Facts and figures

Degree programs

• 74 bachelor's programs
• 94 master's programs
• 6 degree programs with state or further examinations
• 11 continuing education and graduate programs

_{Admission capacities report 2023; student stats;  data incl. 3 joint programs with the Hamburg Media School (HMS)}

Number of students

• 42,397 enrolled students in Winter Semester 2023/2024 (including doctoral students and students on academic leave)
• approximately 57% are female
• approximately 14% are international students
• incl. students on academic leave: 346
• 5,709 enrolled doctoral candidates in Winter Semester 2023/2024

_{Official student stats,  incl. students in the joint degree programs with the Hamburg Media Schoolk (HMS)}

Number of first-year students

• UHH total: 10,106
  
  • incl. medical students: 422

University applications in the academic year 2022:

• 43,107

_{Application stats 2023; source: Department of Studies and Teaching}

Degrees

• Completed degrees (except doctorates): 5,660
  
  • incl. bachelor's: 2,589
  • incl. master's: 2,201
  • incl. state or further examinations: 721
  • incl. "old" degree programs: 3
  • incl. further graduate degrees: 146

_{Degree stats, academic year 2023}

Doctorates and Habilitationen

• Doctorates: 832
• Habilitation theses: 60

_{Habilitation stats 2023;  data by calendar year and examination degree stats 2023, data by examination year}

Number of employees

• Total number of staff: 15,801 ¹ (equivalent to 13,700.5 full-time positions)
  • incl. 10,290 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • incl. 10,217 females (=65%)

• Total number of professors: 704 (incl. externally funded endowed professorships; excl. research associates who fill in periodically for professors)
• approximately 170 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 243 are female (=35%)

• Total number of research associates (excl. professors and research associates who fill in periodically for professors): 5,866
• approximately 3,155 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 2,998 are female (=51%)

• Total number of technical, library and administrative staff (incl. nursing staff): 9,233
• approximately 6,965 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 6,976 are female  (=76%)

_{¹ Double employment in different HR categories at the University (excluding UKE) are counted only once.}

_{Staff stats 2023; source UKE}

Budget

• 2023: €600 million state funding (incl. investments)
  • incl. medicine: €188 million

External Funding

• 2023: €311 million
  • incl. medicine: €120 million

_{Section 72: Financial Management and data from the UKE; survey conducted on the basis of the official higher education financial statistics; note: external funding excl. forwarded funds.}

• 8 faculties
• 27 departments
• 4 clusters of excellence: : Advanced Imaging of Matter, Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CliCCS), Understanding Written Artefacts and Quantum Universe
• 19 DFG collaborative research centers (8 own, participation in 11)
• 31 DFG research units (15 own, participation in 16)
• 18 DFG priority programs (coordination of 1, 17 Subprojects)
• 10 DFG research training groups
• 23 junior research groups
• 28 ERC Grants
• 2 participations in international Max Planck research schools
• 1 participation in a Leibniz graduate school
• 1 participation in a Helmholtz graduate school (PIER)

_{Last update: 07/2024}