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University of Hamburg Universität Hamburg


Established	1919
Type	Public university
Chancellor	Dr. Katrin Vernau
President	Prof. Monika Auweter-Kurtz
Staff	--
Students	38,000
Location	Hamburg, Germany
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	EUA
Website	http://www.uni-hamburg.de
Data as of 2006

The University of Hamburg was founded on the 1 April 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. The University grew out of the previous "Allgemeinen Vorlesungswesen" and the "Kolonialinstitut" (Colonial Institute) as well as the "Akademischen Gymnasium". Today there are around 38,000 students (as of the start of 2006).

Buildings at the University of Hamburg

As of 2006, the University of Hamburg supports 6 Collaborative Research Centres (Sonderforschungsbereiche, SFB), 6 Research Groups, 7 Research Training Groups (all funded by the DFG), 2 Max Planck Inter-national Research Schools, 13 Young Scientist Groups (Emmy-Noether-Programme, BMBF, etc.) as well as numerous large research projects funded by the BMBF, DFG, EU, Volkswagen Foundation and other grant-awarding institutions.

The annual recruitment of about 7,000 freshmen contributes to the current total of 38,000 students, of which every year 3,500 graduate and 900 receive doctoral degrees.