Leibniz University Hannover

Leibniz University Hannover

Leibniz Universität Hannover
Former names	Höhere Gewerbeschule (1831) Polytechnische Schule (1847) Königliche Technische Hochschule (1879) Technische Hochschule Hannover (1921) Technische Universität Hannover (1968) University of Hannover (1978)[1][2][3]
Motto	Global denken, interdisziplinär forschen: Leibniz leben![4]
Motto in English	Global thinking, interdisciplinary research: the spirit of Leibniz![5]
Type	Public
Established	2 May 1831; 193 years ago(1831-05-02)[1]
Budget	€ 614.7 million[6]
President	Volker Epping
Academic staff	3,438[6]
Administrative staff	1,838[6]
Students	27,229[6]
Location	Hanover , Lower Saxony , Germany 52°22′56″N9°43′04″E / 52.3822°N 9.7178°E /52.3822; 9.7178
Affiliations	TU9 TIME CESAER Association
Website	uni-hannover.de

Leibniz University Hannover(German:Leibniz Universität Hannover), also known as theUniversity of Hannover, is apublicresearch universitylocated inHanover, Germany. Founded on 2 May 1831 as Higher Vocational School, the university has undergone six periods of renaming, its most recent in 2006.^[7][8]

Leibniz University Hannover is a member ofTU9, an association of the nine leadingInstitutes of Technologyin Germany. It is also a member of theConference of European Schools for Advanced Engineering Education and Research, a non-profit association of leading engineering universities in Europe. The university sponsors theGerman National Library of Science and Technology, the largest science and technology library in the world.^[9]

The roots of the university begin in the Higher Vocational College/Polytechnic Institute (Höhere Gewerbeschule/Polytechnische Schule), founded on 2 May 1831.^[1]In 1879 the Higher Vocational School moved into the historicWelfenschlossPalace, which was specially converted for the purpose.

On 1 April 1879, the Higher Vocational School became the Royal College of Technology (Königliche Technische Hochschule).^[2]In 1899Kaiser Wilhelm IIgranted 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.^[1]

In 1968 the Faculty of Humanities and Political Science were founded and theTechnische Hochschule('Technical College' or 'Technical University') became theTechnische Universität Hannover('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 theTechnische Universität Hannoverwas renamedUniversität Hannover('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 nameGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover, orLeibniz Universität Hannoverfor 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.^[10]

The Senate of the university voted in April 2006 to rename the University of Hannover to "Leibniz Universität Hannover". Following agreement by the Leibniz Academy on the use of the name, the "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover" received its name on the 360th anniversary ofGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz's birth. The brand of the university is "Leibniz Universität Hannover".

The old logo of the university was inspired by theMassachusetts 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 presentedbinary numbersfor the first time.^[11]

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 inLower 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.^[10]

• Faculty of Architecture andLandscape Sciences
• Faculty of Civil Engineering andGeodetic Science
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Faculty ofElectrical EngineeringandComputer Science
• Faculty ofHumanities
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Mathematics andPhysics
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty ofNatural Sciences
• QUEST Leibniz Research School
• Leibniz School of Education^[12]
• Leibniz School of Optics and Photonics^[12]

The campus of the university is spread over 160 buildings occupying 322,700 square metres (79.7 acres) of floor space.^[13]

The university's overall budget was approximately 441.8 million euros in 2013, broken down as follows:^[13]

• Income of 222.6 million according to the annual report
• External funding amounting to 101.8 million euros
• Special funds from the State ofLower Saxonyamounting to 58.3 million euros
• 42.3 million euros from other income
• 16.8 million euros from student contributions

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QSWorld2024[14] 481 30 THEWorld2024[15] 351-400 34-36 ARWUWorld2023[16] 501-600 32-36 QSEurope[citation needed] QSEmployability[citation needed] THEEmployability[citation needed]

As per theQS World2024, the university is placed 481st globally and holds the 30th position nationally.^[14]In theTHE World2024 rankings, the university is placed within the 351-400 range globally, and holds a national rank within the 34-36 range.^[15]According to theARWU World2022, the university's global position is within the 501-600 range, while nationally it ranks between 32nd and 36th.^[16]

Measured by the number of top managers in the German economy, Leibniz University Hannover ranked 7th in 2019.^[17]

Leibniz University Hannover ranked 34th place worldwide in the THE Impact Rankings 2023 - SDG 6 (Clean Water and Sanitation)^[18]and between 101-200 in the SDG 7 (Affordable and Clean Energy)^[19]rankings.

