The University of Hamburg today took stock of its first round of admissions to the 4,500 available places for winter semester 2008/2009. As of August 21, 2008, 84 percent of all places have been allocated. In the current admission procedures, applicants have for the first time immediately received admission letters if their Abitur grades were within the range for their major. For winter semester 2008/2009 there were 30,238 applications for the 4,500 University of Hamburg places ( last year, 23,987 applications). The second round with its clearing procedures in which applicants are offered still available places, begins on August 25th. University places in, for example, teacher training are currently still available.
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