Steering the University of Hamburg’s sustainable and digital transformation in the upcoming 5 years is the goal of the University’s 2030 Sustainability Strategy. The strategy is the result of an extensive, participatory process in which people from the entire University took part.

Do we bathe in dark matter? How do we tap into the mysteries of a 5,000-year-old letter? Is climate protection a private matter or a national goal? And does the language I use shape my identity? At "Science on Tap", researchers from the University of Hamburg and DESY answer fascinating and urgent questions.

The Sustainability Week is a platform for sharing ideas, research findings, and visions of a sustainable future. For the second time, Sustainability Week is taking place at the University of Hamburg. From 2 to 6 June, 2025, there will be talks, the Open Plenum 6.0, exhibitions, workshops, and a science slam.

On 22 May 2025, the German Research Foundation (DFG) endorsed the tremendous work carried out in the University of Hamburg’s clusters of excellence, announcing that all four projects would continue to receive funding during the next funding period. The research alliances cover a range of topics, from astronomy to the...

The University of Hamburg was extremely successful in the framework of the Excellence Strategy, securing funding for the 4 existing clusters of excellence in the next funding round from January 2026. The University has thus consolidated its top position among the leading group of German research universities. With this...

Six Alexander von Humboldt professorships were awarded at a ceremony on 5 May 2025. One of the recipients is Prof. Dr. Ingrid Piller, who had a professorship at the Australian Macquarie University before joining the University of Hamburg.