A plaque reminds the University of Hamburg of one the most famous German student protests: on 9 November 1967, students Detlev Albers and Gert Hinnerk Behlmer unfurled a banner with the words, “Unter den Talaren—Muff von 1000 Jahren” (“Under these robes—1,000 years of rot”) during the succession ceremony for the new rector...

On 30 October, the Lab of Tomorrow will open its doors at the University of Hamburg. This is where members of the public can become researchers. The lab’s opening focus will be on workshops, lectures, and experiments you can do at home on the tiniest rays of hope: microalgae.

The German army (Bundeswehr) to increase the number of soldiers in response to increased foreign threat levels. The results of a study from the MOTRA research network suggest a willingness to volunteer may make compulsory military service unnecessary.

In 2024, 953 people nationwide donated one or several organs after their deaths, for roughly 8,600 patients who need one. Could this imbalance be addressed if people do not have to agree to donate but instead have to object to donating? A research team that includes the University of Hamburg has concluded that this system...

The University of Hamburg is opening its doors to prospective researchers! Together with ETV Kinder- und Jugendförderung, it is extending an invitation to this year’s weekly Children’s University Lectures starting on 10 November 2025. The lectures are designed for children between 8 and 12 years old.

Art is back at the University of Hamburg’s Philosophenturm: A large, three-part painting by the important Austrian artist Oskar Kokoschka has returned to Lecture Hall D on Von-Melle-Park campus. As part of an extensive renovation of the building, the work Thermopylae oder der Kampf um die Errettung des Abendlandes had to be...