Events
Leipzig Science Club
The Leipzig Science Club is an exclusive networking event for the scientific leadership of the Leipzig Science Network, featuring guests from the worlds of science, politics, and the local community.
Highlights
Welcome Reception
Once a year, the City of Leipzig and the Leipzig Science Network host a joint reception for international researchers. The aim of the event is to foster a welcoming atmosphere, highlight the international character of Leipzig as a hub for science, and provide researchers with an opportunity to network.
Highlights
Long Night of Science
The Long Night of Science is a joint event organized by Leipzig’s universities and research institutions in collaboration with the City of Leipzig and the Leipzig Science Network e. V. It takes place every two years. The next event is scheduled for June 25, 2027. For more information, visit the Long Night of Science website (in German only).
Highlights
Leipzig Science Cup
The soccer tournament for all universities and research institutions in Leipzig! A joint event organized by the Leipzig Science Network and the City of Leipzig.
The 2026 Leipzig Science Cup took place on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
If you are interested in forming your own team in 2027, please contact Hans-Christoph Thiele at the City of Leipzig’s Knowledge Policy Division.
Highlights
Intercultural Training
The "Welcome to Leipzig" working group organizes intercultural training sessions once a year for interested employees at member institutions of the City of Leipzig.
If you are interested in participating, please contact the LSN office.
Highlights
If you are interested in participating, please contact the LSN office.
Events hosted by LSN member institutions
- Agency for Innovation and Cybersecurity
- German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ)
- German Weather Service (DWD)
- Saxony Cooperative State University (DHSN)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology - IZI
- Helmholtz Institute for Metabolism, Obesity, and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)
- Helmholtz Center Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
- HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management
- Leipzig Academy of Fine Arts – HGB
- Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy University of Music and Theatre, Leipzig - HMT
- Leipzig University of Applied Sciences – HTWK Leipzig
- Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
- IfL – Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
- Lancaster University Leipzig
- Leibniz Institute for the History and Culture of Eastern Europe - GWZO
- Leibniz Institute for Jewish History and Culture – Simon Dubnow
- Leibniz Institute for Surface Modification - IOM
- Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research - TROPOS
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology - EVA
- Max Planck Institute for Cognitive and Neural Sciences - CBS
- Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences - MIS
- Saxon Academy of Sciences in Leipzig
- City of Leipzig
- University of Leipzig