Leipzig University
Leipzig University is a comprehensive university in Leipzig, Germany, founded in 1409. Its teaching and research span humanities, social sciences, natural and life sciences, and medicine. Richard SocherRichard SocherRichard Socher is an AI researcher, entrepreneur and investor. He is co-founder and CEO of Recursive, founder and CEO of You.com, and co-founder and managing partner of AIX Ventures. A Stanford computer science PhD, he contributed to the Stanford Sentiment Treebank and GloVe, founded MetaMind, and served as chief scientist at Salesforce.Open the full entry studied computational linguistics there.
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Key facts
December 1409Founding
Teachers and students leaving Prague came to Leipzig and formally established the university on December 2, 1409, within the traditions of medieval European universities.[1]
2006Richard Socher’s studies
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University structure: Interdisciplinary teaching and research
Its development plan describes 14 faculties and cooperation across faculties and institutions, combining humanities and social sciences with natural and life sciences and medicine.[3]
Research collaboration: Leipzig’s academic network
The university collaborates with higher-education and non-university research institutions in Leipzig through research, academic activities and knowledge exchange.[4]
Public access: Official website
Its official website is https://www.uni-leipzig.de/ (opens in a new window).[4]