Student review [#20596] for International Physics Study Programme
at Leipzig University - UniLeipzig

The IPSP Programme in Leipzig is an enticing offer to study Physics in English at Angela Merkel’s own Alma Mater. However, this programme does not live up to the prestige that the university may seem to have. The study programme still seems to be in its infancy, despite already being in place for a number of years. Professors change regularly and often seem unfamiliar with their course content. Seeking additional help from them was impossible, as most of the lectures were taken, verbatim, from textbooks, and it is not possible to receive further explanation from them on topics that are unclear.

One must be completely self-reliant if they wish to study IPSP and be willing to dedicate more time to individual study than students in other, similar programmes. Even the most ambitious of students, as I thought myself to be, will find themselves extremely challenged in IPSP and the low retention rate of the programme speaks to the widespread burn-out experienced by its students. Expect the number of your classmates to halve with each semester, and to see only a handful of students reaching graduation.