- Student-faculty ratios: 59.3
- Male to female ratio: 56 : 44
- School nature: Public
- Website: http://www.uni-hamburg.de/index_e.html
- Address: Mittelweg 177,Hamburg, 20148,Germany
- Phone: +49 40 42838 0
Universität Hamburg was founded in 1919 by local citizens. Important founding figures include Senator Werner von Melle and the merchant Edmund Siemers. Nobel Prize winners such as the physicists Otto Stern, Wolfgang Pauli and Isidor Rabi taught and researched at the University. Many other distinguished scholars, such as Ernst Cassirer, Erwin Panofsky, Aby Warburg, William Stern, Agathe Lasch, Magdalene Schoch, Emil Artin, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Carl Friedrich von Weizsäcker, also worked here. Today Universität Hamburg is the largest institution for research and education in northern of Germany. As one of the country's largest universities, we offer a diverse range of degree programs and excellent research opportunities. The University boasts numerous interdisciplinary projects in a broad range of fields and an partner network of leading regional, national, and international higher education and research institutions. The University has developed a number of successful key research areas that shape its overall research profile. Universität Hamburg offers approximately 170 degree programs with its 8 faculties: Universität Hamburg is also home to several museums and collections, such as the Zoological Museum, theHerbarium Hamburgense, the Geological-Paleontological Museum, the Loki Schmidt Garden, and the Hamburg Observatory. Universität Hamburg is committed to sustainability. All our faculties have taken great strides towards sustainability in both research and teaching. Most undergraduate degrees take 3 years. All programs are divided into an introductory phase (first year), an in-depth phase (second year), and an advanced phase (third year). The final phase is dedicated to writing the bachelor's thesis. A bachelor's degree qualifies you to pursue certain careers; and apply for graduate programs. Your choice of subject determines the degree awarded: subjects in the humanities generally award a Bachelor of Arts, subjects in the natural scientists award a Bachelor of Science and our two interdisciplinary law programs offer a Bachelor of Laws. Teacher training programs also award a special bachelor's degree. A Bachelor of Arts program is structured as follows: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws programs is structured as follows: Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Laws degree programs do not contain a minor component After completing a bachelor’s degree, graduates can pursue a Master of Arts or a Master of Science straight away, or take a break and enroll at a later date. As a rule, it takes 5 years to complete a bachelor’s followed by a master’s degree. Universität Hamburg offers two different types of master’s degree. Consecutive master’s programs deepen knowledge and skills acquired during a bachelor’s degree and graduates may commence these programs straight after graduation. These programs are either interdisciplinary or based on a different discipline. Professional master’s degree programs are professional graduate programs that develop existing professional skills in a particular field. Applicants must thus demonstrate at least 1 year of professional experience. The requirements and qualifications are the same for both types of degree. Masters programs may have admission restrictions and individual subjects also have different admission requirements. You can find more information about master's programs in our German language information sheet on master's and professional master's degree programes (Master- und Aufbaustudiengänge) Master- und Aufbaustudiengänge or in the bilingual online guide to degree programs at Universität Hamburg. Information sheet: https://www.uni-hamburg.de/campuscenter/studienorganisation/formulare-informationsmerkblaetter/hinweise-aufbaustudiengaenge.pdf
- Total number of students 29,584
- Number of international students 3,452
- Total number of academic staff 508
- Number of international staff 46
- Number of undergraduate degrees awarded 4,298
- Number of master's degrees awarded 2,258
- Number of doctoral degrees awarded 923
- Number of research only staff 1,399
- Number of new undergraduate students 3,837
- Number of new master's students 1,609
- Number of new doctoral students 519
- Global score 64
- Global research reputation #239
- Regional research reputation #116
- Publications #131
- Books #146
- Conferences #395
- Normalized citation impact #256
- Total citations #126
- Number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #123
- Percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #225
- International collaboration #416
- Percentage of total publications with international collaboration #224
- Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #122
- Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #229
*The above data comes from: Official website of U.S.News
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12%
Percentage of International Students
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56 : 44
Student Ratio of Females to Males
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30,375
Number of FTE Students
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59.3
No. of students per staff
*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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World University Rankings
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2012
226-250
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2017
=180
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2018
201–250
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2019
=135
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2020
=149
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Arts & humanities
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2018
101–125
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2019
100
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Clinical, pre-clinical & health
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2018
126–150
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2019
151–175
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Life sciences
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2018
176–200
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2019
176–200
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Physical sciences
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2018
101–125
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2019
100
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Social sciences
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2019
151–175
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Business & Economics
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2018
176–200
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2019
126–150
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Computer Science
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2018
251–300
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2019
301–400
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Law
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2018
=98
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2019
70
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Education
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2018
63
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2019
59
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Psychology
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2019
176–200
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Impact Rankings: Partnerships for the goals
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2019
101–200
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Impact Rankings: Gender equality
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2019
25
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Impact Rankings: Quality education
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2019
=29
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Impact Rankings: Good health and well-being for people
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2019
51
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University Impact Ranking
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2019
=60
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*The above data comes from: Official website of TIMES
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#122 Arts and Humanities
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- Arts and Humanities overall score 47.6
- Arts and Humanities global research reputation #140
- Arts and Humanities regional research reputation #55
- Arts and Humanities publications #127
- Arts and Humanities books #91
- Arts and Humanities conferences #65
- Arts and Humanities normalized citation impact #177
- Arts and Humanities total citations #145
- Arts and Humanities number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #147
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #193
- Arts and Humanities international collaboration #87
- Arts and Humanities percentage of total publications with international collaboration #48
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#143 Biology and Biochemistry
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- Biology and Biochemistry overall score 47.1
- Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation #133
- Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation #95
- Biology and Biochemistry publications #251
- Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact #122
- Biology and Biochemistry total citations #200
- Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #190
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #155
- Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration #79
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #63
- Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #141
- Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #102
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#331 Chemistry
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- Chemistry overall score 50.4
- Chemistry global research reputation #172
