All Top News Concerning Studies 2009 – 2011

To mark the start of the winter semester 2011/12, the PIASTA Team of the Department of International Affairs at the Universität Hamburg invites all first year students to International Welcome Week. You can look forward to a diverse program that will help you get to know Hamburg and the university and to get to know other students. This way you can start your studies with fun and no stress! More…

You’re not on your own for a successful semester start!
During your first semester at the University of Hamburg you’ll regularly meet in a small group with your PIASTA Mentor. You’ll discuss, for example, learning organization, tips for writing a term paper, but you’ll also get to know each other. The PIASTA Mentors are experienced international students that have been trained to lead intercultural learning groups. More...

The Handelsblatt Ranking 2009 was just published. Departments of business administration at the faculty level in German-speaking regions were analyzed. The business administration ranking shows the University of Hamburg to be high on the list: It earned 10th place, and 5th place among the German universities. To the results…

The application period for online application for the international Master programs „Economics“, „European Studies“, „International Business Administration“, „Politics, Economics and Philosophy“ und „Integrated Climate System Sciences“ starts on February 15th and ends on March 31st . For further information please click here...

At the beginning of the summer semester 2010 we – the Department of International Affairs at the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg Welcome Center – kindly invite all first year students to the International Welcome Week. A colourful and interesting programme that will help you to get to know Hamburg and the University awaits you! You will obtain important information on living and studying in Hamburg and get the chance to meet other students. Take this chance to make your first days at the University of Hamburg enjoyable, helpful and fun! More...

The re-registration period has begun. We'd like to remind you tha , starting in summer semester 2010, the semester fee has increased to 254.50 euros. You can find a sample counter at your STiNE account under "Documents" as well as more information. To complete re-registration, you must pay both the semester fee and the tuition fees by 1 April at the latest,the reminder about tuition fees will be posted strating mid-February in your STiNE account.

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…

From Oct. 5th to Oct. 9th , the PIASTA team at the University of Hamburg and the Hamburg Welcome Center invite all international and German first-semester students to the start of winter semester 2009/2010. The International Welcome Week welcomes new students with a diverse program, giving them an opportunity to get to know Hamburg and the University as well as to gather information on studying and living in Hamburg and to meet a lot of new people. On the PIASTA team's home-page, www.uni-hamburg.de/ersteschritte students can already find the most important information More ….

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...

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...