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CHE University Ranking

Law, Department

Juristische Fakultät

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover

Juristische Fakultät
Königsworther Platz 1
D-30167 Hannover
Telephone: +49 511 765-8104
https://www.uni-hannover.de
Uni Hannover
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

2,660

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

50

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/14 points

Results of study

Exam results

43.2%

Exam preparation

7/8 points

Research

Doctorates per professor

1.5

Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Career and practical orientation
Learning and working spaces
Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital learning
Assistance with exam preparation
Share of external repetitions visited

67.6%

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Introduction to scientific work
Rooms
Library
Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

72

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching in the bachelor's degree programme

Excellent and renowned professors; relation to practice through many outstanding lecturers; Free and extensive lecture notes; study groups in all areas relevant to exams; mock written exams with marks and consultation; JurSERVICE offers individual support throughout the course of study in the form of exam labs, exam clinics and workshops; Exam studies with revision course, exam writing course, mock exam; study abroad and other options. E-learning courses: ILIAS, JurClip, online definition training, juropolis, etc.; integrated Bachelor's degree programme following the specialisation

Special features regarding teaching in the master's programmes

Compulsory stays abroad at renowned partner universities.

Special features regarding the international orientation

At the Faculty of Law, there are various possibilities for students and doctoral students of the Leibniz University of Hanover to complete a stay abroad, as well as for foreign students to take advantage of the faculty's study offer, e.g. semester or year of study, focus study, work placements, thesis or doctorate. Through ELPIS I (CLE) and II (LLM JOINT Degree) programme, EULISP (LL.M.) and the LL.B. programme offer the opportunity to combine the course with semesters abroad. Individual moot courts are also held abroad.

Special features regarding the equipment

Provision of lecture materials via the online portal StudIP; Computer rooms for training, lectures and independent work; WiFi access across the campus; special library with PC workstations, workstations with electrical connections, printing facilities; Free printing allowance at the nearby computer centre; Interactive moot court space; Modern equipment in seminar rooms (projectors, smartboards, audio and video technology); Access to online databases even off-campus (VPN), Virtual Open Learning Centre: Various e-learning offerings at ILIAS (Jurclib, online definition training); Stud.IP

Special features regarding research activities

Global thinking, interdisciplinary research: Living Leibniz! – With the Leibniz Universität motto in mind, the Faculty of Law combines many different research projects from the broadest range of topics; These include: Information society law and intellectual property law; Criminal law, sanctions and criminology; Political science, public management and governance; Labour and Social Law; Banking and Capital Market Law; Professional law for lawyers; European law, comparative law, international private law and civil law.

Other special features

Newly equipped learning spaces directly on campus; LUH's Green Office (support for sustainable projects), central and local Diversity Management; Regular lectures and lecture series on current issues (including equality and sustainability).

Further information on research activities

Further information about study entry phase

Information on access restrictions

Website of the Student Council

online-application

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(P) = Professors' judgements

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Last Update 2026: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education