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);
Motto	Global denken, interdisziplinär forschen: Leibniz leben!
Motto in English	Global thinking, interdisciplinary research: the spirit of Leibniz!
Type	Public
Established	2 May 1831
Budget	€ 614.7 million
President	Volker Epping
Academic staff	3,438
Administrative staff	1,838
Students	27,229
Location	Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany; 52°22′56″N 9°43′04″E
Affiliations	TU9; TIME; CESAER Association
Website	www.uni-hannover.de/en/

Leibniz University Hannover (German: Leibniz Universität Hannover), 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.

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.

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