Teaching: "LehrePlus" (teaching plus) programme for didactic and technical instruction, primarily for new lecturers (also professors) with optional certification (TU Braunschweig); Programme for the introduction and evaluation of professional video feedback in teaching, as well as its mid- to long-term sustained use; Extensive teaching evaluation and regular discussions with students (several times per semester)
Equipment: 2 ITS pools (computer workrooms with extensive support for students); complete WLAN coverage; extensive e-learning supported by recording of lectures and exercises (UbiMotion, Camtasia) and e-tutoring (UbiLearn, virtual tutor); extensive equipment with multimedia lecture theatres and seminar rooms; laptop loan; extensive electronic access to literature (catalogues, sources, scanners)
Research: 1 DFG research group (2007-2013, continuation as CRC has been applied for); participation in 2 DFG CRCs (Mechanical Engineering); 1 participation in DFG focal programme; 1 nth graduate school; 1 DFG research training group (applied for, poss. from 2011); Insurance Industry competence centre; Healthcare Economics research unit; Hanover Centre of Finance; participation in 2 excellence clusters (applied for, poss. from 2011/12)
Other special features: Faculty International Office for promotion of studies abroad and dual degree programmes; continuing education courses alongside career, e.g. via the IIAW (Inst. for Inter-disciplinary Labour Studies); strategic partnership with GISMA Business School, Hanover (3 MBA degree courses, with Purdue University); strategic partnership with NIW (Lower Saxony Inst. for Business Research); Doctoral programme