Studium Individuale (BA) Leuphana University Lüneburg

STUDIUM INDIVIDUALE: THE FREEDOM TO DESIGN YOUR OWN CURRICULUM

Are you curious about contemporary global challenges? Are you willing to reflect about what you are doing again and again? Do you want to choose your own topic of study and deal with it the way you want to? The Studium Individuale (Individual Studies) gives you the freedom to design your own interdisciplinary curriculum.

The idea behind this programme is to engage with the important questions and problems of the present. This is an opportunity for you to combine your broad interests and to cultivate skills that are crucial for living and working in today's world. Develop your own ideas and define your own goals!

A CONTEMPORARY LIBERAL EDUCATION

The Studium Individuale is a liberal education programme. Such a programme puts emphasis on your intellectual and personal development, and it highlights the importance of creating your specific personal profile.

In this programme, you will learn to activate crucial skills, such as analytical and reflexive thinking, clear and persuasive communication, and well-rounded judgement. Liberal education also entails engaging in thought-provoking dialogue with fellow students both inside and outside the classroom.

The Studium Individuale will give you the knowledge and skills to make a meaningful impact in the world.

STUDYING AT LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG
The Liberal Arts and Sciences programme at Leuphana University of Lüneburg consists of four basic elements: the Studium Individuale major (90 ECTS credits), the minor (30 ECTS credits), the Leuphana Semester (30 ECTS credits), and the complementary studies (30 ECTS credits). The Studium Individuale major is made up of two key parts: your individual degree path and a set of core courses. These elements combine to give you the knowledge and skills you need to act decisively and thoughtfully in personal, professional, and civic life.

INDIVIDUAL PATHWAYS
The Studium Individuale allows you to study questions that you are interested in and wish to explore in depth. You will be asked to take courses from different fields and to consciously make meaningful connections across the different courses that you undertake. This is what we mean when we say that the Studium Individuale is an interdisciplinary programme.

The rationale of the Studium Individuale is, in other words, not to simply study a number of different subjects alongside each other. It is to draw together contents and approaches from different fields to explore your own questions – beyond any disciplinary confines.

THE CORE
A constitutive part of the Studium Individuale is the specifically designed academic core, the intellectual backbone of the programme. Each semester, one core course is taken. The core courses are interdisciplinary, of high intensity, and taught in English. Particular emphasis is paid to learning and practising important academic skills, such as close reading, convincing oral presentations, essay writing, and working in teams. Choosing the major in Studium Individuale entails choosing these core courses.

LEARNING TOGETHER
All of our teaching centres on our students. Classes are small, based in inquiry and discovery, and require you to play an active role in your own learning. As such, studying in the Studium Individuale is intensive and rewarding.

Admission requirements include the following:

• university entrance qualification
• English language skills

Find out now – click here to see if you meet the admission requirements.

The programme is particularly suitable for students coming from the European Union / EEA countries. Five percent of the study places are available for students from non-European Union / non-EEA countries.

You do not have to pay tuition fees. You only have to pay a semester contribution of approx. 450 EUR per semester (subject to change). This will entitle you to receive a "semester ticket", which covers public transport in Lüneburg and the surrounding area.

Approx. 900 EUR per month to cover personal expenses in Lüneburg:

• Accommodation: 300 to 450 EUR
• Food: 200 to 230 EUR
• Health insurance: 110 EUR
• Leisure activities, books, clothing: 80 to 250 EUR

Proof of adequate financial resources is required for the visa application.

International students with a residence permit are allowed to undertake a limited amount of paid employment (a maximum of 120 days per year, or alternatively, 240 days part time – up to four hours a day).

Leuphana Career Service

Websites and relevant addresses for finding accommodation in Lüneburg are listed on the website of the International Office.

The Leuphana University of Lüneburg emerged from the special legal mandate of the Lower Saxony state parliament to rethink university and create a model university for the Bologna Process. It is supported by a foundation under public law and sees itself as a space for freely pursuing knowledge, imagination, personal development, and social commitment. For its educational programmes, it has developed a multi-award-winning study model featuring three schools, which is still unique in Germany today. The sponsors of transdisciplinary science initiatives are the five faculties, which align with Leuphana's research priorities in the realms of education, culture, sustainability, management and entrepreneurship, and public affairs.

As a city renowned for its salt, the Hanseatic League, and the Heath, as well as being a university town, Lüneburg offers numerous leisure activities to enrich student life—from the Salt Museum to water-based activities, and from the Heath landscape to student initiatives. For those who would like to explore the surrounding area, the North Sea and Baltic Sea, Hamburg, Hannover, and Bremen are all located nearby. A small, but certainly not comprehensive, glimpse into the leisure activities in Lüneburg can be found below.

Student life in Lüneburg