Information and communications technology

Hannover Region - home to a big community of research and educational institutions

The Hannover Region is home to a big community of educational institutions with a university, applied science universities, multimedia training schools and several other institutions. These underpin the broad spectrum of training available in the area in the information and communications technology sector.

University of Hannover

With some 25.000 students, the university is one of the largest higher education institutions in Lower Saxony. Students can choose from more than 60 disciplines. The range of subjects extends from science and engineering via the arts, humanities and social sciences through to the fields of law and economics. This diversity of academic and scientific disciplines combined with high-quality research and excellent study conditions make Hannover University an attractive partner. Within the region, the university is a significant economic and innovative factor, while in the international field it is seen as a highly proficient research and teaching institution, concentrating on nationally and internationally competitive key areas.

International IT-related Study Programmes at Hannover University

) Master Programme in Computational Engineering
) Master Programme in Computer Science
) Master Programme in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover

Teaching and research, practice orientation, further education and internationality characterise the efficiency of the Fachhochschule Hannover (FHH), the University of Applied Sciences and Arts in Hanover. With more than 6.000 students the FHH is the second largest university in Hanover, offering a particularly wide range of subjects in nine departments.

) Electrical engineering and information technology, applied informatics
) Information and communications
) Design and media
) Courses on “Public relations”, “Journalism”, “Communications design” and “Information management”)
) Master of Science in system design

University of Music and Drama

) Media management and multimedia communications courses

University for Practical Business Studies

) Informatics and business informatics courses

Hannover Medical School

) Institute for Medical Informatics
) “MHH virtual learning centre” project

Leibniz-Akademie

) Educational establishment for media professions
) Courses in media design and informatics/business administration

Vocational Multimedia College of Lower Saxony

) Courses for media designers for digital and print media, audio and visual, photography and audio-visual media clerks

Other establishments

) Training Centre for Information Processing Professions (b.i.b.)
) Academy of Media Technology

 
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