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The Welcome to Leipzig project aims to improve the structures for welcoming international guest researchers and highly qualified employees from all over the world and to simplify bureaucratic hurdles in the process of their arrival in Leipzig. In the gap where human resource departments and international offices cannot offer comprehensive individual support and advice, Welcome to Leipzig will provide additional support, information and contacts.

Within the project, launched in 2014, we have collected essential information about organizing a research stay in Leipzig for international researchers. Existing structures, including research institutions, authorities and the municipal government, have been consolidated to form a network together. New players are constantly joining the project, in turn enriching the network and facilitating access for international guests coming to the City of Leipzig.

The institutional partners in the Welcome to Leipzig project are Leipzig Science Network e.V., Leipzig University, the City of Leipzig, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the Max Planck Institutes for Mathematics in the Sciences (MPI-MIS), for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI-EVA) and for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences (MPI-CBS), the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences and the HHL Graduate School of Management. The project is funded by the Saxon State Ministry for Science and the Arts. The network has further partners, including authorities administered by the City of Leipzig and other stakeholders from the Free State of Saxony. This platform offers useful information and material developed within the project for potential users from all over the world.

By the way: Are you going abroad for a while yourself and would like to sublet your flat? Do you have vacant accommodation (e.g. a room, a flat) that you would like to make available to other international visiting researchers on a temporary or recurring basis? The Leipzig Science Network is always on the lookout for (partially) furnished accommodation from private individuals to offer to international visiting researchers from the network who are coming to Leipzig to teach and conduct research. If you would like to make an offer, please contact geschaeftsfuehrung[at]lsn.de.

Sometimes one has to leave one’s country to find a true home. That is what I have experienced here in Leipzig despite being foreign. The amazing helpfulness, not only of the University’s Welcome and International Centres, but also of every unknown person in the street whom I have asked for help, sometimes even at night, has made me feel secure and grateful.
Dr. Pieter van der Zwan (South Africa)
Post-Doc, Theology, Leipzig University
We extended our stay in Leipzig to 15 months. After six months of living here, we have found Leipzig to be a warm and interesting city, vibrant with local history and culture. Coming from India, it is a chance to learn about Germany and share our experience about the multi cultural ethos both in India and in Leipzig.
Prof. Sushil Khanna and his wife Rajashri Dasgupta (India)
Leipzig Graduate School of Management / Journalist
My research period in Leipzig was completely promising and beneficial. Not only the historic and peaceful environment of the city but also the motivating sphere of the university, helped me to be really productive. The libraries were rich and the prominent faculty lecturers never declined my request for help. I would certainly visit again if I had a chance!
Gülçin Gürel (Turkey)
Economic Science Department of the University of Applied Sciences Leipzig