All Top News for Students 2009

Up-to-Date Information on Changes in University of Hamburg's Course Offerings for Winter Semester 2009/10

There are changes at the University of Hamburg this winter semester 2009/10 which could be important for prospective students and applicants. Information about the introduction of new courses of study and the reintroduction of admission restrictions can be found here…

Professor of the Year

UNICUM Beruf is currently seeking the Professor of the Year 2009. October 2, 2009 is the deadline for students, graduates and professorial colleagues to nominate their favorites under www.professor-des-jahres.de. They are looking for candidates in the four categories economics/law, engineering/informatics, natural sciences/medicine and humanties, social and cultural sciences. Criteria for choices, besides being a good teacher and pursuing successful research activities, include having a practical approach, effective job training and good connections to potential employers of their students. More...

Student Tuition Fees Report 2007

The first complete report on the use of tuition fees in 2007 has been published. The report provides basic information about tuition-fee use and distribution guidelines at the University of Hamburg. It also provides information on the individual faculties' books and an overview of information policies on the use of money and future plans to improve conditions in the areas of studying and teaching. More...

Fellowships for Study Abroad

You want to go abroad and need funds? Apply for the Hamburg Fellowship for Outgoings: STIP-OUT provides partial aid for study-related trips abroad (language courses, internships, academic study). The fellowships provide 1000 euros for trips over three months, 500 euros for shorter stays. Registration deadline is November 11th, 2009. More …

International Welcome Week

The PIASTA Team from the University of Hamburg's Welcome Center invites all international and German first-semester students from October 5th through 9th to the start of the winter semester 2009/2010. The International Welcome Week welcomes new students with a diverse program in which you can get to know Hamburg and the University, acquire important information about studying and living in Hamburg and meet a lot of new people. On the PIASTA Team's homepage www.uni-hamburg.de/ersteschritte students can also find some important preliminary information More ….

Fascinating, Terrible, Evil

In the course series "Fascinating, Terrible, Evil," the Master degree program Information Science and Management at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences attempts to answer the question: How does film successfully create the terrible and terrifying? To plumb the question further, seven horror classics will be shown in the Metropolis Cinema over a three-month period. Event managers heartily welcome the students of other universities.
Student ticket price: 4,- € admission
Dates and films

Oct. 6th 9:45 pm MISERY
Oct. 13th 9:15 pm BRAM STOKER'S DRACULA
Oct. 27th 5:00 pm KAP DER ANGST
Nov. 10th 9:30 pm SATANAS -- DAS SCHLOSS DER BLUTIGEN BESTIE
Nov. 24th 9:15 pm DER EXORZIST
Dec. 8th 7:00 pm DEAD MAN WALKING

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Placement Tests for Subject-Specific Language Courses

Registration for the new FSZ language courses in winter semester 2009/2010 will take place on Friday, October 16th from 9 am to 7 pm in the VMP 5 rooms 76b and 78.
PLEASE NOTE: Students who have not yet been placed must take the placement test on October 12th in the ESA 1 lecture hall (English at 5 pm, Spanish, French, Italian and Russian at 6:30 pm). The courses are free for students of the University of Hamburg.
The FSZ offers language courses for students with previous knowledge (starting at level B2) in three core areas: subject-related language skills, intercultural competence and preparation for travel abroad and careers. More ….

German Rectors' Conference Begins Internet Forum for Students

In May of 2009, the German Rector's Conference started an internet forum for students. They have the opportunity to discuss such topics as general studying conditions, Bologna reform and admissions, among others. The results of the discussion are to be incorporated into the so-called "election touchstones" that the Rectors' Conference will present to the political parties before the Bundestag election. To the forum...

Second Hamburg Science Slam - Seeking Participants!

The second Science Slam will take place on September 4th in Haus III&70!
The Science Slam, likes its progenitor, the Poetry Slam, is a competition in the form of talks. But instead of original writing, the participants present original research results. The audience constiutes the jury and determines the first-place prizewinner in the Hamburg Science Slam at the end of the evening. The scientific value of the work is not the primary factor in judging. An informative, entertaining presentation of the topic, whether in the natural sciences, the humanities or medicine, is far more important. More ….

Fellowships from the Graduate School "Media and Communication"
(July 16, 2009)

This winter semester, the doctoral program of the Graduate School "Media and Communication" will begin at the University of Hamburg.
The school serves as the patron for the interdisciplinary doctoral program for the Research Center for Media and Communication (RCMC). Within the framework of the Landesexzellenzinitiative (State Excellence Initiative) the Graduate School is already offering for the winter semester 2009/2010 10 partial fellowships of a monthly 800 euro each. You can find more information on the RCMC, the course prgram and application process here.

