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News about the Excellence Strategy (2023)

31 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

New video: The University of Excellence in Brief

What does “University of Excellence” actually mean? Why was Universität Hamburg only one of a few universities selected and how is it using the grant...
30 May 2023|In focus

“History research should have societal value.”

Portrait Prof. Ulf Schmidt

Photo: University of Kent

The Centre for the Study of Health, Ethics, and Society was recently founded in the Faculty of Humanities. It fosters transdisciplinary cooperation in...
19 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking stock of the Excellence Strategy—Quantum Universe

Cluster of excellence staff, group portrait

Photo: UHH/Grefe

Since 2019 Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, it had applied for the distinction with 4 clusters. What has been...
15 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock in the Excellence Strategy—CLICCS

2 polar bears in the polar sea

Photo: D. Notz

Since 2019, Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, 4 clusters of excellence received grants. What has been...
11 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Series on the Excellence Strategy: taking stock of UWA

Forschende betrachten ein historisches Dokument

Photo: UHH/C. Mahjoub

Since 2019, Universität Hamburg has been a designated University of Excellence. A year earlier, it received grants for 4 research clusters. What has...
3 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Hamburg Vigoni Forum “Europe will be as Europe should be.”

S.E. Egils Levits

Photo: Claudia Höhne

Two hundred people from the areas of academia, politics, and civil society took part in Universität Hamburg’s Villa-Vigoni Forum: the Latvian...
3 May 2023|Excellence Strategy

Taking Stock in the Excellence Strategy—CUI

Group photo CUI staff

Photo: UHH/Garten

Since 2019 Universität Hamburg has been a University of Excellence. A year earlier, 4 clusters of excellence received grants. What has been...
2 May 2023|Campus

Cooperation to counter IT expert shortage and promote more practical curricula

Prof. Dr. Jan Recker and Christoph Diekmeyer

Photo: Tobias Mahlberg

Courses offered by the professorship for information systems and digital innovation now allow students of business administration to focus on topics...
27 April 2023|Press release

New Endowed Professorship on Climate Change and Society at Universität Hamburg

Portrait of Prof. Dr. Stefan Aykut

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How can we achieve greater climate protection in Germany? What are the biggest hurdles on the path to CO2 neutrality? These are the questions Prof...
24 April 2023|Excellence Strategy

Madagascar’s Biodiversity in Crisis

A river in Madagascar; people on a boat

Photo: Leo van Versendaal

The funding measure Hamburglobal PhD, which taps resources from the Excellence Strategy, enables doctoral researchers at Universität Hamburg to study...