The University in pictures

The neo-baroque Main Building of The University is located on Edmund-Siemers-Allee. The street is named after Edmund Siemers, a Hamburg merchant and ship owner who donated the building. It was openend in 1911 and handed over to the University in 1919.

The  Audimax on Von-Melle-Park 4 is now a protected monument.

Haus der Betriebswirtschaft: Haus der Betriebswirtschaft: The building on Moorweidenstraße 18 is an architectural gem in the Rotherbaum district. It is home to large parts of the Faculty of Business Administration.

The Center For Free-Electron Laser Science at Science City Hamburg-Bahrenfeld is Europe’s only major center for research on and with next-generation light sources.

Ernst Cassirer Lecture Hall: The University’s Main Building comprises 7 lecture halls of varying size with 80–650 seats.

The building of the former regional postal service on Gorch-Fock-Wall 7 houses the Department of Protestant Theology, the Institute of Catholic Theology, and the Institute of German Sign Language and Communication of the Hearing Impaired (IDGS).

A university for all: Every fall, Universität Hamburg offers Children’s University Lectures among other activities. Children can catch a first glimpse into University life.

The library for educational science, psychology, and human movement science on Binderstraße 40 is named for the renowned educator and psychologist Martha Muchow.

Strength through diversity and internationality: PIASTA’s broad spectrum of cultural events and activities stands for the internationalization of our campus, intercultural exchange, and cooperative learning—aiming to make university life eventful, international, and successful for all students.

The former Fernmeldeamt (telecommunications center) on Schlüterstraße 51 is undergoing renovation. In future it will house the Faculty of Humanities and the Department of Social Sciences. The so-called Campus Schlüterstraße is expected to be completed by 2026.

The Law Building on Rothenbaumchausee 33 is home to all institutions, professorships, administrative units of the Faculty of Law, and the Central Law Library.

The Hamburg Observatory is an institute of the Department of Physics and equally committed to academic teaching and astronomical research.

Currently, more than 40,000 students are enrolled in the roughly 200 degree programs at Universität Hamburg.

Reading room of the Warburg-Haus: The interdisciplinary forum for art history and cultural sciences on Heilwigstraße 116 is run by Universität Hamburg and the Aby Warburg Foundation.

The University's Main Building houses 7 lecture halls of varying size (80–650 seats). The most beautiful lecture hall is the Agathe Lasch Lecture Hall directly underneath the cupola.