Seeking Participants for Study

Are you enrolled in an International Degree Programme? Are some (or all) of your courses taught in English? Would you like to win an Amazon gift certificate valued at 50€?
If “yes” is your answer to all three questions, please participate in the survey on language needs of students in international degree programmes! It only takes 15 minutes. You’ll find the questionnaire online…

„BIOTechnikum. Researching Life – Structuring the Future“: Mobile Biotechnology Exhibit in Hamburg from June 15-19, 2009

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research's initiative "BIOTechnikum. Researching Life - Structuring the Future", sponsored by Minister President Peter Harry Carstensen and the Mayor of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg Ole von Beust, provides information on research in modern biotechnology in Germany. The truck with a completely equipped laboratory and exhibition modules will be at the Jakobikirchhof in Hamburg and will offer visitors an exciting look at the fascinating world of life sciences. Admission is free of charge. You can find the program here.

Seeking Participants for Pilot Study

„What is mine, is also yours“? – an online questionnaire to analyze the role of everyday social relationships. Doctoral candidates in organizational and economic psychology at the Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich are examining the effect of social orientation in economic decision-making situtations in the pilot study "Social Orientation and Economic Decisions" and are looking for participants. The poll takes about 20 minutes; among participants, 5 x 100 euros will be raffled off. To the questionnaire...

Student Contest 2009 - Celebrating Freedom and Unity

The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced a contest for students in all fields of study on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of reunification on the topic "Celebrating Freedom and Unity. What Holds us Together - Germany in the 21st Century". Contest proposals can be made in the following categories: essay/reportage or photography. in both categories first, second and third prizes totalling 2500 euros, 1,500 euros and 1,000 euros will be given. For group work the prize would be shared. Contest deadline is June 15, 2009. More...

Technical Language Center of the University of Hamburg for Students in all Faculties (free of charge!)

Technical and subject-related language courses (English, French, Italian, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish) with performance points for many courses of study, electives, general career competencies, technical foreign language certificates and additional qualifications. The Technical Language Center is an interdisciplinary academic institution of the University of Hamburg. Specialized, didactically qualified teachers (native speakers with appropriate university degrees) instruct small groups in technical foreign language using university didactic concepts. More...

Job Fair at the University of Hamburg

On May 5th and 6th Stellenwerk – the Job Fair will again provide the opportunity to introduce interesting companies as promising avenues to the future. From 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., firms from numerous branches of trade will make their presentations in the Main Building and the Wings.
The job fair is an excellent opportunity to make new contacts for your professional future and to find a place in the labor market. 54 interesting concerns will be there this year, looking for new, qualified employees. In order to prepare carefully, there are numerous workshops, a data bank in which students and graduates can introduce themselves to the exhibiting companies ahead of time, and contact partners who can be reached directly. More...

Registration and Tuition for Summer Semester 2009

For summer semester 2009 registration, not only semester fees, but also tuition fees are due. Registration deadline is April 1, 2009. Sample fee transfer forms for semester fees as well as the tuition fee notification can be found in the STiNE account under "documents". Further information about tuition can be found on the internet sites and in the tuition fee notification itself.

Tuition Report 2007

The first complete report on the utilization of tuition fees in 2007 has been published. The report includes basic information about the guidelines used to determine how tuition fees at the University of Hamburg are distributed and applied and the individual faculties' statements of accounts; it also provides a look at the measures carried out which shed a light on the utilization of monies and the future plans to improve study and teaching conditions. More...

Tuition

Information about tuition for winter semester 2008/09 is now available. More...

Law for Protection from the Dangers of Passive Smoking in Public

The Law for Protection from the Dangers of Passive Smoking in Public went into effect on January 1, 2008. Paragraph 2, section 1, number 6 of this law states that smoking in universities, adult education centers and all other educational institutions (in buildings and other completely closed rooms) is forbidden. To implement this law, the President and both staff representatives signed a respective service agreement to protect non-smokers and encourage no smoking at the UHH.

Living Learning Locations: Student Competition

The German Initiative for Network Information e.V., (DINI), calls on students in the departments of architecture/interior design, informatics/information and library science, education/communication and media science to take part in the contest "Living Learning Locations". This is a search for innovative concepts for the designing of learning environments which take into consideration the development of eLeaning and facilitate a conectional utilization of digital and analog media. A prize of 5000 euros is being offered. The deadline for the submission of ideas is March 31, 2009. More...

