of physical and theoretical chemistry faculty of economics and management science institute of accounting, finance and taxation (iufb) institute of building design and management (igb) institute of business education and management training (ifw) institute of economic policy (iwp) institute of empirical economic research (iew) institute of information systems institute of infrastructure and resource management (iirm) institute of insurance science (ivl) institute of public finance and public management (pfpm) institute of real estate management (iim) institute of service and relationship management (isrm) institute of theoretical economics (itvwl) institute of trade and banking (ihb) institute of urban development and construction management (isb) faculty of education institute of educational sciences institute of pre-primary and primary education institute of special and inclusive education faculty of history, arts and regional studies department of history institute of african studies institute of ancient near eastern studies institute of anthropology institute of art education institute of art history institute of east asian studies institute of egyptology institute of musicology institute of oriental studies institute of south and central asian studies institute of the study of religions institute of theatre studies faculty of law ernst jaeger institute of corporate restructuring and insolvency law institute of broadcasting law institute of energy and regulatory law institute of environmental and planning law institute of foreign and european private and procedural law institute of german and international law of banking and capital markets institute of international law institute of labour and social law institute of law and politics institute of public international law, european law and foreign public law institute of tax law institute of the foundations of law institute of the legal profession faculty of life sciences institute of biochemistry institute of biology wilhelm wundt institute of psychology faculty of mathematics and computer science institute of computer science institute of mathematics faculty of medicine carl ludwig institute of physiology centre for clinical trials leipzig centre for environmental medicine and environmental epidemiology clinical pharmacology experimental centre of the faculty of medicine general medicine unit heart center leipzig gmbh innovation center computer assisted surgery (iccas) institute for medical physics and biophysics institute of anatomy institute of biochemistry (medicine) institute of legal medicine institute of medical informatics, statistics and epidemiology institute of social medicine, occupational health and public health integrated research and treatment center (ifb) adipositydiseases interdisciplinary centre for clinical research karl-sudhoff-institute of history of medicine and science life forschungszentrum für zivilisationserkrankungen (life) neurological rehabilitation centre paul flechsig institute for brain research rudolf boehm institute of pharmacology and toxicology faculty of philology institute of american studies institute of applied linguistics and translatology institute of british studies institute of classical studies and comparative literature herder-institute (german as a foreign language) institute of german language and literature institute of linguistics institute of romance studies institute of slavonic studies institute of sorbian studies faculty of physics and earth sciences institute of geography institute of geophysics and geology institute of meteorology peter debye institute of soft matter physics felix bloch institute of solid state physics institute of theoretical physics faculty of social sciences and philosophy institute of communication and media studies institute of global and european studies institute of philosophy institute of political science institute of sociology institute of the study of culture faculty of sport science institute of sport medicine and prevention institute of general kinesiology and athletics training institute of movement and training science in sports i institute of movement and training science in sports ii institute of exercise and public health institute of sport psychology and physical education faculty of theology institute of church history institute of new testament science institute of old testament studies institute of practical theology institute of religious education institute of systematic theology faculty of veterinary medicine department for birds and reptiles department for horses department for ruminants and swine department for small animal institute of anatomy, histology and embryology institute of animal hygiene and veterinary public health institute of animal nutrition, nutrition diseases and dietetics institute of bacteriology and mycology institute of food hygiene institute of immunology institute of parasitology institute of pathology institute of pharmacology, pharmacy and toxicology institute of physiological chemistry institute of physiology institute of virology oberholz farm for teaching and research institutes affiliated with the university international max planck research school- mathematics in the sciences (imprs mis), in association with max planck institute for mathematics in the sciences international max planck research school on neuroscience of communication: function, structure, and plasticity, in association with max planck institute for human cognitive and brain sciences international max planck research school "the leipzig school of human origins", in association with max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology institute of non-classical chemistry e.v institute for applied informatics simon dubnow institute for jewish history and culture at leipzig university leipzig centre for the history and culture of east central europe translational centre for regenerative medicine german centre for integrative biodiversity research (idiv) institute of east asian studies of the leipzig university institute of classical archaeology of the leipzig university institute for international law, european law and foreign public law (invea) of the leipzig university academics today, the university has 14 faculties. with over 29,000 students, it is saxony's second-largest university. there are now more than 150 institutes and the university offers 190 study programs leading to bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, staatsexamen, diplom (equivalent to master's degree) and ph.d.s. the university offers a number of courses in english and other foreign languages, and there are several programs which have been specially designed for foreign students. exchange partner universities include the universities of arizona, oklahoma, houston, alberta, ohio, and edinburgh. traditionally contacts to universities in eastern europe and the far east are strong as well, e.g. there are cooperations with leading institutions such as moscow's lomonosov university and renmin university in beijing.anatomy auditorium of the faculty of medicinethere are several international master's programs: american studies, global studies, sustainable development studies, sept (mba in sme promotion) and one bachelor/master's/ph.d. program (international physics studies program) taught in english. american studies leipzig was awarded three international professorships: the fulbright-leipzig chair for