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The University of Hanover (German Universität Hannover) (also known as, UNIHAN) is a university located in Hanover, Germany. It was founded in 1831 and is organized in 9 Faculties. The date of establishment or date of founding of an institution is the date on which that institution chooses to claim as its starting point. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The term public school has different (and in some cases contradictory) meanings due to regional differences. ... The word rector (ruler, from the Latin regere) has a number of different meanings. ... A faculty is a division within a university. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... A website (or Web site) is a collection of web pages, typically common to a particular domain name or subdomain on the World Wide Web on the Internet. ... Unihan usually means or refers to the large character set (or repertoire), which consist of Han characters. ... Hanover (German: Hannover []), on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

History

The university was founded in 1831 as a Higher Trade School. In 1879 it was upgraded to a Royal College of Technology; in 1898 it was given the right to confer doctorates. In 1968 it was renamed a Technical University, and in 1978 a University.

The university's profile, from its beginning, centered on science and technology. In the course of the 20th century faculties for arts and humanities were added, and the formerly independent Teachers Training College was made an integral part of the university.

Faculties

Nine faculties with more than 150 first-degree full-time and part-time degree courses make the University of Hannover one of the largest higher education institutions in Lower Saxony. The University is united under the mutual goal of providing top quality in research and teaching. The joint goal the 1,300 academic employees and more than 350 professors is that of top quality in research and teaching.

• Faculty of Architecture and Landscape Sciences
• Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geodetic Science
• Faculty of Economics and Management
• Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• Faculty of Humanities
• Faculty of Law
• Faculty of Mathematics and Physics
• Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty of Natural Sciences

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See also

• List of colleges and universities
• Hanover

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External link

• University of Hanover Website (German) (English)