Hochschule Hannover: One web portal for five faculties

The new digital meeting point of Hochschule Hannover

Summary

Find a degree programme, discover campus life, use services. Now all in one place. The new Hochschule Hannover web portal brings five faculties, 9,000 students, 1,000 staff and many prospective students together on one central platform. Clearly structured, modern in design and accessible at any time. This is where the direct route to all the important information begins.

Services

API Development
CMS
Copywriting + Concept
Frontend Development
Prototyping
Quality Assurance
UI Design
UX Design
Usability Testing
Web Development

Challenge

Hochschule Hannover offers a wide range of programmes, projects and services. For everyone to explore this diversity quickly and easily, it needs a platform that provides orientation and makes discovery effortless.

Solution

The new web portal brings the entire university together under one digital roof. Clear menu navigation and thematically structured sections make finding your way intuitive. From the first click to the destination, everyone keeps track. Information becomes not just accessible but something you can experience.

The right information in seconds

No detours

Whether prospective students, first-year students or cooperation partners – everyone reaches exactly the content that is relevant to them in just a few clicks. A smart entry point leads straight to the goal while opening doors to new topics, offerings and opportunities.

Everything at a glance

All five faculties and the university are now combined in a single web portal. At the same time, we create structurally and visually distinct areas so that users always keep sight of each faculty’s focus.

Clear navigation

We also rely on intuitive navigation that always shows users where they are. That way, nobody will get lost between campus maps, module overviews and event notices again.

Tested by real users

Usability test studio

Despite intensive user research and customer journey analyses: in the end, it is the users who decide whether our result wins them over or falls flat. That’s why, on projects like this, we run usability tests with representatives of the main target group as early as the concept phase. In this case, we invited school leavers who were in the middle of choosing the right degree programme.

A frontend with a system

We make the platform responsive and largely barrier-free – and therefore accessible to the university’s broad target group. It is also connected to various interfaces and services of the university, such as the people finder and the research finder. A sophisticated role concept ensures that the many different administrators can only edit the pages they are responsible for.

Focus on digital accessibility

In line with the German Accessibility Strengthening Act (BFSG), we carried out a comprehensive accessibility audit for Hochschule Hannover – based on the WCAG 2.2 AA guidelines. The aim was to further improve digital accessibility and secure it for all users in the long term.

Our services at a glance:

Conducting a systematic accessibility audit
Compiling the results in an audit report including concrete recommendations for action
Risk-based prioritisation for the targeted removal of critical barriers
Implementation of the recommended optimisations is planned for the end of 2025

This makes the university’s digital presence not only more modern but also more inclusive – while meeting the legal requirements.

Does your online presence need structure? Together, we bring everything into one clearly organised web portal.

Janine WankelmannExecutive Director Marketing and Sales