Facts and figures

Degree programs

• 67 bachelor's programs
• 88 master's programs
• 8 degree programs with state or further examinations
• 11 continuing education and graduate programs

_{Admission capacities report 2016; official student stats}

Number of students

• 42,890 enrolled students in winter semester 2016/2017 (including doctoral students and students on academic leave)
• approximately 23,882 or 56% are female
• approximately 19.008 or 44% are male
• approximately 5.313 or 12% are international students
• incl. enrolled doctoral students: 4,946
• incl. students on academic leave: 518

_{Dated 8 February 2017, official student stats}

Number of first-year students

• UHH total: 10,601
  • incl. medical students: 426

University applications in the academic year 2016:

• 53,434

_{Application stats 2016; source Department of Studies and Teaching}

Degrees

• Completed degrees (except doctorates): 6,674
  • incl. bachelor's: 3,297
  • incl. master's: 2,309
  • incl. state or further examinations: 803
  • incl. "old" degree programs: 239
  • incl. further graduate degrees: 26

_{Dated 18 April 2017, degree and doctorate stats, academic year 2016}

Doctorates and Habilitationen

• Doctorates: 926
• Habilitation theses: 59

_{Dated 28 March 2017; Habilitation stats 2016}

Number of employees

• Total number of staff: 12,458
  • incl. 7,174 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • incl. 7,735 females (=62%)
  • incl. 4,723 males (=38%)
• Total number of professors: 704 (incl. externally funded and endowed professorships)
• approximately 146 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 208 are female (=30%)
• incl. 495 males (=70%)
• Total number of research associates (except professors): 4,678
• approximately 2,132 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 2,230 are female (=48%)
• incl. 2,448 males (=52%)
• Total number of technical, library and administrative staff (incl. nursing staff): 7,076
• approximately 4,896 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 5,297 are female
• incl. 1,779 males (=25%)

_{Dated 12 June 2017, staff stats 2016; source UKE}

Budget

• 2016: €454 million state funding (incl. investments)
  • incl. medicine: €119 million

External Funding

• 2016: €211 million
  • incl. medicine: €80 million

_{Annual report 2016; source UKE}

• 8 faculties
• 27 departments
• 2 clusters of excellence: Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP), The Hamburg Center for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI)
• 13 Collaborative Research Centers (8 own, participation in 5)
• 19 German Research Foundation (DFG) research units (10 own, participation in 9)
• 18 German Research Foundation (DFG) priority programs (participation in 17, coordination of 1)
• 3 research training groups 
• 2 participations at the International Max Planck Research Schools
• 1 participation at a Leibniz Graduate School
• 1 Helmholtz Graduate School (PIER) (participatory)
• 16 junior research groups (13 Emmy Noether Programmes)
• 18 academic centers
• 8 attached Institutions

_{Last update: February 2016}