# HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, formerly known as Handelshochschule Leipzig, is a private business school based in Saxony, Germany. Established in 1898, it is one of the world's oldest business schools. The school is accredited internationally by AACSB and locally by ACQUIN. HHL Leipzig graduate school of management is authorized to award doctoral and postdoctoral degrees.

## History

The school was founded in 1898 upon an initiative by the Leipzig Chamber of Commerce. 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.

## Ranking

* #2 in Germany and #23 Worldwide for Master of Science in Management Program [Financial Times Ranking 2020]
* #5 in Germany in the Financial Times ranking of European Business Schools.
* #20 worldwide and #7 in category Career Service worldwide in Global Masters in Management Ranking 2017 by Financial Times
* #7 for Career service worldwide in Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking 2017
* #2 for Salary Increase post MBA in Germany and #15 for Career Progress worldwide in Financial Times Executive MBA Ranking 2016
* #40 in Europe and among the top 5 business schools in Germany in European Business School Rankings 2015 by Financial Times
* among the top MBA programs in the world among top 3 business schools in Germany in MBA Rankings 2015 by América Economía
* ranked #6 in the international ranking “Masters in Management” worldwide of The Economist in 2017
* listed in the international ranking “Executive MBA” of The Economist in 2015
* ranked as most popular private business school in Germany by trendence Graduate Barometer "Business Edition" 2017
* ranked as best institution in entrepreneurship in Germany among small universities and institutions of higher education by Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft Gründungsradar 2016 Ranking
HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management was declared one of the best masters in management programs in Germany by the Financial Times.

## Study Programs
### Master in Business Administration

* 15-21-month full-time program
* 24-month part-time program

### Master in Management, M.Sc.

* 18-month full-time program
* 24-month part-time program

### Global Executive MBA

* jointly run by HHL Leipzig and EADA Business School
* 21-month program with 2 or 3 residential weeks at business schools in Germany, Spain, Brazil, China and India

### Euro*MBA (Distance Learning)

* 24-month program with six residential weeks
* ranked Top 4 by The Economist rating WhichMBA? Guide February 2010

### Doctoral Program

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

The Leipzig Leadership Model (LLM) is an interdisciplinary and multidimensional framework for good leadership developed at HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management in 2016. 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.
In 2022 an extended version was published in which systemic interactions between entrepreneurial activity and grand challenges are given greater prominence.
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. This is used in teaching and in the "New Leipzig Talents" competency coaching program.

## Partner Universities

The school maintains a network of more than 120 partner universities worldwide.
* 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

* Heribert Meffert
* Michael Spence
* Wendelin Wiedeking
* Michael E. Porter
* Philip Kotler
* Kurt Biedenkopf
* Bernhard Walter
* Burkhard Schwenker
* Hans Werner Sinn
* Gerhard Casper
* Jürgen F. Strube
* Stefan H. Thomke
* Arend Oetker
* Horst Albach
* Ludwig Trippen (†)
* Joseph A. Maciarello
* Angela Merkel

## Professors and alumni

* Karl von der Aa
* Abraham Adler
* Hermann Großmann
* Timo Meynhardt
* Balduin Penndorf
* Eugen Schmalenbach
* Rudolf Seyffert
* Franz Koch
* Arnis Vilks

## Literature

100 Jahre Handelshochschule Leipzig 1898–1998. Festschrift anlässlich des 100-jährigen Gründungsjubiläums der Handelshochschule Leipzig am 25. April 1998; Published by: Handelshochschule Leipzig.