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HHL Among the Top 20 Entrepreneurial Universities in Germany

On February 14, 2012, HHL was voted among the top 20 entrepreneurial universities in Germany in the second round of the EXIST – Culture of Entrepreneurship program by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. 41 universities participated.

HHL now can prepare a detailed concept on holistic entrepreneurial profiling over the next six months and receive funds of about EUR 70,000 from the German Federation in order to do so. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology will then support a maximum of ten universities presenting the most convincing strategies in the practical implementation over a maximum of five years with up to EUR 1 million per year.

The Leipzig based institution is glad to be invited to build on its project outline and develop an extensive concept for HHL as a business school along with excellent universities such as RWTH Aachen, FU Berlin and KIT Karlsruhe. Thanks to the 'EXIST Culture of Entrepreneurship – The Entrepreneurial University' federal competition, HHL can significantly increase its activities in research, teaching and transfer in the field of business management. The most traditional business school in German-speaking Europe wants to act as a partner for start-ups and innovation in the region and continue to strengthen its profile as one the world's leading business schools at the same time.

Further information: >> EXIST program and >> www.hhl.de/gruenderschmiede 

HHL – Leipzig Graduate School of Management
HHL is a university-level institution and ranks amongst the leading international business schools. The goal of the most traditional business school in German-speaking Europe is to educate effective, responsible and entrepreneurially minded leaders. In addition to HHL’s international focus the combination of theory and practice plays a key role. HHL stands out for its excellent teaching, its clear research focus, its effective knowledge transfer into practice as well as its outstanding student services.

With over 120 start-ups by HHL alumni over the past fourteen years, Germany's top address for young managers has also developed into an incubator for company foundations. Well-known examples are in addition to Gollmann Kommissioniersysteme the winners of the 2008 Founder's Prize awarded by WirtschaftsWoche magazine SunCoal Industries or Leipzig-based companies Spreadshirt and billigflieger.de. The founders' entrepreneurial commitment has created more than 2,500 jobs already, over 1,100 of which are located in the Leipzig region alone. Further information: www.hhl.de