Science and Research in Hamburg
Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research and
Equalities
City State Hamburg
Structural indicators of the city state Hamburg
Area
755,29 km
2Number of inhabitants
1.830.669
Gross domestic product
110,6 billion Euro (2016)
Growth rate GDP
4,1% (2017)
19 public and state-certified universities
107.455 students – approx. 12.000 of them from
abroad
14.343 researchers at Hamburg’s universities
Total expenditure of the Ministry of Science,
Research and Equalities in Hamburg in 2017/18:
approx. 1,137 bill. Euros
The ministry employs a workforce of 120
Extra-university Research Institutions
(national and state-funded)
DESY Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron HZG Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht
BNITM Bernhard-Nocht-Institut für Tropenmedizin GIGA German Institute for Global and Area Studies HPI Heinrich-Pette-Institut
ZBW Zentralbibliothek der Wirtschaftswissenschaften MPIM Max-Planck-Institut für Meteorologie
MPSD Max-Planck-Institut für Struktur und Dynamik der Materie MPIfalPR Max-Planck-Institut für ausländ. u .internat. Privatrecht UIL Unesco Institute for Lifelong Learning
EMBL European Molecular Biology Laboratory CSSB Centre for Structural Systems Biology CFEL Center for Free Electron Laser Science
XFEL European X-Ray Free-Electron Laser Facility GmbH FhG-Einrichtungen im Aufbau (CML, IME Screeningport, ALR)
State-funded Universities and
Regionally Funded Research Institutions
6 state-funded universities
UHH Universität Hamburg
UKE Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf TUHH Technische Universität Hamburg
HCU HafenCity Universität
HAW Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg HFBK Hochschule für bildende Künste
HfMT Hochschule für Musik und Theater
6 regionally funded research institutions
FZH Forschungsstelle für Zeitgeschichte in Hamburg IGdJ Institut für die Geschichte der deutschen Juden
IFSH Institut für Friedensforschung und Sicherheitspolitik Hamburg HBI Hans-Bredow-Institut für Medienforschung
HSVA Hamburgische Schiffsbauversuchsanstalt
AdW Akademie der Wissenschaften
Transfer and Innovation Institutions
ZAL Zentrum für angewandte Luftfahrtforschung CAN Centrum für angewandte Nanotechnologie LZN Laserzentrum Nord GmbH TuTech Innovation GmbH Medigate GmbH IKS Innovationskontaktstelle Institut für Sozialforschung Warburg-Haus
Universities and Research Institutions funded by
the German Government located in Hamburg
HSU Helmut-Schmidt-Universität der Bundeswehr BSH Bundesamt für Seeschifffahrt und Hydrographie DWD Deutscher Wetterdienst
von-Thünen-Institut für Holzwirtschaft und Fischereiwesen
Exzellenzstandort Hamburg
● Climate research
KlimaCampus Hamburg – a research network of
12 institutions
● Manuscript culture
23 subjects from the humanities, biology,
chemistry, physics, radiology, psychology, IT
● Structural research
World leading large scale research infrastructures:
XFEL, CFEL, CSSB, MPSD and others
● Astro- und particle physics
Over 60 years lasting cooperation between
Hamburg university and DESY
● Infection research and neurosciences
UKE, BNI, HPI, EMBL
● Materials research
TUHH, HZG, DESY among others
Exzellenzstandort Hamburg
Germany‘s Excellence Strategy of the Federal
Government and the Länder
combines funding for
cutting-edge research with long-term strategic
investment in the higher education.
Four
„Clusters of Excellence“ at Hamburg University:
● Advanced Imaging of Matter (AIM): Structure,
Dynamics and Control on the Atomic Scale
● Quantum Universe (QU)
● Understanding Written Artefacts (UWA): Material,
Interaction and Transmission in Manuscript Cultures
● Climate, Climatic Change, and Society (CliCCS)
Exzellenzstandort Hamburg
Since July 2019:
Hamburg University = „University of Excellence “
A Flagship University.
Innovating and Cooperating for a Sustainable Future
Five performance areas of the proposal:
● Fostering world-class research
● Teaching through research / multidimensional education
● Using Synergies in Metropolitan region by transfer
● Concentration of Core Facilties
● International attractiveness and visibility
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94 professors and 7.800 students
Founding principles: priority of research, interdisciplinary
approach, innovation, regionalism and internationalism,
guiding theme: “Technology for the people”
Main areas of expertise: Life Science Technologies,
Green Technologies, Aviation & Maritime Systems
Research centers:
Integrated Biotechnology and Process Engineering
Maritime Systems
Logistics and Mobility
Climate-Protecting Energy and Environmental Engineering
Aeronautics
Digital Production and Logistics and MRO
Regeneration Implants Medical Technology
Product-oriented Materials Development
Growth concept: until 2022, the university’s budget is
increased to strengthen the TUHH’s engineering education
capacity and its impact on research, development and
technology transfer
Forschungsstandort hamburg
32 extra-university research
institutions and special research
cooperation, including among
others:
3 Max-Planck research centers
4 Helmholtz research centers
4 Leibniz-institutions
European XFEL and EMBL
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European XFEL Heiner Müller-Elsner
Example: Large-Scale Research Facility: European XFEL
The European XFEL generates 27,000 extremely
intense X-ray flashes per second to map atomic
details of viruses, film chemical reactions or study
processes similar to those in the interior of planets
3.4 km long underground tunnels with accelerators
Collaborative project by 12 participating countries,
incl. Great Britain
Ca. 1.22 billion Euro construction costs (price
levels of 2005)
Ca. 117 million Euro annual budget and more than
300 employees
Funding in Science and Research in Hamburg
Investments in Science and Research in Hamburg
From the city state Hamburg
From federal government
From the European Union
1,137 billion Euro (2017/18)
approx. 370 million Euro /
year
199,5 million Euro (since 2014)
Hochschulamt Hochschulpaktmittel Hochschulbau Hochschulen / UKE / SUB Infrastrukture for students für Studierende und BAföG von Hamburg geförderte Einrichtungen
von Bund und Ländern finanzierten Einrichtungen