- Chemistry regional research reputation #222
- Chemistry publications #340
- Chemistry normalized citation impact #477
- Chemistry total citations #360
- Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #349
- Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #450
- Chemistry international collaboration #453
- Chemistry percentage of total publications with international collaboration #288
- Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #333
- Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #416
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#100 Clinical Medicine
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- Clinical Medicine overall score 66.4
- Clinical Medicine global research reputation #161
- Clinical Medicine regional research reputation #62
- Clinical Medicine publications #100
- Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact #283
- Clinical Medicine total citations #103
- Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #81
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #133
- Clinical Medicine international collaboration #151
- Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications with international collaboration #178
- Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #84
- Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #179
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#194 Economics and Business
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- Economics and Business overall score 25.4
- Economics and Business global research reputation #158
- Economics and Business regional research reputation #66
- Economics and Business publications #155
- Economics and Business normalized citation impact #188
- Economics and Business total citations #181
- Economics and Business number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #179
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #181
- Economics and Business international collaboration #238
- Economics and Business percentage of total publications with international collaboration #182
- Economics and Business number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #162
- Economics and Business percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #171
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#316 Environment/Ecology
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- Environment/Ecology overall score 34.9
- Environment/Ecology global research reputation #261
- Environment/Ecology regional research reputation #109
- Environment/Ecology total citations #288
- Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #291
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #276
- Environment/Ecology international collaboration #261
- Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #127
- Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #262
- Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #253
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#137 Geosciences
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- Geosciences overall score 54.4
- Geosciences global research reputation #156
- Geosciences regional research reputation #116
- Geosciences publications #101
- Geosciences normalized citation impact #183
- Geosciences total citations #106
- Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #122
- Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #212
- Geosciences international collaboration #276
- Geosciences percentage of total publications with international collaboration #132
- Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #87
- Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #119
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#142 Immunology
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- Immunology overall score 33.4
- Immunology global research reputation #146
- Immunology regional research reputation #65
- Immunology publications #156
- Immunology normalized citation impact #60
- Immunology total citations #128
- Immunology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #111
- Immunology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #39
- Immunology international collaboration #98
- Immunology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #63
- Immunology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #104
- Immunology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #52
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#133 Molecular Biology and Genetics
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- Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score 48.0
- Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation #113
- Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation #68
- Molecular Biology and Genetics publications #142
- Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact #180
- Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations #143
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #132
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #155
- Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration #48
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #55
- Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #116
- Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #124
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#119 Neuroscience and Behavior
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- Neuroscience and Behavior overall score 48.5
- Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation #231
- Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation #60
- Neuroscience and Behavior publications #68
- Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact #179
- Neuroscience and Behavior total citations #77
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #82
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #198
- Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration #53
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications with international collaboration #66
- Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #108
- Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #199
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#47 Physics
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- Physics overall score 77.1
- Physics global research reputation #206
- Physics regional research reputation #62
- Physics publications #60
- Physics normalized citation impact #124
- Physics total citations #25
- Physics number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #39
- Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #218
- Physics international collaboration #376
- Physics percentage of total publications with international collaboration #239
- Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #39
- Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #205
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#168 Plant and Animal Science
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- Plant and Animal Science overall score 56.3
- Plant and Animal Science global research reputation #232
- Plant and Animal Science regional research reputation #76
- Plant and Animal Science publications #175
- Plant and Animal Science normalized citation impact #196
- Plant and Animal Science total citations #165
- Plant and Animal Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #166
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #224
- Plant and Animal Science international collaboration #124
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #85
- Plant and Animal Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #246
- Plant and Animal Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #285
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#190 Psychiatry/Psychology
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- Psychiatry/Psychology overall score 38.4
- Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation #304
- Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation #130
- Psychiatry/Psychology publications #58
- Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact #230
- Psychiatry/Psychology total citations #78
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #93
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #279
- Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration #208
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications with international collaboration #180
- Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #81
- Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #163
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#205 Social Sciences and Public Health
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- Social Sciences and Public Health overall score 43.6
- Social Sciences and Public Health global research reputation #161
- Social Sciences and Public Health regional research reputation #55
- Social Sciences and Public Health publications #154
- Social Sciences and Public Health normalized citation impact #370
- Social Sciences and Public Health total citations #182
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #194
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #395
- Social Sciences and Public Health international collaboration #395
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of total publications with international collaboration #260
- Social Sciences and Public Health number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #208
- Social Sciences and Public Health percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #336
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#139 Space Science
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- Space Science overall score 38.8
- Space Science global research reputation #145
- Space Science regional research reputation #22
- Space Science publications #99
- Space Science normalized citation impact #164
- Space Science total citations #129
- Space Science number of publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #139
- Space Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10 percent most cited #181
- Space Science international collaboration #179
- Space Science percentage of total publications with international collaboration #103
- Space Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #162
- Space Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1 percent most cited #183