Information for students

• Please send an informal email with the official proof of the change of first name and gender entry in PDF format to studierendenverwaltung@uni-hannover.de.
• The personal data will be updated there and forwarded to the relevant examination administration.
• Please also apply for your new LeibnizCard here.
• At the same time, you should apply for a new e-mail address via elearning@uni-hannover.de. This is required for the various accesses, e.g. for exam registration (QIS).

Data protection notice: Please always send your e-mails encrypted using a user certificate in order to protect sensitive data.

• The first name can be changed in many places in the LUH systems using the "Rufname" option. However, the passport name remains the same and is sometimes publicly visible. Students can have their "Rufname" added via studierendenverwaltung@uni-hannover.de.
• The LeibnizCard can be reissued at the ServiceCentre for a fee of €15.
• You can apply for a new e-mail address at elearning@uni-hannover.de. However, this will only include your surname. Your old e-mail address will remain as an alias, so you will continue to receive e-mails sent to your old address.
• In StudIP, only the "Rufname" will be displayed after the change. The gender information can be changed in StudIP under ‘Personal details’, for example.
• The passport name will continue to be used in QIS and when issuing official documents.
• Please note: The Deutschlandsemesterticket is currently only valid in combination with an ID card. Unfortunately, a dgti ID card is not currently recognised by inspectors and the LeibnizCard is not sufficient.

Data protection notice: Please always send your e-mails encrypted using a user certificate in order to protect sensitive data.

• If you use an e-mail address with a first name, you can request a new e-mail address: elearning@uni-hannover.de 
• Your old e-mail address will be renamed and the existing e-mails and folders will be retained. The old e-mail address will remain as an alias in the background. Depending on the mail system, a period of a few hours will be agreed for the renaming, during which you will not be able to access the mail address.
• You can customise your display name yourself with Sogo-Webmail.

• Yes, previous correspondence under your birth name and documents submitted or created under your birth name (e.g. school or work references) will remain in your file. Only your clerk from the Examination and Enrolment Office will have access to them. This serves to trace the identity of persons and is lawful within the framework of the SBGG.
• However, after the change, the birth name and the gender registered until the change may not be disclosed or researched without consent. See §13, SBGG.

• Yes, please apply for the reissue of certificates, diplomas and certificates of achievement informally via studium@uni-hannover.de. Please briefly explain why a reissue is necessary.
• The original documents to be amended must be submitted for reissue and will be confiscated or declared invalid by Leibniz University. If the document to be amended cannot be presented, the person must declare on oath that they are neither in possession of the document nor aware of its whereabouts. See §10, SBGG.

• Please have your previous achievements reissued under your new name.

• The data and access to the Seafile cloud remain unchanged, as access is via WebSSO.

• As you log in to the project file using your e-mail address, the new address must be transferred to the project file if you change it. This is done in three steps:

1. You are also entered with your new e-mail address in all projects in which you are entered with the old e-mail address.

2. You test access to all projects with the new e-mail address. Once access has been successfully tested:

3. Your old e-mail address will be removed from all projects.
    

• ​​​​​​​Note: You do not need to delete your account with the old e-mail address yourself. If an e-mail address is no longer used in a project, the associated account is automatically deleted the next night.