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HafenCity Universität Hamburg

HafenCity Universität Hamburg

Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1
D-20457 Hamburg
Telephone: +49 40 42827-2737
https://www.hcu-hamburg.de
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Basic information

Kind of Institution and funding body
University, public
Year of foundation
2006
Total number of Students
2,426
Students at this campus
2,426
Semester contribution
340.00 €
Tuition fees
There are no study fees.

Students by area of study

Medicine, Health Science
0%
Natural Sciences, Mathematics
0%
Law, Economic and Social Sciences
0%
Humanities, Languages
12%
Engineering Science (incl. Computer Science)
88%
Other studies
0%

Students by type of degree pursued

Bachelor's degree
66.5%
Master's degree
32.4%
Teacher qualification degree
0%
Pre-Bologna degrees
0%
Other types of degrees
1.1%

Central services

Opening hours central student counselling

Special features regarding the library

Stock: 82,000 volumes; Access to 175,000 e-books and 18,000 e-journals; Digital DIN standards; 23 licensed databases; Service: Open Monday to Friday from 9am to 8pm; Off-campus access to digital media for university members via VPN and SSO; Literature search engine for books and papers; Self-service terminals for borrowing; Personal advice via chat, e-mail; Training courses on academic work, reference management and open access; Tutorials on the learning platform Moodle; Institutional open access repository for publications and research data; Workspaces: 37, journal lounge; Multi-functional devices, scan to USB; Provision of (digital) key texts; Inter-library lending
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Foreign language center and courses

There is no foreign language centre.

Special features regarding university sports

The university does not have its own sports programme. Students may participate in the programme of Hamburg University Sports, a central institution of the Hamburg universities. In Hamburg the university sports programme is a joint service of all the state and state-recognised higher education institutions. Some courses are free of charge, some subject to fees. The central tasks of the university sports programme are: the promotion of sport, movement and health; Courses in popular and competitive sports; Social integration into life and work at higher education institutions, irrespective of origin, culture, ethnicity or gender; promotion of communication between members of the university across departmental & institutional boundaries. Every year, up to 1,400 sports courses, workshops, trips and competitions are organised for around 100 different types of sport.
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Last update 2024: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education

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