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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University of applied sciences, public
Year of foundation
1970
Total number of Students
16,877
Students at this campus
16,877
Semester contribution
Public transport ticket is included.
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
5.8%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
2.6%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
26.6%
Humanities, Languages
3.4%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
51.2%
Other studies
10.4%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
82.9%
Master's degree
17.1%
Teacher qualification degree
0%
Pre-Bologna degrees
0%
Other types of degrees
0%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Locations: The libraries of the HAW Hamburg are centrally organised in the university information and library service (HIBS). A total of 5 specialised libraries.; Services: Over 200,000 printed and electronic media are available. The technical engineering and computer science library is also the official DIN standards repository. In addition to various databases, e-magazines and e-books, a whole range of search tools are available online. Regular training courses are held for students, among other things, to convey information.
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Foreign language center and courses

There is no foreign language centre. Languages offered: English, French, German as a Foreign Language, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese.

Special features regarding university sports

The university offers its own sports programme. Participation is subject to fees. Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is an elite sports partner university in Hamburg and helps top student athletes to cope with the demands of studying and performance training and to flexibly coordinate the time commitments of training and competitions and, for example, exams. Right at the centre of the Berliner Tor campus is an ultramodern health and fitness studio that offers the best possible sporting facilities. The fitness studio has around 60 high-tech machines, washrooms, changing rooms and a university sports office. Sports: The Hamburg university sports programme offers an attractive and varied range of sporting activities. In addition to approx. 350 sports courses per semester, there are fitness courses in the three university sports studios, numerous sports trips and weekend courses.
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Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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