Facts and figures

Degree programs

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

_{Admission capacities report 2017; official student stats;  data incl. 3 joint programs with the Hamburg Media School (HMS)}

Number of students

• 43,326 enrolled students in winter semester 2017/2018 (including doctoral students and students on academic leave)
• approximately 24,220 or 56% are female
• approximately 19,106 or 44% are male
• approximately 5,433 or 13% are international students
• incl. students on academic leave: 473
• 4,675 enrolled doctoral candidates in Winter Semester 2017/2018

_{Dated 5 April 2018, official student stats,  incl. students in the joint degree programs with the Hamburg Media Schoolk (HMS)}

Number of first-year students

• UHH total: 10,164
  • incl. medical students: 417

University applications in the academic year 2017:

• 46,607

_{Application stats 2017; source: Department of Studies and Teaching}

Degrees

• Completed degrees (except doctorates): 6,338
  • incl. bachelor's: 2,888
  • incl. master's: 2,394
  • incl. state or further examinations: 728
  • incl. "old" degree programs: 187
  • incl. further graduate degrees: 141

_{Dated 5 April 2018, degree stats, academic year 2017}

Doctorates and Habilitationen

• Doctorates: 820
• Habilitation theses: 48

_{Dated 5 April 2018; Habilitation stats 2017;  data by calendar year and doctoral degree stats 2017}

Number of employees

• Total number of staff: 12,824 (equivalent to 10,729.1 full-time positions)
  • incl. 7,535 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
  • incl. 8,060 females (=63%)
  • incl. 4,764 males (=37%)
• Total number of professors: 718  (incl. externally funded, endowed professorships and research associates who fill in periodically for professors)
• approximately 148 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 223 are female (=31%)
• incl. 495 males (=69%)
• Total number of research associates (excl. professors and research associates who fill in periodically for professors): 4,809
• approximately 2,254 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 2,316 are female (=48%)
• incl. 2,493 males (=52%)
• Total number of technical, library and administrative staff (incl. nursing staff): 7,297
• approximately 5,133 in the Faculty of Medicine (MED) / University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE)
• approximately 5,521 are female  (=76%)
• incl. 1,776 males (=24%)

_{Dated 4 April 2018, staff stats 2017; source UKE}

Budget

• 2017: €465 million state funding (incl. investments)
  • incl. medicine: €121 million

External Funding

• 2017: €246 million
  • incl. medicine: €99 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
• 6 attached Institutions

_{Last update: Mai 2019}