Excellent research infrastructure
As a University of Excellence, the University of Hamburg is improving its research infrastructure to facilitate top cutting-edge research. By setting up technology platforms, the University is systematizing the procurement, use, and maintenance of large core facilities. The new Digital Office headed by the chief digital officer plays a decisive role in coordinating strategic development in the area of IT and digitalization.
Technology platforms
Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence is establishing technology platforms in a range of areas. These partly centralized, partly decentralized platforms support the interdisciplinary and synergistic use of equipment.
So far, 4 technology platforms are already professionally operating state-of-the-art equipment, training researchers, and helping them plan their experiments:
A centralized coordination office organizes the procurement and maintenance of large equipment, thereby facilitating a strategic and future-oriented development of research infrastructure at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence.
IT and digitalization platform
Since the beginning of 2021, Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence has had a chief digital officer.
Coordinated by the Digital Office, a holistic digitalization vision and related digitalization strategy have been developed, establishing how the University pursues digitalization in research, teaching, and administration.
The Hub of Computing and Data Science makes an important contribution to digital transformation in research. This is where cross-disciplinary labs foster interdisciplinary research projects that use digital methods in the fields of AI, machine learning, and data science.
The goal is to expand upon cooperation between experts in given subjects and digital experts to provide a foundation for applications for new collaborative projects. Funding is provided proportionally through the Excellence Strategy.
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30 June 2025|Excellence StrategyFormer Command Post Becomes Public Garden
The conversion of the former command post and bunker on Heiligengeistfeld has created a sensation. The New York Times, for instance, named Hamburg one of 52 places to go in 2025 when the green bunker kicked off. University of Hamburg students are now creating visitor information videos. Historian Prof. Dr. Birthe Kundrus...
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19 June 2025|Excellence StrategyExcellence Website Redesign
In preparation for the University of Excellence evaluation by the German Council of Science and Humanities, our University’s excellence website had a makeover. Its modern look and feel accentuates the presentation of University achievements within the Excellence Strategy and its future goals.
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17 June 2025|Press releaseUKE Joins PIER PLUS Research Alliance
The PIER PLUS research alliance fosters and strengthens cooperation and networking among universities and non-university research institutions in Hamburg. The UKE has now become its 23rd member.
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5 June 2025|Press releaseThe University of Hamburg Passes Comprehensive Sustainability Strategy 2030
Steering the University of Hamburg’s sustainable and digital transformation in the upcoming 5 years is the goal of the University’s 2030 Sustainability Strategy. The strategy is the result of an extensive, participatory process in which people from the entire University took part.
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28 May 2025|Press releaseFrom Space Travel to Sign Language: Researchers Storm Hamburg’s Pubs
Do we bathe in dark matter? How do we tap into the mysteries of a 5,000-year-old letter? Is climate protection a private matter or a national goal? And does the language I use shape my identity? At "Science on Tap", researchers from the University of Hamburg and DESY answer fascinating and urgent questions.
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26 May 2025|Press releaseSustainability Week: Sustainability Initiatives at the University
The Sustainability Week is a platform for sharing ideas, research findings, and visions of a sustainable future. For the second time, Sustainability Week is taking place at the University of Hamburg. From 2 to 6 June, 2025, there will be talks, the Open Plenum 6.0, exhibitions, workshops, and a science slam.
