High motivation and commitment of the lecturers, full coverage of the technical breadth of geodesy, constant adaptation of course content to current technology and research, direct exchange with students due to small semester sizes, collegial interaction, English-language track in the Master's degree course.

University of New Brunswick, Kanada; Newcastle University, GB; Universitat Politècnica de València, E; Universita' degli Studi di Roma "Sapienzia", I; Technical University of Civil Engineering of Bucharest, RO; Istanbul Technical University, TR; Yildiz Technical University Istanbul, TR; ENSG Ecole Nationale des Sciences Géographiques, Marne la Vallée, FR; Uniwersytet Przyrodniczywe Wroclawiu, PL; Aalto University, FI

Excellent lab equipment and equipment for student exercises, projects and final theses and for doctorates and research, special laboratories in HiTec, kinematic test bench navigation.

Excellence Cluster Quantum Frontier, Collaborative Research Centres e.g. geo-Q, Terra-Q, Research Training Group i.c.sens, integrated in QUEST Leibniz Research School and in FZ:Geo (Leibniz Research Centre), special laboratories in the research building HiTec (Hannover Institute of Technology), close link to the new DLR Institute for Satellite Geodesy and Interial Sensors in Hannover.

Central offer provided by the university: Start-up service "starting business" with start-up advice, events and support. Successful start-up implemented with federal funding.