Universität Hamburg at a Glance

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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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The Universität Hamburg:

„der Forschung, der Lehre, der Bildung“

„Dedicated to research, teaching and education“

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)

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

History of the University

Werner von Melle

Architectureof the Universität Hamburg

University Medical CenterHamburg- Eppendorf

Center for Optical Quantum Technologies (Bahrenfeld) Planned opening: December 2010

Loki-Schmidt-Haus, Botanical Gardens

Auditorium MaximumHamburger Sternwarte

Universität Hamburg Main Building

Alumni & Professors of theUniversität Hamburg

Ralf Dahrendorf

Hans Dietrich Genscher

Helmut Schmidt

Dr. Peter Struck

Agathe Lasch

Martha Muchow

Hans-Olaf Henkel Judith Rakers

Siegfried Lenz

Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker

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Alumni & Professors of theUniversität 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)

Henning Voscherau Ole von Beust

Hans Ulrich Klose

Ortwin Runde

Peter Schulz

Alumni & Professors of theUniversität 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)

Otto Stern

J. Hans Daniel Jensen

Wolfgang PauliIsidor Isaak Rabi

Competence in Research & Teaching

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

Research Profile

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

International Affairs

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

International Profile

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

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

More information online at www.uni-hamburg.de

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