Friends of Architecture

The "Friends of Architecture at Leibniz Universität Hannover e.V." is an association of graduates, professors and friends of the architecture department at the University of Hannover.

Its aim is to complement the state's services for teaching and research and to maintain the connection of former students with the faculty. The association, which is based in Hanover, pursues exclusively charitable purposes and finances its activities from membership fees and donations from its members. Contributions and donations are tax deductible.

The minimum annual contribution is currently 40,- Euro.

Boards of the association are the general meeting and the executive committee. The executive committee is elected for three years by the general meeting and consists of the chairman (currently Prof. Wilhelm Meyer), the deputy chairman (currently Prof. Kay Marlow) and the managing director, who is also secretary (currently Dipl.-Ing. Manfred Hofmann).

The board of directors appoints a treasurer, an advisory board consisting of two representatives from the professorial staff, one from the academic staff and the students.

The Friends of Architecture complement the services of the state for teaching and research.

Support services of the association are the whole or partial financing among others of:

• Journals and textbooks for the Fachschaftsbibliothek
• Support of excursions through subsidies for participation fees, excursion guide and excursion documentation
• Exhibitions of student research projects and theses
• Student architectural competitions and projects
• Events, such as the ceremonial presentation of the diploma certificates on completion of studies
• Documentation of the faculty and the yearbooks
• Lectures and guest lectures
• Architecture tour through Hannover for newly enrolled students