Facts and figures

Degree programs

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

_{Admission capacities report 2019; official student stats;  data incl. 3 joint programs with the Hamburg Media School (HMS)}

Number of students

• 43,957 enrolled students in Winter Semester 2019/2020 (including doctoral students and students on academic leave)
• approximately 24,841 or 57% are female
• approximately 19,116 or 43% are male
• approximately 6,784 or 14% are international students
• incl. students on academic leave: 451
• 5,239 enrolled doctoral candidates in Winter Semester 2019/2020

_{Dated 4 September 2020, official student stats,  incl. students in the joint degree programs with the Hamburg Media Schoolk (HMS)}

Number of first-year students

• UHH total: 10,221
  • incl. medical students: 416

University applications in the academic year 2019:

• 42,856

_{Application stats 2019; source: Department of Studies and Teaching}

Degrees

• Completed degrees (except doctorates): 6,006
  • incl. bachelor's: 2,618
  • incl. master's: 2,346
  • incl. state or further examinations: 846
  • incl. "old" degree programs: 47
  • incl. further graduate degrees: 142

_{Dated 4 September 2020, degree stats, academic year 2019}

Doctorates and Habilitationen

• Doctorates: 925
• Habilitation theses: 59

_{Dated 4 September 2020; Habilitation stats 2019;  data by calendar year and doctoral degree stats 2019, data by examination year}

Number of employees

• Total number of staff: 13,449 (equivalent to 11,623.6 full-time positions)
  • incl. 8,198 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • incl. 8,557 females (=64%)
  • incl. 4,892 males (=36%)

• Total number of professors: 667 (incl. externally funded endowed professorships; excl. research associates who fill in periodically for professors)
• approximately 156 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 208 are female (=31%)
• incl. 459 males (=69%)

• Total number of research associates (excl. professors and research associates who fill in periodically for professors): 5,039
• approximately 2,522 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 2,508 are female (=50%)
• incl. 2,531 males (=50%)

• Total number of technical, library and administrative staff (incl. nursing staff): 7,747
• approximately 5,520 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 5,845 are female  (=75%)
• incl. 1,902 males (=25%)

_{Dated 4 September 2020, staff stats 2019; source UKE}

Budget

• 2019: €541 million state funding (incl. investments)
  • incl. medicine: €160 million

External Funding

• 2019: €261 million
  • incl. medicine: €110 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}