirtschaftslehre in Deutschland - 100 Jahre Handelsschule Leipzig 1898 -1998 Handelshochschule Leipzig Handelshochschule Leipzig 014672". Archived from the original on 20 April 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2013.