american studies, the daad professorship for american and international studies, and the picador guest professorship for literature. it is also the home of aspeers – emerging voices in american studies, a graduate-level peer-reviewed scholarly journal for american studies. erasmus mundus global studies is an interdisciplinary, research-based master offered by a consortium of five european universities: leipzig university, the london school of economics, university of vienna, university of wroclaw and roskilde university. in the field of anthropology, the university is cooperating with the leipzig max planck institute for evolutionary anthropology. in 1995, the leibniz-institute for jewish history and culture named after simon dubnow was formed as a research institution related to the university. since 2008 the university is also home to one of germany's few confucius institutes. the institute is based on an agreement of june 2006 between the university administration and representatives of the chinese embassy to establish a confucius institute in cooperation with the renmin university and the "national office for teaching chinese as a foreign language". leipzig university has been the home of the first german chair for chinese and east asian languages in the 19th century, which later became the institute of east asian studies, which still exists today (see georg von der gabelentz). rankings university rankingsglobal – overallarwu world201–300 (2021)qs world420 (2022)usnwr global350 (2021) national – overallarwu national11-20 (2021) the university is ranked 18th in germany, 98th in europe, and 264th in the world by the web-based webometrics ranking of world universities, a ranking evaluating universities' scientific online publications. the 2018 arwu ranking sees leipzig climbing in the 151–200 tier being among the top 14 german universities. leipzig has constantly been ranked among the german top 10 in various university sport disciplines over the past decades. international students leipzig university has a large body of international students. in winter term 2017, out of its 28,797 students about 11% (3,174) were foreign students. student life leipzig has a thriving student life with a large number of student run bars, sports clubs and recreational facilities for students. the student body in leipzig is diverse, not only due to the broad spectrum of subjects at the university but also because of the other higher education institutions in the city. the moritzbastei is the largest student club in germany, it is part of the historic city fortifications of leipzig and is famous for its atmosphere and large number of cultural events. the university is home to the leipzig academic orchestra and the university choir of leipzig. there are numerous courses offered in performing arts every semester and a dance festival is organised by students once a year. in the field of sports, the university offers training opportunities and courses in almost all disciplines. during the annual leipzig book fair, the university library and other university institutions organise public events for authors. notable people johann sebastian bach tycho brahejohann wolfgang von goethe gottfried leibniz angela merkel friedrich nietzsche leipzig university has produced many notable individuals and noble laureates. some famous people affiliated with leipzig include: music johann christoph altnickol, german composer, son-in-law to johann sebastian bach johann friedrich agricola, german composer, pupil of johann sebastian bach carl philipp emanuel bach, german composer, second famous son of johann sebastian bach johann christoph friedrich bach, german composer, 3rd famous son of johann sebastian bach wilhelm friedemann bach, german composer, first famous son of johann sebastian bach lorenz christoph mizler, german composer and music theorist, pupil of johann sebastian bach friedrich blume, german music theorist robert schumann, german music composer christoph graupner, german composer johann kuhnau, german composer, thomaskantor johann david heinichen, german composer and music theorist, royal polish and electoral saxon kapellmeister richard wagner, german composer georg philipp telemann, german composer, godfather to carl philipp emanuel bach humanities theodor mommsen, german historian, nobel prize in literature franz delitzsch, german theologian and hebrew scholar michael ranft, german historian and theologian. friedrich nietzsche, german philosopher johann wolfgang von goethe, german poet and polymath max muller, philologist and orientalist who wrote authoritative works on indology. leonard bloomfield, american linguist who led the development of structural linguistics in the united states during the 1930s and the 1940s. he is considered to be the father of american distributionalism. hans-georg gadamer, german philosopher and rector of the university johann christoph gottsched, german poet, author, and critic christian friedrich henrici, german poet, saxon actuary, postal clerk, postal commissioner, and wine inspector gotthold ephraim lessing, german philosopher and writer lin yutang, chinese author and linguist nathan söderblom, swedish clergyman, nobel peace prize c. f. w. walther, first president of the lutheran church–missouri synod and its most influential theologian. ferdinand de saussure, linguist, founder of structuralism gert jäger, otto kade and albrecht neubert, translation scholars and founders of the leipzig school sciences gottfried wilhelm von leibniz, german mathematician who developed calculus, philosopher, polymath felix klein, german mathematician, known for his work in group theory, complex analysis and non-euclidean geometry sophus lie, norwegian mathematician who developed lie algebra august ferdinand möbius, german mathematician and theoretical astronomer, known for the möbius strip. karl mollweide, german mathematician and astronomer, known for the mollweide projection hermann hankel, german mathematician, known for the hankel transform felix hausdorff, german mathematician, one of the founders of modern topology, known for the hausdorff space bartel leendert van der waerden, dutch mathematician johann samuel traugott gehler german mathematician, physicist and lawyer, author of 'physikalisches wörterbuch' edgar odell lovett, american mathematician wei-liang chow, chinese mathematician and stamp collector born in shanghai, known for his work in algebraic geometry. johann heinrich winckler, german physicist werner heisenberg, german physicist, nobel prize in physics felix bloch, swiss physicist, nobel prize in physics friedrich hund, german physicist, discovered quantum tunnelling and is known for hund's rules julius edgar lilienfeld, austro-hungarian physicist ludwig boltzmann, austrian physicist tycho brahe, danish astronomer gustav hertz, german physicist, nobel prize in physics sin-itiro tomonaga, japanese physicist, nobel prize in physics william vermillion houston, american physicist edward teller, hungaro-american nuclear scientist, member of the manhattan project peter debye, dutch-american physicist and chemist, nobel prize in chemistry wilhelm ostwald, german chemist, nobel prize in chemistry paul ehrlich, german doctor, nobel prize in medicine svante pääbo, noble prize in medicine, currently teaches molecular evolutionary biology at the university gustav theodor fechner, german psychologist, founder of psychophysics maximilian von frey,