The document provides an overview of the Universität Hamburg including key facts and figures, history, architecture, notable alumni and professors, areas of research and teaching competence, international affairs, equal opportunity initiatives, and open access resources. It highlights that the Universität Hamburg is dedicated to research, teaching, and education with around 39,000 students across 6 faculties and schools focusing on fields like climate, neuroscience, and biomolecules.

1. Der Forschung, der Lehre, der Bildung
Universität Hamburg at a Glance

2. Contents
Numbers & Facts
History of the University
Architecture of the Universität Hamburg
Alumni & Professors of the
Universität Hamburg
Competence in Teaching & Research
International Affairs
Equal Opportunity
Open Doors
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3. The Universität Hamburg:
„der Forschung, der Lehre,
der Bildung“
„Dedicated to research,
teaching and education“

4. Numbers & Facts
approx. 39,000 students
approx. 620 professors
approx. 4,100 research associates
approx. 5,500 administrative & technical support staff
6 faculties:
Law
Economics & Social Sciences
Medicine
Education, Psychology & Human Movement
Humanities
Mathematics, Informatics & Natural Sciences
Budget: 210.5 million Euro (2009)
Third-party funding: 93.5 million Euro (2009)

5. History of the University
Origins in the 16th century:
„Akademisches Gymnasium“
1907 and 1908: Founding of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation
and the Colonial Institute
University founding on 28 March 1919 through the initiative of
Hamburg citizens (incl. Werner von Melle and Edmund Siemers)
International success during the Weimar Republic (1920s)
1969: Reformation of university laws as a response to the previousr
‚Ordinarienuniversität‘
2003: new Hamburg Higher Education Law
Werner von Melle

6. Architecture
of the Universität Hamburg
Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (Bahrenfeld)
Planned opening: December 2010
Universität Hamburg
Loki-Schmidt-Haus,
Main Building
Botanical Gardens
University Medical Center
Hamburg- Eppendorf
Hamburger Sternwarte
Auditorium Maximum

7. Alumni & Professors of the
Universität Hamburg
Hans-Olaf Henkel Hans Dietrich Genscher Judith Rakers
Ralf Dahrendorf
Dr. Peter Struck
Siegfried Lenz
Fotos: Ian Howard, …….
Martha Muchow Carl Friedrich von
Weizsäcker
Helmut Schmidt
Agathe Lasch

8. Alumni & Professors of the
Universität Hamburg
Alumni who have served as mayor of Hamburg:
Peter Schulz (1970-1974)
Hans Ulrich Klose (1974-1981)
Henning Voscherau (1988-1997)
Ortwin Runde (1997-2001)
Ole von Beust (2001-2010)
Peter Schulz Hans Ulrich Klose
Henning Voscherau Ortwin Runde Ole von Beust

9. Alumni & Professors of the
Universität Hamburg
Nobel Prize Winners from the University:
J. Hans Daniel Jensen (Physics, 1963)
Wolfgang Pauli (Physics, 1945)
Isidor Isaak Rabi (Physics, 1944)
Otto Stern (Physics, 1943)
J. Hans Daniel Jensen
Otto Stern Isidor Isaak Rabi Wolfgang Pauli

10. Competence in Research &
Teaching
Research Profile
The Universität Hamburg is a full university with 6 faculties as well as
the largest research and educational institution in Northern Germany.
8 German Research Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Centers (4 as coordinator)
13 DFG Research Units (3 as coordinator)
7 DFG Research Training Groups (Graduiertenkolleg) and 5 Graduate Schools State-funded
6 State Excellence Clusters
1 Federal Cluster of Excellence „Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP)“
Key research areas:
Climate, Earth, Environment
Matter and the Universe
Structure and Function of Biomolecules
Neurosciences
Multilingualism

11. Competence in Research &
Teaching
Academic Profile
Around 150 degree programs (incl. teaching programs & B.A.
minors)
70 Bachelor programs
over 80 consecutive Master & postgraduate programs
approx. 10 continuing education Master programs
currently 13 Master programs in English
Conversion to Bologna structure completed WiSe 2007/08
Current project: Evaluation of B.A.-M.A. reform
100 foreign languages offered

12. International Affairs
International Profile
approx. 4,800 international students
35 university partnerships in:
Europe, incl. France, England, Eastern Europe
North and Latin America, incl. Indiana University (USA),
Smith College (USA) and Universidad de Guadalajara (Mexico)
Further regions: Eastern Asia, Australia and South Africa
Numerous ERASMUS-, faculty- and institute-level
agreements around the world

13. Equal Opportunity
High number of women:
approx. 60 % of student population is female
24 % of professors are women
approx. 40 % of research associates are women
over 30 % of newly recruited professors are female
Measures towards equal opportunity include:
Audit family-compatible institution
Program for recruiting women professors
Diversity management

14. Open Doors
45 departmental libraries
7 museums:
Geological-Palentological Museum
Biocenter Grindel and Zoological Museum
Mineralogical Museum
Collection of Antique Sculptures as Plaster Reproductions
Hamburg School Museum
Tropical Greenhouses in the Old Botanical Garden
Botanical Gardens of the Universität Hamburg
Annual „Kinder-Universität“ – Children‘s Uni
Part of „Nacht des Wissens“ – Night of Knowledge
Open Uni

15. More information online at www.uni-hamburg.de
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