Science Park - Wissenschaftspark Leipzig

The Leipzig Science Park - 16 Hectares of Jam-packed Knowledge

Leipzig Science Park stands for renowned research, a long scientific tradition and an eventful history. The research carried out here today spans a wide range, from research into the smallest airborne particles and clouds (aerosols) to research into the energetic and integrated material use of biomass – from the development of innovative surface technologies to terrestrial environmental research, which deals with the condition and preservation of our natural resources.

On the 16-hectare site in the north-east of Leipzig, 1,650 people from all over the world are currently researching and working in seven university affiliated institutes, companies and non-university research facilities, which belong to the Helmholtz or Leibniz Association, for example. This makes Leipzig Science Park one of the most important employers in the research/science sector in Leipzig, alongside the university and BioCity.

Today, the Leipzig Science Park is home to the Helmholtz Centers for Environmental Research (UFZ) and Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR Research Center Leipzig), the Leibniz Institutes for Surface Modification (IOM) and for Tropospheric Research (TROPOS), the German Biomass Research Center (DBFZ), the Institute for Non-Classical Chemistry (INC), Innovative Oberflächentechnologien GmbH (IOT) and the Technoserv-Center Modes (TCM).

Leipzig Permoserstrasse - the History of an Industrial and Scientific Location

Buchcover UFZ-Chronik — **© UFZ, PR** 
Buchcover Chronik der Permoserstraße 15

Hugo Schneider AG has been producing metal goods on the site of today’s science park since the end of the 19th century. During the Second World War, the company switched to armaments production, in which several thousand forced laborers were deployed. After the end of the war, the company was expropriated, the facilities dismantled and the factory buildings blown up. A few years later, in the early 1950s, two important research institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR (AdW) were established here: the Institutes for Isotope and Radiation Research and Biotechnology, where 1,500 people worked until 1989. After reunification, the AdW institutes were dissolved on the recommendation of the Science Council. This led to a complete restart of the site as a science location in 1991.

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Press Releases

News from research at the Science Park’s facilities and statements on current science and environmental policy issues can be found on the pages of the respective press and public relations departments.

Events

Information on conferences, public lectures or exhibitions can be found on the pages of the Science Park facilities.

Job Offers

The Science Park offers attractive positions in research, development and administration. Find out about current vacancies on the pages of the individual institutions.