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2 September 2025|In focus

Study compares development of low writing and reading skills in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland

Photo: University of Hamburg / Weimer

The LEO study and the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies measure and literacy in adults. To mark the International Literacy Day on 8 September 2025, researchers at the University of Hamburg are publishing a special study that proves literacy is key to participating in...

9 October 2024|In focus

Sustainability Days 2024: Two Days Full of Exciting Events

Photo: University of Hamburg / Esfandiari

In and around the Audimax, the University of Hamburg devoted 2 days entirely to sustainability—there was even a DJ at the end. And the next open plenum on sustainability is already fast approaching.

9 October 2024|In focus

Up 4 Places: University of Hamburg Improves Its THE World University Ranking

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

In the latest edition of the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings, the University of Hamburg was ranked 132nd among more than 2,000 universities worldwide and 12th among German universities.

2 October 2024|In focus

Global Health as a Topic of Two EUGLOH Events

Photo: HRA/Helm

The European University Alliance for Global Health (EUGLOH) offers students and researchers from 9 European universities networking opportunities so that they can expand their knowledge in the field of global health. The University of Hamburg hosted 2 events in September.

6 August 2024|In focus

The University of Hamburg Signs Up to HRK Voluntary Commitment

Photo: University of Hamburg / Schell

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.

16 May 2024|In focus

Students pitch ideas for creating a sustainable economy and society

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Röttger

How do I start a business? How do I realize an idea so that it has a societal impact? What does sustainable growth mean? Students tackle these questions in a course at the University. To present the resulting ideas, Universität Hamburg is bringing the city’s social entrepreneurship scene together...

19 March 2024|In focus

Not a phenomenon of modernity: Women as Burglars, Fraudsters, and Thugs

Photo: State and University Library Carl von Ossietzky (p.hamb.graec.144)

Each year, as part of the Agathe Lasch Visiting Scientist Program for Women in Academia, Universität Hamburg invites female academics to participate in a research stay of up to 6 months. Kerstin Droß-Krüpe, specialist in ancient history, is currently in Hamburg researching violent women in...

29 February 2024|In focus

“It Is Our Job to Teach and Exchange Knowledge for the Protection of Species Diversity”

Photo: pixabay/silviarita

The World Wildlife Day, celebrated annually across the globe on 3 March, was introduced as part of the Washington Convention (CITES) to commemorate and raise awareness about wildlife How does Universität Hamburg promote the preservation of species diversity? Three questions for Myriam Rapior,...

9 February 2024|In focus

Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld: First designs for Quartiere am Volkspark

Photo: Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld GmbH; aerial photograph: Fotofrizz B. Kuhn

As Hamburg’s newest area dedicated to science and scholarship, Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is undergoing a great deal of change. Alongside the construction and renovation of scientific buildings—for Universität Hamburg among others—planning for residential and work life in the quarter is also...

6 February 2024|In focus

The University Visits Hamburg’s Schools

Prof. Buchweitz talking to a class of upper secondary school students

Photo: Universität Hamburg

Be it in physics or philosophy, researchers from Universität Hamburg, DESY, and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf will be swapping the lecture halls for the classroom to give insight into their work as part of Wir wollen’s wissen! (We want to know!).

13 December 2023|In focus

Assistance programs UHHhilft and the Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk Assistance Programs Extended

University’s president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren at the press conference at the University Museum

Photo: Universität Hamburg

Universität Hamburg’s assistance programs UHHhilft and the Hamburg Programme for Scholars at Risk offer rapid and unbureaucratic help to researchers and students prevented from continuing their studies or their academic career because they have had to flee or have been expelled from their country...

11 September 2023|In focus

German U15 and Russell Group: German-British Research Exchange in Hamburg

Participants in the meeting between the German U15 and Russell Group

Photo: UHH/Röttger

On 11 and 12 September 2023, representatives of the largest German and British research universities congregated in Hamburg. They visited the hosting Universität Hamburg together and celebrated Great Britain’s association with the Horizon Europe research program.

24 July 2023|In focus

Operation Gomorrha 1943 The Bombs, Their Meaning, and the Consequences Today

Album photo of a building destroyed in 1943

Photo: Erinnerungswerk Hamburger Feuersturm / private Eduard Engel

In World War II, National Socialist Germany brought death and destruction to the world. The Allies also bombed German cities. Eighty years ago, large swaths of Hamburg were destroyed between 24 July and 3 August. Hendrik Althoff is a research associate in the German History research area who has...

10 July 2023|In focus

“We want to take advantage of digitalization in all areas.”

University president Hauke Heekeren (right) and Chief Digital Officer Sebastian Gerling

Photo: UHH/Esfandiari

After a year in creation, Universität Hamburg has released its digital strategy. So what is it, and why is it important for the University? University president Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren and chief digital officer Prof. Dr. Sebastian Gerling discuss in the interview below.

4 July 2023|In focus

QS World University Rankings: Universität Hamburg Among Top 10 Leading German Universities

Main Building of the University with a red Universität Hamburg cube

Photo: UHH/von Wieding

In the twentieth issue of QS World University Rankings 2024, Universität Hamburg ranked number 10 nationally and 205 internationally. The evaluation covered 1,500 scientific institutions around the world, including 50 in Germany.

21 June 2023|In focus

“We have set teacher education as a top issue”

Students in the lecture hall at Universität Hamburg

Photo: UHH/von Wieding

Well-trained teachers are urgently sought. his means that many young people will need to decide to study education in the coming years. This interview discusses both the challenges of teacher education and the measures being adopted to attract new students with Universität Hamburg president, Prof...

19 June 2023|In focus

Universität Hamburg Joins Network for More Open and Equitable Scholarship

Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren, Prof. Simone Buitendijk, Prof. Dr. Laura Marie Edinger-Schons

Photo: UHH/Víctor González Menéndez

How can we ensure that knowledge is available to all for fruitful exchange and use? This is the question that the Knowledge Equity Network (KEN), of which Universität Hamburg has just become a member, asks. The network’s goal is to address global challenges by making path-breaking research and...

30 May 2023|In focus

“History research should have societal value.”

Photo: University of Kent

The Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society was recently founded in the Faculty of Humanities. It fosters transdisciplinary cooperation in the areas of health, ethics, and society and will be headed by the nucleus professor Ulf Schmidt.

17 May 2023|In focus

First Scholarly App on Hamburg’s Colonial Past Goes Online

At the app presentation at the University Museum: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Zimmerer, Katharina Fegebank, and Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren

Photo: Universität Hamburg / Feuerböther

Hamburg was the capital of Germany’s colonial enterprise and is now treading new paths as it reflects upon its colonial legacy. Where the Colonial Institute once trained people for service overseas, the research team at the research center for Hamburg’s (post-)colonial legacy headed by Prof. Dr...

22 March 2023|In focus

Universität Hamburg alumni on their path towards a career—psychology and human movement science

Dr. Ann-Kathrin Rogge, Prof. Dr. Niels Van Quaquebeke, Dr. Christoph Ramcke, Dr. Mario Bogdanov

Photo: Universität Hamburg, RRZ/MCC, Mentz; Dennis Williamson; private (2)

Every year, thousands of students earn their degree here. Hundreds of doctorates are also awarded. And the career options available after that are many and diverse. In this series, alumni from various faculties talk about what they learned at Universität Hamburg and what advice they have for...

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