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21 June 2018|Campus

From “Hopeless” to Harvard

Portrait von Mahmut Yüksel

Photo: UHH/Wendt

Poor grades in elementary school almost put an early end to this young man’s pursuits. Now Mahmut Yüksel is working towards a double degree in medicine and informatics at Universität Hamburg and off to earn a medical doctorate at Harvard University.
7 June 2018|Campus

From Hamburg to the Horizon: Alexander Gerst returns to command the ISS

Alexander Gerst wearing Universität Hamburg hoody

Photo: UHH/CEN/Aus­ser­ho­fer

Alexander Gerst (42) is not only the most famous astronaut from the Federal Republic of Germany, and, from October, the first German commander of the International Space Station (ISS), but also a Universität Hamburg graduate. The Doctor of Geophysics is due to arrive at the ISS with his team...
28 March 2018|Campus

Help us celebrate our anniversary!

Hauptgebäude Universität Hamburg durch Linse

Photo: UHH/Wohlfahrt

In 2019 the University will be celebrating its 100th anniversary. On 28 March 1919 Hamburg Parliament resolved to establish the Hamburgische Universität. The celebration depends upon the ideas and commitment of the University’s members, so we are inviting you to join our initial activities and...
28 March 2018|Campus

28 March 1919 marks the founding of Universität Hamburg

Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919

Photo: Auszug aus dem Protokoll der Dritten Sitzung der Bürgerschaft der Freien und Hansestadt Hamburg vom 28. März 1919

One year from today, on 28 March 2019, Universität Hamburg will be celebrating its 100th anniversary! On 28 March 1919 a new democratically elected Hamburg Parliament resolved in its first session to establish a university in Hamburg. This makes Universität Hamburg the first university in Germany to...
27 February 2018|Campus

Three international summer school programs begin in July

Studierende am Elbstrand

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Following last year's successful Particles, Strings and Cosmology summer school pilot program, 3 new international programs on climate change, health economics, and physics will be offered this upcoming summer. The goal is to attract gifted young people from all over the world to Hamburg, where they...
10 January 2018|Campus

How do mangroves protect our climate? Students of Universität Hamburg conducting research on the Fiji Islands.

Mangroven-Inventur auf Fidschi

Photo: Brielmaier/Reimer

Mangroves, salt-water tolerant trees with characteristically high root systems, grow all along the coast of the South Pacific island of Fiji. Yet the data we have on how these mangrove forests store carbon is sparse. Fiji, the Pacific nation taking the lead in climate change, is at pains to close...