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.Kaplan, Andreas (2014) European management and European business schools: Insights from the history of business schools, European Management Journal 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 Rankings of Individual HHL Programs

Master in Management

Ranked 5th in Germany, 42nd worldwide in the Financial Times Global Masters in Management Ranking 2026 "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.

Study Programs

Master in Business Administration Full-time MBA Full-time MBA | Finance Full-time MBA | AI Part-time MBA

Master of Science (M.Sc.) 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 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.Kirchgeorg, M., Meynhardt, T., Pinkwart, A., Suchanek, A., & Zülch, H. (2019). Das Leipziger Führungsmodell: führen und beitragen. BoD–Books on Demand 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.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

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.Meynhardt, T., Steuber, J., & Feser, M. (2023). The Leipzig Leadership Model: Measuring leadership orientations. Current Psychology, 1-20  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.

References

External links

Official website Interview with HHL MBA Recruiting Officer Blog about the activities at HHL