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University of Excellence

Clusters of excellence

Universität Hamburg achieved extraordinary success in the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments, a funding competition for top-level university research in Germany. Four clusters of excellence have been receiving funding since 2019. In these research alliances, researchers investigate issues in astrophysics, climate research, and photon science and study written artifacts.

Nahaufnahme Elektronenmikroskop

Photo: UHH/CUI, Peter Garten

CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter

The cluster investigates, among other things, what makes atoms move the way they do and how this creates new structures with special functionalities.

Globen, die die Temperatur auf dem Planeten anzeigen

Photo: J.Marotzke/M.Böttinger

CLICCS

The Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) examines, among other things, whether it is plausible to restrict global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.

Mikroskop untersucht ein altes Pergament

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Understanding Written Artefacts

In Understanding Written Artefacts, researchers study the development and purpose of written artifacts in manuscript cultures, from their beginnings in Mesopotamia to the digital age.

Simulation kosmischer Magnetfeldstrukturen

Photo: UHH/Franco Vazza

Quantum Universe

The cluster explores, for example, how particle physics and gravity can help us understand the development of the universe after the big bang.

Contact

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