utes ▁guarante es ▁inten se ▁integration ▁of ▁patient ▁care , ▁research ▁and ▁teaching . ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁classes ▁were ▁held ▁in ▁the ▁summer ▁sem ester ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 5 , ▁in ▁the ▁Hannover ▁Ost stadt ▁Hospital . ▁The ▁student - te acher ▁ratio ▁was ▁ideal , ▁with ▁ 1 2 ▁teachers ▁and ▁ 4 1 ▁students , ▁but ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁remain ▁so ▁for ▁long . ▁Within ▁ten ▁years , ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁students ▁rose ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 , 0 0 0 , ▁and ▁after ▁only ▁ 2 0 ▁years , ▁to ▁ 3 , 0 0 0 . ▁With ▁the ▁addition ▁of ▁new ▁depart ments , ▁the ▁original ▁number ▁of ▁ 1 2 ▁profess ors ▁increased ▁to ▁about ▁ 1 4 0 . ▁Only ▁ 1 2 ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁M HH ▁was ▁founded , ▁ 8 0 ▁per ▁cent ▁of ▁the ▁planned ▁depart ments ▁and ▁clin ics ▁had ▁been ▁real ised . ▁ ▁As ▁the ▁M HH ▁is ▁both ▁an ▁academic ▁and ▁a ▁clin ical ▁institution , ▁the ▁following ▁watch word ▁was ▁chosen ▁to ▁express ▁its ▁commit ment ▁to ▁its ▁ide als ▁and ▁goals : ▁ ▁International ▁Ph D ▁students ▁and ▁scient ists ▁from ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world ▁are ▁involved ▁in ▁a ▁variety ▁of ▁research ▁projects ▁at ▁the ▁M HH ▁and ▁partner ▁instit utes . ▁These ▁activities ▁are ▁bund led ▁in ▁Hannover ▁Bi omed ical ▁Research ▁School ▁( H B RS ). ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁▁ ▁Official ▁website ▁of ▁the ▁Hannover ▁Medical ▁School ▁▁ ▁Official ▁website