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21 February 2023|Excellence Strategy

“To me, IT security is incredibly exciting.”

Portrait Maya Herrscher

Photo: Private

The fast-track program at Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence provides outstanding students with an opportunity to do a doctorate directly after completing their bachelor’s program. Maya Herrscher, from the Department of Informatics, is one of the students being funded through the program...
31 January 2023|Excellence Strategy

First open plenum: University seeks to strengthen sustainability

The University’s president Prof Dr. Hauke Heekeren greats forum participants.

Photo: UHH/Feuerböther

Over 180 University members from all areas—students, teaching staff, researchers, and other staff—have shared ideas at the first open plenum on the topic of sustainability. Together, they have already presented existent measures and goals, identified new fields of action, and established working...
12 January 2023|Excellence Strategy

Advanced Fellows: “Without the fellowship, such an idea would probably never have occurred to me.”

Double portrait Pushkareva/ Lange

Photo: Hias/C. Höhne

Once a year, Universität Hamburg, together with other Hamburg universities, invites researchers and artists from around the world to spend several months studying in Hamburg. This winter's fellows include international law scholar Prof. Dr. Elvira Pushkareva and landscape architect Prof. Dr. Eckart...