The Hannover Medical School[3][a] (German: Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, abbreviated to MHH) is a university medical centre founded in 1965 in Hanover, Germany. MHH is part of a regional medical network.
In June 1961, the German Science and Humanities Council recommended that seven new academies of medicine be established in Germany so that the number of medicine students would increase by 7,000. Within the month, the Parliament of Lower Saxony approved plans to establish a state medical university here.
A committee to found a medical academy of Hanover met for the first time in December 1961. By February 1962, it was decided that this academy would be located in the city of Hanover. On 1 April 1963, the government of Lower Saxony issued an order to establish the Medical Academy of Hanover, which would become MHH.
In 1965, after less than four years of planning, the structure of the medical school had been decided, and construction plans were complete. On 27 May 1965, a celebration marking the founding of MHH was held at the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover. The founding rector of MHH was the internist, Professor Rudolf Schoen [de ] of the University of Göttingen. He was succeeded by the first elected rector, Professor Fritz Hartmann,[de ] who played a decisive role in both the concept and physical form of MHH. MHH was realised as a university campus in Roderbruch.[de ] The close proximity of the clinics and institutes guarantees intense integration of patient care, research and teaching.
The first classes were held in the summer semester of 1965, in the Oststadt-Heidehaus Hospital.[de ] The student-teacher ratio was initially 12 teachers for 41 students, but within ten years the number of students rose to about 1,000, and after only 20 years, to 3,000. With the addition of new departments, the original number of 12 professors increased to about 140. Only 12 years after MHH was founded, 80 per cent of the planned departments and clinics had been realised.[6][self-published source]
Being both an academic and a clinical institution, the MHH motto is Einheit, Freiheit, Nächstenliebe ('unity, freedom, charity'), and in full unitas in necessariis, libertas in dubiis, caritas in omnibus ('unity in what is necessary, liberty in case of doubt, charity in all things').[7][self-published source]
International
PhD students and scientists from all over the world are involved in a variety of research projects at MHH and partner institutes.
↑ Although traditionally the English spelling is Hanover, the German spelling Hannover with the double 'n' has become more popular in English, the local government writes Hannover with the double 'n' on their English webpages,[4] and the medical school writes their English-language name with Hannover and its double 'n'.[5]
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