Facts and figures

Degree programs

• 70 bachelor's programs
• 95 master's programs
• 8 degree programs with state or further examinations
• 14 continuing education and graduate programs

_{Admission capacities report 2018; official student stats;  data incl. 3 joint programs with the Hamburg Media School (HMS)}

Number of students

• 43,636 enrolled students in Winter Semester 2018/2019 (including doctoral students and students on academic leave)
• approximately 24,496 or 56% are female
• approximately 19,140 or 44% are male
• approximately 5,697 or 13% are international students
• incl. students on academic leave: 433
• 4,807 enrolled doctoral candidates in Winter Semester 2018/2019

_{Dated 2 April 2019, official student stats,  incl. students in the joint degree programs with the Hamburg Media Schoolk (HMS)}

Number of first-year students

• UHH total: 10,126
  • incl. medical students: 421

University applications in the academic year 2018:

• 44,857

_{Application stats 2018; source: Department of Studies and Teaching}

Degrees

• Completed degrees (except doctorates): 6,141
  • incl. bachelor's: 2,658
  • incl. master's: 2,359
  • incl. state or further examinations: 915
  • incl. "old" degree programs: 56
  • incl. further graduate degrees: 153

_{Dated 2 April 2019, degree stats, academic year 2018}

Doctorates and Habilitationen

• Doctorates: 873
• Habilitation theses: 57

_{Dated 2 April 2019; Habilitation stats 2018;  data by calendar year and doctoral degree stats 2018, data by examination year}

Number of employees

• Total number of staff: 13,020 (equivalent to 10,830.1 full-time positions)
  • incl. 7,825 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • incl. 8,229 females (=63%)
  • incl. 4,791 males (=37%)
• Total number of professors: 675 (incl. externally funded endowed professorships; excl. research associates who fill in periodically for professors)
• approximately 153 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 206 are female (=31%)
• incl. 469 males (=69%)
• Total number of research associates (excl. professors and research associates who fill in periodically for professors): 4,904
• approximately 2,401 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 2,384 are female (=49%)
• incl. 2,520 males (=51%)
• Total number of technical, library and administrative staff (incl. nursing staff): 7,441
• approximately 5,271 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 5,639 are female  (=76%)
• incl. 1,802 males (=24%)

_{Dated 2 April 2019, staff stats 2018; source UKE}

Budget

• 2018: €514 million state funding (incl. investments)
  • incl. medicine: €154 million

External Funding

• 2018: €237 million
  • incl. medicine: €98 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 incl. 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 
• 16 Collaborative Research Centers (8 own, participation in 8)
• 20 German Research Foundation (DFG) research units (10 own, participation in 10)
• 40 German Research Foundation (DFG) priority programs ( coordination of 2, participation in 38)
• 2 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 
• 20 academic centers
• 8 attached Institutions

_{Last update: Mai 2019}