German Research Institutions

Hamburg University of Technology is one of the youngest technical universities in Germany, founded with the goal of promoting structural change in the region. Today, 100 professors and around 1,200 staff (614 of them academic, including third-party funded positions) work at Hamburg University of Technology. With around 7,300 students, this means a very good staff-student ratio. There is space on the campus for encounters and productive exchanges of ideas. The mood is easy to describe: young, innovative, unconventional and creative – an ideal atmosphere to support the development of new ideas in the engineering sciences.

Thus, Hamburg University of Technology has evolved into northern Germany's academic technology incubator – both an architectural gem and the beating heart of Hamburg’s innovative future. Clusters of young start-ups and high-tech companies have started to form around the university.

Research

The university’s research strengths comprise three areas of expertise: “Life science technologies” conveys the university's strengths in medical technology, biomaterials and biological and chemical process engineering.  “Aviation and maritime systems” brings together the expertise of researchers in the areas of aeronautics, maritime systems and structures, as well as logistics and mobility. “Green Technologies” pools specialist engineering knowledge on renewable energies, water and the environment, and also on the topic of systems, storage and networks.