Using funds from the Karl H. Ditze Foundation, the Faculty of Humanities awards one-time mobility grants for semesters abroad or other study-related stays abroad, as well as grants to support the exam period. The application deadline is July 6, 2026.

Music theory, Indology, and physics: Three outstanding researchers have been accepted into the European “Postdoctoral Fellowships” funding program with their research projects. They will be conducting research at the Universität Hamburg—University of Excellence in the coming months. This success underscores the university’s...

How are students and PhD candidates at the University of Hamburg really getting on? With the “HOW ARE U(HH)?!” health survey, we aim to find out exactly that. The survey focuses in particular on mental health, well-being, study conditions and everyday life at the university.

The results of the survey will help to further...

Female bodies are the focus of countless debates, whether in medical, societal, or political contexts. In the exhibition Untenrum verhandelt, students at the University of Hamburg illustrate who has knowledge about what and the role that power plays. The exhibition runs from 17 June to 8 July at the Museum of Medical...

Hamburg’s most famous street is celebrating its 400th anniversary. In this interview, Dr. Dirk Brietzke, a research associate at the Center for Hamburg History within the Department of History, discusses the history of the Reeperbahn—a place caught between prostitution, world-famous music clubs, and organized crime.

For centuries, plaster casts of statues and other ancient sculptures have been an integral part of Art History and archaeological research. The University of Hamburg owns an extensive collection—and is now lending some of the pieces to the Hamburger Kunsthalle. Prof. Dr. Fanny Opdenhoff and Prof. Dr. Christof Berns from the...