The University of Luxembourg has three major objectives: education, research and development at the highest international level, as indicated in its mission statement and strategic plan.

In concrete terms, this means that University of Luxembourg students can choose from 11 academic or professional Bachelor's degrees, 19 Academic or Professional Master's degrees and 6 special education courses of study.

The University of Luxembourg is a university driven by research. This means that the master's and doctorate programmes are based on a solid research environment that consists of the departments of the 3 faculties:

• the School of Sciences, Technology and Communication;
• the School of Law, Economics and Finance;
• the School of Literature, Social Sciences, Arts and Sciences and Education.