Lancaster University’s campus in Leipzig will move to a new location at the heart of the city centre next year.

The move from temporary offices in Design Office, Augustusplatz to a new permanent home in Strohsackpassage, Nikolaistrasse, will help provide an even more exciting student experience.

The new premises are located in the pedestrianised area of the city centre, next to the iconic and historic ‘Nikolaikirche’ (St. Nicolas Church), which saw the start of the peaceful revolution in 1989.

The move will be completed in two phases during 2021.

Lancaster University Leipzig currently offers four Bachelor programmes and two Foundation programmes, with a five-year plan to include post-graduate programmes (Masters and PhDs) as well as an expanding research base.

Welcoming the move, Academic Dean Dr Mark Brewer said: “Located in the heart of Leipzig, the new campus offers amazing opportunities for the University’s outreach and engagement with businesses, government entities, higher education institutions, scholarly and funding bodies, and a host of other important stakeholders.

“Our presence in such an exciting, thriving location allows us to support various creative projects, incubators, and labs to respond to a variety of opportunities in the local community and across Europe while providing us with an outstanding platform to promote meaningful knowledge exchange and host high profile academic conferences.”

Dr Elisabeth Grindel-Denby, Campus Director, said: “We are proud to be able to offer our students a complete holistic student experience – including individualised support (welfare, career development, language support).

“Our location inside the city centre of Leipzig further allows us to help students to enjoy all that is special about this time of their lives.”

Working in partnership with leading education provider Navitas, Lancaster University announced the creation of a new Leipzig campus at the start of 2019.

The campus offers Lancaster University degree programmes, with the University retaining responsibility for academic matters, while Navitas provides facilities and maintains responsibility for non-academic student support, student recruitment and marketing, and administrative staff.

The first students were welcomed to the campus in January 2020.