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Leibniz University Hannover

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Hannover, Germany
351–400th in World University Rankings 2025
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The scholar Karl Karmarsch founded Leibniz University of Hanover (LUH)  in 1831. It started with just 64 students. 

As one of the first science and technology institutes in Germany, LUH continues to raise its international profile. The university is a member of T9, the association of the oldest and biggest technical higher education institutions in Germany, and CESAER, a consortium of the most dominant European engineering schools. 

Since 2006, the institute, which was established as the Higher Trade School of Hannover, has carried the name of the German mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, discoverer of the law of continuity and the transcendental law of homogeneity. 

The institution prides itself for offering more than 190 competitive full-time and part-time degree programs. Its research activities are conducted in 13 faculties. They cover a wide array of subjects such as architecture and landscape sciences; civil engineering and geodesy; economics and management; humanities and law. 

The university invests extensively in the establishment of cutting-edge facilities such as internationally recognised research hub Hannover Centre for Production Technology, which is a meeting point for production engineers from all over the world. 

LUH also boasts a large collection on publications in its library. This includes originals of valuable technical and scientific journals that were successfully preserved during the Second World War. 

Some of the university affiliates are German economist Erich Gutenberg, engineer Walter Brush and mathematician Carl Adam Petri. The institute follows the motto "Shaping the Future with Knowledge”.

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Key Student Statistics

A breakdown of student statistics at Leibniz University Hannover

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Student gender ratio
44 F : 56 M (1)
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International student percentage
16% (1)
student per staff
Students per staff
37.5 (1)
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Student total
18700 (1)

Based on data collected for the (1) World University Rankings 2025

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Subjects Taught at Leibniz University Hannover

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Social Sciences301–400th

  • Sociology
  • Politics and International Studies
  • Geography

Physical Sciences251–300th

  • Chemistry
  • Geology, Environmental, Earth and Marine Sciences
  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Mathematics and Statistics

Life Sciences301–400th

  • Agriculture and Forestry
  • Sport Science
  • Biological Sciences

Engineering201–250th

  • General Engineering
  • Civil Engineering
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Education301–400th

  • Education

Computer Science251–300th

  • Computer Science

Arts and Humanities301–400th

  • Languages, Literature and Linguistics
  • History, Philosophy and Theology
  • Architecture

Business and Economics401–500th

  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Business and Management
  • Accounting and Finance