Videos

It is now official: Universität Hamburg is one of eleven Universities of Excellence in Germany. What, however, does that mean for Universität Hamburg? What steps can or must it now take? Where will it go from here? The University’s president, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dieter Lenzen, explains what it means...

Universität Hamburg is a University of Excellence. The official announcement was made by the Federal Minister of Education and Research, Anja Karliczek, today in Bonn. The announcement was enthusiastically followed by many delighted members of the University via livestream.

It is now official—the future project Science City Bahrenfeld is due to start in 2020. The aim: to strengthen Hamburg as a hub for science! And to offer the greatest minds in Hamburg and worldwide a creative, attractive, and sustainable space to learn, teach, research, live, and work. A project that...

The Universität Hamburg “UHH global app” is now available for free download from the App Store and Google Play Store. The English-language app is another Universität Hamburg service aimed at international users to provide quick access to key information and services at the university.

The Low Frequency Array, also known as LOFAR, is an innovative digital radio telescope based in The Netherlands and spanning 6 European countries. Universität Hamburg and the University of Bielefeld also have a LOFAR receiving station in Norderstedt. In our video, Prof. Dr. Marcus Brüggen and...

In his 70-minute-long keynote address last November, Hamburg's first mayor Olaf Scholz professed his commitment to Hamburg as a center of science. University president Prof. Dr. Dieter Lenzen took the opportunity to probe a little deeper. During the discussion, Mr. Scholz emphasized the importance...

On 28 November, the first mayor of Hamburg, Olaf Scholz, gave the keynote address to the Übersee-Club in Hamburg, in which he presented the aims of the Hamburg Senate in the area of science and scholarship. His speech was a clear commitment to Hamburg as a center of science and scholarship. In...

What are the building blocks of matter? What does dark matter consist of and what is "dark energy"? How are space and time structured, what are the origins and history of the Universe, and how does it all go together? These are the questions that they key research area Particle, Astro- and...