The University of Hanover, officially the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover or LUH, is a university

University

A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is an organisation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education...

 located in Hanover

Hanover

Hanover or Hannover, on the river Leine, is the capital of the federal state of Lower Saxony , Germany and was once by personal union the family seat of the Hanoverian Kings of Great Britain, under their title as the dukes of Brunswick-Lüneburg...

, Germany. It was founded in 1831 and is one of the oldest universities focussing on science and technology in Germany. Leibniz Universität Hannover is part of Niedersachsen Institutes of Technology (NTH) and a member of TU9

TU9

TU9 German Institutes of Technology e. V. is an incorporated society of the nine most prestigious, oldest, and largest universities focusing on engineering and technology in Germany...

, an association of the nine leading Institutes of Technology in Germany.
The heart of Leibniz Universität Hannover beats in the idyllic Welfenschloss, the Guelph Palace.