1980s - years of development

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  • Prof. Dr. Hans Brinckmann succeeds Prof. Dr. Franz Neumann in the office of President.
  • The GhK intensifies its efforts to internationalize the university by concluding further partnership agreements.
  • Dr. Hans Gädeke is appointed Chancellor.

  • Prof. Dr. Hans Brinckmann succeeds Prof. Dr. Franz Neumann in the office of President.
  • The GhK intensifies its efforts to internationalize the university by concluding further partnership agreements.
  • Dr. Hans Gädeke is appointed Chancellor.

  • Prof. Dr. Hans Brinckmann succeeds Prof. Dr. Franz Neumann in the office of President.
  • The GhK intensifies its efforts to internationalize the university by concluding further partnership agreements.
  • Dr. Hans Gädeke is appointed Chancellor.

  • The diploma program in biology is introduced.
  • The expansion target of 9,000 students is already exceeded with 9,461 students.
  • Former Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Ludwig von Friedeburg and former Director of the Daimler-Benz plant in Kassel, Dipl.-Ing. Helmut Karpinski, receive honorary senatorships.

  • With the completion of the new lecture hall centers, dormitories and the building complex for economic and social sciences, the new campus at Holländischer Platz can be occupied.
  • Honorary doctorates are awarded at the GhK for the first time.

  • Diploma programs in chemistry, vocational education, product design and several continuing education programs are introduced.
  • Master's degree programs are introduced in the humanities and social sciences.
  • Former Lord Mayor Dr. Karl Branner becomes the first honorary senator of the GhK.

  • The Science Council continues the expansion planning for 9,000 study places at the GhK and confirms the model of tiered courses of study.
  • Prof. Rainer Meyfahrt becomes Vice President.

  • The first new building on Holländischer Platz is occupied: the Technik I/II building for civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
  • The new large sports hall at the Aue Stadium is built together with the city of Kassel.

  • Prof. Dr. Franz Neumann becomes the new president, Prof. Dr. Ulrich Teichler becomes vice president.
  • The GhK celebrates its tenth anniversary. It now has 7,612 students.

  • President Prof. Dr. Ernst-Ulrich von Weizsäcker resigns from the office of GhK President. Prof. Dr. Michael Daxner is elected as his successor, but is rejected by the Minister of Education.
  • With the establishment of the Integrated Diploma Program in Electrical Engineering, the last technical college program is replaced.