All courses have a practical component of 25%; practicals are supervised by professors; team work is promoted in the entire course of studies; small groups for lectures and practicals; compulsory practical project, often with industry cooperation; due to large pool of teaching staff there is a wide range of optional required subjects with current, practice and research-related topics; compulsory module with at least six credit points.

Universidad Burgos, Spanien; Universite Blois, Frankreich; Universite de Lorraine, Frankreich; West Uni. Timisoara, Rumänien; University Forscari Venedig, Italien; Turku Uni. of Science, Finnland

Very well-equipped labs in terms of software/hardware (teams of two); up-to-date equipment; integration of research environment in the courses; up-to-date education models; development software freely available; labs have long opening hours; lab usage possible outside of courses; learning rooms, library which regularly has new acquisitions in the field of Computer Science.

Various research activities in the areas of Autonomous and Intelligent Systems, Architecture and Management of Innovative Information Systems, Data Science, Network-based and Time-critical Systems, and Security and Reliability.

The start-up service of HAW Hamburg is a university-wide service for all students of HAW Hamburg.

E-learning platform; bridge courses in mathematics and programming; five-day first-semester orientation unit; first-semester introductory tutorial; orientation unit in the first and fourth semesters; subject tutorials especially in the first semesters; coaching offers from the central student advisory service; teaching evaluation; Qpakt activities for bridge courses, also online; start-up workshop; job application training.