Clusters of Excellence

4 Clusters of Excellence at Universität Hamburg from 2019

Universität Hamburg was awarded funding for 4 Clusters of Excellence in the Excellence Strategy of the Federal and State Governments. Since 2019, the German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) will fund the following Clusters of Excellence:

CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter (photon and nanosciences)
Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CLICCS) (climate research)
Understanding Written Artefacts (manuscript research)
Quantum Universe (mathematics, particle physics, astrophysics, cosmology)

Photo: UHH/CUI, Peter Garten

CUI: Advanced Imaging of Matter

The Cluster focuses on questions such as “What makes atoms move the way they do?” and “How does this create new structures with special functionalities?”

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Globen, die die Temperatur auf dem Planeten anzeigen

Photo: J.Marotzke/M.Böttinger

CLICCS

The Cluster focuses on questions such as “Is it possible to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius or, even better, 1.5 degrees Celsius? If yes, how?”

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Mikroskop untersucht ein altes Pergament

Photo: UHH/Helmholz, SFB 950

Understanding Written Artefacts

The Cluster researches the development and function of written artefacts around the world, from their beginnings in ancient Mesopotamia to the digital era.

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Simulation kosmischer Magnetfeldstrukturen

Photo: UHH/Franco Vazza

Quantum Universe

The Cluster focuses on questions such as “How can particle physics and gravity help us understand the development of the universe after the Big Bang?”

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2 Clusters of Excellence at Universität Hamburg until 2018

Universität Hamburg has 2 outstanding Clusters of Excellence in the Excellence Initiative of the Federal and State Governments. The German Research Foundation (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG) has funded the Cluster of Excellence Integrated Climate System Analysis and Prediction (CliSAP), which investigates the climate system in the face of global climate change, since 2007. Since it was established in November 2012, the Cluster of Excellence Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI) has become an internationally recognized research center. It is seen as a nucleus of scientific development in research in the photon and nanosciences in Hamburg.

Photo: CliSAP

Cluster of Excellence CliSAP

Since 2007 the Cluster of Excellence CLiSAP has served to bundle and network climate research carried out at Universität Hamburg, the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology, the Helmholz-Zentrum Geesthacht and the German Climate Computing Centre (Deutsches Klimarechenzentrum, DKRZ).

Photo: CUI/Peter Garten

Cluster of Excellence CUI

The Hamburg Centre for Ultrafast Imaging (CUI) is an interdisciplinary research cluster established as part of the federal and state Excellence Initiative. It is made up of scientists working in the fields of physics and chemistry at Universität Hamburg, DESY, the Max Planck Society, the European XFEL GmbH and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Clusters of Excellence

4 Clusters of Excellence at Universität Hamburg from 2019

2 Clusters of Excellence at Universität Hamburg until 2018

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