The library was established on the founding of theHöhere Gewerbeschule/Polytechnische Schulein 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 (German:Technische Informationsbibliothek) was established in 1959. Today the collection forms the heart of theGerman National Library of Science and Technology, which is the largest institution of its kind in the world.^[9]

GISMA Business Schoolin 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 theKrannert School of Managementat 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 companyGlobal University Systems.

• Friedrich Bergius(1884–1949), chemist,Nobel Prize in chemistry(1931)
• Helmut Bley(born 1935), German historian, professor
• Constantin Carathéodory(1873–1950), mathematician, professor
• Lothar Collatz(1910-1990), chair in applied mathematics at the technical university of Hanover (1943-1952)
• Horst Dreier(born 1954), lawyer
• Gerhard Ertl(born 1936), physicist and chemist,Nobel Prize in chemistry(2007)
• J. Hans D. Jensen(1907–1973), German physicist,Nobel Prize in physics(1963)
• Wilhelm Jordan, (1842–1899), professor of geodesy and practical geometry, known for theGauss-Jordan Elimination
• Karl Karmarsch(1803–1879), engineer, educationalist
• Theodor Lessing(1872–1933), philosopher
• Herbert Lindinger(born 1933), industrial designer
• Konrad Meyer(1901–1973),SS-Oberführerand an architect ofGeneralplan Ostfor the Germanization of Eastern Europe. Later served as a professor of agriculture and regional planning at the University of Hanover^[20]
• Oskar Negt(1934–2024), social philosopher
• Eduard Pestel(1914–1988), engineer and politician
• Ludwig Prandtl(1875–1953), physicist and engineer in fluid- and aerodynamics, professor.
• Friedrich Schwerd(1872–1953), professor for machinery and operations research, inventor of the WW I. German armyStahlhelm
• Fritz Sennheiser, (1912–2010), electronics engineer, entrepreneur: Honorary professorship.
• Klaus Töpfer(born 1938), German politician (Christian Democratic Union)

• Carl F. W. Borgward(1890–1963), entrepreneur, car manufacturer, engineer, non-graduate guest auditor.^[21]
• Walter Bruch(1908–1990), electronics and television engineer, honorary doctorate.
• Alfred Bucherer(1863–1927), physicist
• Wilhelm Busch(1832–1908), poet and artist
• Rento Hofstede Crull(1863–1938), electrical pioneer
• Gustav Doetsch(1892–1977), German mathematician gained hisHabilitationhere
• Luise Druke(born 1948), German scholar and United Nations practitioner
• Irmgard Flügge-Lotz(1903–1974), German-American mathematician and engineer
• Henrich Focke(1890–1979), German aviation pioneer
• Erich Gutenberg(1897–1984), German economist.
• Maximilian Emil Hehl(1861–1916), German Architect who emigrated toBraziland designed theNeo-GothicSão Paulo Cathedral
• Pascual Jordan(1902–1980), theoretical and mathematical physicist, politician (CDU)
• Wolfgang Jüttner(born 1948), German politician (SPD)
• Carola Lentz(born 1954), German social anthropologist
• David McAllister(born 1971), German politician (CDU)
• Christian Otto Mohr(1835–1918), civil and structural engineer
• Carl Adam Petri(1926–2010), mathematician, logician and computer scientist
• Frank Pohlmann (born 1959), American politician and businessman
• Reinhold Rudenberg(1883–1961), Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at theHarvardGraduate School of Engineering, inventor of i.e. carrier current communications

• Welfenschloss Stables
• German National Library of Science and Technology
• List of universities in Germany
• List of colleges and universities

• Official website
• Leibniz Alliance Hannover(LEAH)