Center for Buddhist Studies Fellowships

The Center for Buddhist Studies offers four fellowships for up to a maximum of twenty-four months to support MA and doctoral students doing research in Buddhist studies and other fields related to Buddhism. Candidates of all faculties are welcome to apply. The next deadline is May 15, 2009. More...

STiNE Registration Phase Changed

The University and information experts have taken various steps to ensure the high performance effectiveness of STiNE. This includes optimizing the software to raise performance and utilizing new, more efficient hardware. These measures should help ensure system stability in the registration phase. Unfortunately the delivery of the hardware has been delayed. In order to sufficiently test the equipment before use, it has been decided, in agreement with the Vice-Deans for Studies and Teaching, to postpone the beginning of registration for classes.
The new period for the general first registration phase for summer semester 2009 will begin on Monday, March 2, at 12:00 p.m. and end on Friday, March 20, at 3:00 p.m.
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Go to Eastern Europe as a Cultural Manager: A Robert Bosch Foundation Grant

If you would like to act as a cultural agent in educational and cultural institutions in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe after graduating, you can now apply for a grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation. Since 2002, cultural managers have been conveying an up-to-date picture of Germany in innovative projects and qualifying themselves in regular advanced training sessions to become young leaders for international cultural exchange. Prerequisites are a university degree, knowledge of the guest country, its culture and language. Deadline is March 9. More...

Change to Bachelor and Master

By 2010 all European are supposed to have changed to the Bachelor-Master system. This resolution was passed by the European Ministers of Education in Bologna in 1999. The University of Hamburg is planning to change all its courses of study and replace its Diplom and Magister degrees with a Bachelor as a first and a Master as a second degree. The individual subjects will introduce this new system at different times. More...

Journal 360° Wins the German Student Services Prize and is Looking for New Coworkers at the University of Hamburg

The student Journal 360° for Politics and Society has won the national contest "Students for Students". The award was offered by German Student Services and the Federal Ministry for Education and Research to seek out innovative and convincing voluntary projects. Altogether over 200 student or student group projects were nominated, six of which, besides the 360° project, were recognized.
In addition, the University of Hamburg journal group is looking for new coworkers for work in editing, PR and marketing. They are expressly seeking students from all areas of study. A meeting for interested parties will take place on January 15, 2009 at 6:00 p.m. in the Mathildebar (Bornstraße 16, near Abaton Kino). More ...

Information from Science and Research – Online Version Out Now

The printed version of „Mitteilungen aus Wissenschaft und Forschung“ (Information from Science and Research) has been replaced by a continually updated online version. Get news about promotion of science, scholarship programs and awards. More...

Tuition Information

After the Federal Constitutional Court declared the prohibition of tuition unconstitutional on January 26, 2005, Hamburg planned to institute these study fees. The Ministry of Science and Health presented a bill on December 20, 2005. Starting in 2006, Hamburg made it possible for institutions of higher education to charge tuition amounting to a maximum of 500 euros per semester. The income from the fees is being used by the universities to improve teaching and study conditions. More...

Wanna show your European face?

Come to the European Week Eindhoven 2009 in the Netherlands! From May 25th until the 29th 2009 you can broaden your view of Europe by both a challenging conference and an astonishing party program. By day, eminent speakers will give lectures, you can follow workshops and actively exchange views on the identity, integration and reputation of Europe with over 450 other European students.
At night you will encounter different European cultures during our party program including the cultural festival, a trip to The Hague and Eindhoven’s famous Auditorium party.
This will be an overwhelming week and all of this, including Dutch cuisine and a bed in the heart of Eindhoven’s student life, will be free of charge. To apply (before the 18th of February 2009) and to find more information, please go to www.europeanweek.org.

Contest for Young Researchers: Körber Foundation's German Study Award Announced

Entries for the German Study Award may still be submitted by young academics until March 1, 2009. With this prize the Körber Foundation recognizes outstanding research projects which are particularly beneficial to society. The three best contributions receive prizes totalling 30,000 euros each. The German Study Award is one of the highest-endowed prizes for young German scholars. Reserachers who earned dissertations in 2008 with grades of excellent may participate. More ...

Joachim Jungius Prize 2009

The newly established successor to the Joachim Jungius Society of Sciences, Hamburg, Joachim Jungius-Stiftung der Wissenschaften zu Hamburg (Joachim Jungius Foundation of Sciences in Hamburg), as its first promotional activity, announces the Joachim Jungius Prize 2009 which would provide funding for a young academic for an outstanding paper on a topic from the research field distributive justice. More ...