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Jean-Baptiste Goeh-Akue and Cecilie Schanz

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Gau / Keller

23.08.2024|Campus
Welcome Buddy Program: Rental contracts and global friendships
Both the Hamburg buddies and new international students benefit from PIASTA’s Welcome Buddy Program. We are currently looking for participants for Winter Semester 2024/25. Cecilie Schanz from Denmark and Jean-Baptiste Goeh-Akue from Germany met through the program. In this interview, they talk about...
Inaugurating the new system

Photo: Hamburger Energiewerke

21.08.2024|Campus
First Photovoltaic System at the University of Hamburg in Operation
A large photovoltaic system on the roof of the University of Hamburg’s Center for Hybrid Nanostructures is now generating solar energy in Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld—effective immediately. With about 160 kWp over a surface of over 750 square meters, it is currently one of the largest PV systems...
Photograph of the excavation site in Miletus

Photo: University of Hamburg / Berns

16.08.2024|Research
The Excavations at Miletus: An International Research Campus
The ruins of the ancient city of Miletus have been the subject of systematic archaeological research since 1899. Since 2018, the excavations have been carried out as teaching excavations under the direction of the University of Hamburg. They offer students from both Hamburg and abroad research-based...
Eine von KI erzeugte Fantasie-Ansicht von Häusern

Photo: Just Housing in Europe/genAI

15.08.2024|Research
Europe-wide research network: What Makes a Just Housing System?
Less and less people are able to find affordable housing. Policymakers are pushing to build more apartments while the construction industry is complaining about overregulation and exploding costs. Researchers from an interdisciplinary network have set out to find solutions for a just housing system...
Joseph Nuri

Photo: Private

14.08.2024|Campus
Double degree in Kyoto: “Spontaneous Insight Sticks Best”
Master’s students at the Faculty of Business Administration can get a double degree, one from the University of Hamburg plus one from the University of Kyoto, Japan. The 2024 application period for the double degree program ended on 15 August. Joseph Nuri is one of program participants from the...
Photo of the recently discovered amphipod Lepechinella naces

Photo: University of Hamburg/Lörz/Engel

06.08.2024|Research
University of Hamburg Researchers Part of Novel Initiative for Species Description and Classification
It often takes many years for a collected animal species to be formally described. Long-delayed taxonomy is an impediment to the fight for species protection. Ocean Species Discoveries—a new publication initiative—has set out to tackle this problem for deep-sea creatures. In the first issue, 2...
Main Building

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

06.08.2024|In focus
The University of Hamburg Signs Up to HRK Voluntary Commitment
The University of Hamburg is one of the first U15 universities to sign up to a German Rectors’ Conference (HRK) voluntary commitment. In taking this step, universities are reaffirming their continued commitment to gender equality in appointments.
Felix Hansen, Alexander Bernard Arthur, and Isabel Vonessen Wilson.

Photo: Private

05.08.2024|Excellence
Lessons from History for the Future
The project Culture of Remembrance—Our History, Our Culture brings together the University of Hamburg and the University of Education in Winneba, Ghana. Six students take a close look at the history of the Schimmelmann family and their involvement in the slave trade. The research project receives...
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The University of Excellence in Brief

Have you ever asked yourself what “University of Excellence” means, what it requires of Universität Hamburg, and what the University spend its Excellence funding on? A short film provides the most important answers.