Leibniz University Hannover

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The Welfenschloss palace, the main building of Leibniz University Hannover; designed by Christian Heinrich Tramm

Leibniz University Hannover (Template:Langx), also known as the University of Hannover, is a public research university located in Hanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its most recent in 2006.[1][2]

Leibniz University Hannover is a member of TU9, an association of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany. It is also a member of the Conference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. The university sponsors the German National Library of Science and Technology, the largest science and technology library in the world.[3]

History

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The roots of the university begin in the Higher Vocational College/Polytechnic Institute (Script error: No such module "Lang".), founded on 2 May 1831.[4] In 1879 the Higher Vocational School moved into the historic Guelph palace (Script error: No such module "Lang".), which was specially converted for the purpose.

On 1 April 1879, the Higher Vocational School became the Royal College of Technology (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[5] In 1899 Kaiser Wilhelm II granted the College of Technology a status equal to that of universities and the right to confer doctorates. The college was reconstructed in 1921 with the financial support of the College Patrons' Association. As of 1 July 1922, there were three faculties: Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering.[4]

In 1968 the Faculty of Humanities and Political Science were founded and the Template:Langr ('Technical College' or 'Technical University') became the Template:Langr ('Technical University Hannover').

Between 1973 and 1980 the faculties of Law, Business and Economics, and the formerly independent Teachers Training College were added to the university and in 1978 the Template:Langr was renamed Template:Langr ('University of Hannover'). Student numbers exceeded 30,000 for the first time in 1991.

On the 175th anniversary of the institution in 2006, the 'University of Hannover' was given the name Template:Langr, or Template:Langr for short. While 64 students first attended the Vocational School, today the university has around 27,200 students, more than 3,400 academics and scientists, and 160 departments and institutes.[6]Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Namesake

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Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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The old logo of the university was inspired by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The current logo, adopted in 2008, is a stylised excerpt from a letter to Duke Rudolf August of Wolfenbüttel, in which Leibniz presented binary numbers for the first time.[7]

Faculties and staff

Nine faculties with more than 190 first-degree full-time and part-time degree courses make the university the second-largest institution of higher education in Lower Saxony. The university staff comprises 3438 research and teaching staff, of whom 357 are professors. It has 1838 additional employees in administrative functions, 58 apprentices and some 1900 staff funded by third parties.[6]

Facilities

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The Conti-Tower on the Template:Langr, home to the law, economics and linguistics faculties

The campus of the university is spread over 160 buildings occupying Script error: No such module "convert". of floor space.[9] The university also houses the Einstein-Elevator, a zero gravity research facility.[10]

Budget

The university's overall budget was approximately Template:Euro in 2013, broken down as follows:[9]

Rankings

Template:Infobox Germany university rankings As per the QS World 2024, the university is placed 481st globally and holds the 30th position nationally.[11] In the THE World 2024 rankings, the university is placed within the 351–400 range globally, and holds a national rank within the 34–36 range.[12] According to the ARWU World 2022, the university's global position is within the 501–600 range, while nationally it ranks between 32nd and 36th.[13]

Measured by the number of top managers in the German economy, Leibniz University Hannover ranked 7th in 2019.[14]

Leibniz University Hannover ranked 34th place worldwide in the THE Impact Rankings 2023Template:SndSDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation)[15] and between 101–200 in the SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)[16] rankings.

University library and TIB

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The German National Library of Science and Technology in Template:Langr

Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote". The library was established on the founding of the Script error: No such module "Lang". in 1831. It expanded into an important collection as the institution evolved from a vocational/technical college into the full University. The removal of the books into storage during the Second World War secured valuable old stocks that became a unique national collection of scientific and technical literature in postwar Germany. This was the basis on which the library of the Institute of Technology (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was established in 1959. Today the collection forms the heart of the German National Library of Science and Technology, which is the largest institution of its kind in the world.[3]

GISMA School of Business

GISMA Business School in Hannover, Germany, was launched in 1999 as a joint initiative by the state of Lower Saxony and visionary private-sector enterprises. The school was closely affiliated with the Krannert School of Management at Purdue University (Indiana, USA) until 2011 when the Leibniz University Hannover briefly became its parent. In 2013 the association with Leibniz ended, and GISMA became part the for-profit education company Global University Systems.

Notable people

Faculty

Alumni

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See also

Notes

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References

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External links

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  • Leibniz Alliance Hannover (LEAH)

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