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About the TU Hamburg

the main buidling of Tu Hamburg
The main building of the TU Hamburg.

The Hamburg University of Technology is short called:

TU Hamburg or TUHH.

The TU Hamburg university gets money from the state.

It started in 1978. The university is in the Harburg district of the city of Hamburg.

It is one of the youngest technical universities in Germany.

The university works with technology for people.

The university teaches engineers.

The engineers learn a lot about technology

and also about sustainability.

Sustainability means:

People use raw materials carefully.

They do not destroy the environment.

The goal of TU Hamburg is:

Engineering to Face Climate Change.

This means:

Use technology to fight climate change.

Students at the University
Students at the University

More than 7,400 people study at the university.

You can do a Bachelor and a Master there.

These are the names for university degrees.

The university teaches these subjects:

  • Civil Engineering and Environmental Engineering
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering
  • Teaching Studies
Research at TU Hamburg
Research at the TU Hamburg

The university does research

about big questions of today:

  • Advanced Materials & (Bio-)Processes:

Make sustainable materials

  • Aviation & Maritime Technologies:

Safe and sustainable traffic in air and water

for example with ships or planes

  • Cyber Physical & Medical Systems:

Cyber Physical Systems are computers

that control things in the real world.

Medical Systems mean medical technology.

  • Environmental & Energy Systems:

Sustainable supply with energy and products

  • Logistics, Mobility & Infrastructure:

Sustainable transport

and sustainable building

Containers in Hamburg Harbour
Containers in Hamburg's Harbour

The university finds solutions with science.

For example:

  • A sustainable energy supply
  • Good use of raw materials
  • Digitalization, this means change information into computer language.
  • New ways to move
  • Sustainable transport and storage of things

The research results are used in business

and in industry.

This is a special strength of TU Hamburg.

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