Justus Liebig University Giessen: Top tuition-free study programs (2026/27)

Founded in 1607, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) is a comprehensive university with a longstanding tradition that attracts around 25,000 students. JLU offers the full range of traditional and modern subjects with top-level teaching and research. Subjects include classical natural sciences, law, economics, social and educational sciences, linguistics, cultural studies, and a unique selection of life science subjects, such as human and veterinary medicine, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, nutritional sciences, and food chemistry. Leading figures who have conducted research and taught at JLU include several Nobel Prize winners, such as Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901) and Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize, 2004).

Founded in 1607, Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) is a comprehensive university with a longstanding tradition that attracts around 25,000 students. JLU offers the full range of traditional and modern subjects with top-level teaching and research. Subjects include classical natural sciences, law, economics, social and educational sciences, linguistics, cultural studies, and a unique selection of life science subjects, such as human and veterinary medicine, agricultural sciences, environmental sciences, nutritional sciences, and food chemistry. Leading figures who have conducted research and taught at JLU include several Nobel Prize winners, such as Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (Nobel Prize in Physics, 1901) and Wangari Maathai (Nobel Peace Prize, 2004). Since 2006, JLU's research has received continuous funding from the Excellence Initiative and Excellence Strategy programs of the German federal government and states.

A culture of shared academic respect characterizes our university locally and globally. JLU maintains over 100 international partnerships and more than 250 agreements with the European Union's Erasmus+ mobility program. JLU has been a founding member of the European University Alliance EUPeace — the European University for Peace, Justice, and Inclusive Societies — since 2023. Around 3,800 international students from 110 countries study at JLU. The International Office offers international students and doctoral candidates confidential support on topics such as financing, visas, residence permits, health insurance, and finding accommodations. Bachelor's, Master's, and Ph.D. students, as well as international researchers and staff, can take semester-accompanying German courses.