Press releases

For the 10th time, the University of Hamburg is awarding the Deutschlandstipendium on 19 February 2025. This year, 329 young students will enjoy the scholarship. This is almost 20 percent more compared to last year. In the past several years, more than 1,800 scholarships have been awarded, with just...

The University of Hamburg invites all prospective students on 25 February 2025 to get to know northern Germany’s largest university and its broad range of subjects. At the Unitag, visitors can check out over 170 events from 8 am to 5 pm. There will be introductions to degree programs and overarching...

On 2 February 2025, in the midst of the Arctic winter, the temperature at the North Pole was a tad over freezing. Global warming has already dramatically changed the Arctic. By 2100, temperatures the world over will rise an average of 2.7 degrees, even if all countries keep their climate pledges...

People watching videos of sneezing or sick people show increased activity at the junction of brain regions and the immune system that react to potential dangers. At the same time, the concentration of antibodies in their saliva increases. Findings from a study conducted by researchers in the...

“Foraminifera” are found in all of the world’s oceans. Now, an international study headed by the University of Hamburg has shown that these tiny shell-wearing creatures absorb harmful phosphates from the water to an extent previously unknown. The article was published in the journal Nature.

In the interactive teaching format Wir wollen’s wissen, University of Hamburg researchers trade the lecture hall for the classroom and present their research to Hamburg’s high school students. The next round is taking place at the end of January and talks can still be booked.