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Key Events in the History of the University

Picture: Photo: The Guelph Palace in the 19th century

1831	The scholar Karl Karmarsch founds the "Higher Trade School of Hannover" (Höhere Gewerbeschule zu Hannover) . 64 students begin their training
1879	The school becomes the "Royal College of Technology" (Königliche Technische Hochschule) and moves to the Welfenschloss, which has been specially converted
1899	The College of Technology is given a status equal to that of universities. Kaiser Wilhelm II grants it the right to confer doctorates
1921	The College of Technology is reconstructed with the financial support of the College Patrons’ Association. There are three faculties: Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
1951	A Department of Marine Engineering is established at the College of Technology
1952	The College of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture becomes the fourth faculty
1968	The Faculty of Humanities and Political Science is established. The "College of Technology" becomes the "Technical University"
1973	The Faculty of Law is established
1974	The Faculty of Business and Economics is established
1978	The College of Education is integrated. The "Technical University" is given the name "University of Hannover"
1980	The University is restructured into 17 departments and two faculties
1991	Student numbers exceed 30,000 for the first time
1995	Move to new premises at Königsworther Platz with 20,000 m² of useable floor space
1997	University restructured again into 16 departments and one faculty
2002	Computer Science is established as the seventeenth independent faculty
2005	The departments are grouped into 9 different faculties
2006	175-Year celebrations of the University of Hannover at 5th of May
	1st of Juli 2006 the "University of Hannover" is given the name "Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover"

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Leibniz Universität Hannover receives 1 million euros DAAD funding
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NTH chair passes to Leibniz Universität Hannover
President Professor Dr.-Ing. Erich Barke chair of Niedersächsische Technische Hochschule Board for two years

The year 2016 is dedicated to Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
Planning has commenced for the 370th anniversary of the birth of the universal scholar and the 300th anniversary of his death

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