University of Hamburg

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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 (German: Universität Hamburg) is a university in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded on 1 April 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. It 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).

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.