Research Buildings and Infrastructure

Apart from the buildings of the Centre of Biomolecular Drug Research (BMWZ) and the new Laboratory of Nano and Quantum Engineering (LNQE) with laboratories, equipment and in particular clean rooms, which were funded by the State and Federal Governments, the first phase of the Mechanical Engineering Campus Garbsen has been completed, and the seven Institutes of Production Technology have moved in. In a second phase, seven further buildings for eleven Institutes in the fields of Energy and Process Engineering, Construction and Development, and a research building for the Dynamics of Energy Conversion are being built on a nine hectare site. Completion of all the buildings is planned for the beginning of the winter semester 2019/20 in October 2019. The total costs of the building project funded by the State and Federal Governments amount to € 143m, including initial setup costs.

A research building for Hannover Institute of Technology (HITec) currently under construction at Leibniz Universität will provide a cross-thematic research infrastructure for quantum technologies. Here, scientists in physics, geodesy, and engineering will conduct pure and applied research and develop technology in quantum physics and geodesy. As well as the Einstein-Elevator, a further development of the traditional drop tower for experiments under zero-gravity conditions, there will be fibre-draw equipment for the development and production of radiation-hardened optical high-performance fibres.

As a research centre, Hannover benefits from close cooperation between Leibniz Universität and its university and non-university partners. The joint use of buildings and infrastructure is a major advantage here.