Administration and Service Departments

The Office for Occupational, Environmental, and Health Protection will contact you upon your start date to discuss occupational, environmental, and health protection aspects at your institute or research group. In addition, the office is available beforehand to advise you on any questions regarding occupational and environmental safety.

Important information, guidelines, and forms can be found here.

The University Library supports you in accessing literature and publishing in Open Access. For any questions, the Library Director, Ms. Rajski, will be happy to assist you.

For questions regarding library use, please contact the Head of User Services, Ms. Clasen. Library forms can be found here.

„How to TUHH“ is a guide for everyone who communicates on behalf of TUHH. Its goal: clear, distinctive, and specifically targeted communication materials that stand out amid today’s media noise..

Templates in TUHH’s corporate design can be found here. The TUHH logo in German and English can be downloaded here. Information on ordering business cards is available here.

The contact person for questions regarding corporate design is the Head of Department 2 – Communications.

The Office for Third-Party Funding Management supports you with the transfer and application of third-party funds. More information can be found here.

The team leaders of the Personnel Services are happy to advise you on any questions regarding the hiring of personnel.

The Family Office is your point of contact for all matters related to balancing work and family life, both for you and your staff. You can find more information about the individual services here.

The Finance Department supports you in making the funds from your appointment offer available. The contact person is the Acting Head, Ms. Anja Leibner. For questions regarding third-party funding, please contact Ms. Reinermann.

The Electrical Engineering Research Workshop (FWE) is a service unit within the Central Technical Services. Its services include advising on the procurement and design of electronic and electrical systems and components, the development of hardware and software, the manufacture of control cabinets, and the ordering of printed circuit boards. It also carries out repairs of measuring, testing, laboratory, and multimedia equipment. The services of the FWE are available to all institutes of the Technical University. Further information can be found here.

Department 5 offers all members of the university a range of service and advisory support for the implementation of internationalization measures. Among other things, we assist professors in establishing strategic university partnerships and with questions regarding the mobility of students, researchers, and staff. You can find information about our services here.

The Office for Campus Facilities Management is responsible for furnishing your offices.

The Mailroom is happy to assist you with all matters related to receiving and sending mail. For written inquiries, please use the functional mailbox: poststelle@tuhh.de.

If you have questions about communicating successes in teaching and research to the public, or if you have received a press inquiry, the Press and Public Relations team will advise you. The contact person is Ms. Weber.

Ms. Schulze, as Content Manager, is responsible for creating press profiles to introduce new professors at TU Hamburg. In addition, she develops publications on projects in research and teaching, which are published on TU Hamburg’s media channels, particularly in the university magazine spektrum.

For all questions regarding the allocation of offices, laboratories, and workshops to your institute or research group, please contact the Officer for Facility Management.

For written inquiries, please use the functional mailbox: raumbedarfe@tuhh.de.

The Data Center contacts newly appointed staff before their start date to discuss your requirements and the setup of an institute network. A personal email address will, if possible, be created for you approximately three months prior to your start date.

The Office for Campus Facilities Management is responsible for renovation work.

Our goal is to contact you before your start date to arrange a time for handing over your keys. For any questions, the Office for Campus Facilities Management is available to assist you.

Positions for research staff and technical or administrative personnel usually need to be advertised before they can be filled.

For questions regarding job advertisements, please contact the Job Advertisement Team of Personnel Services.

The Organizational Office advises you on questions regarding the positions assigned to you in your appointment offer.

Before a position can be advertised, it must be classified into a pay grade according to the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federal States (TV-L) based on the job description. Since standardized job descriptions exist for research staff and administrative assistants, advisory support is particularly needed for job descriptions for technicians.

For concerns and questions regarding telephony, please contact the Data Center Service Desk at servicedesk@tuhh.de. The contacts at the Data Center are also available to assist you with any telephony-related questions.

The Events Management team advises institutes on the design, planning, execution, and follow-up of event. Useful information on organizing events can be found in the "Guideline to hold an event at TUHH".

For questions regarding your civil service status or salary, your contacts are Ms. Kleinert (last names A–L) and Ms. Grützmacher (last names M–Z).

If you are a newly appointed professor coming from abroad and require support settling in at TUHH and in the city of Hamburg, please contact the Welcome Service for International Researchers. This service offers advice on entry and residence permit issues, registration of your address, insurance matters, housing search, leisure activities in Hamburg, as well as assistance with administrative processes within TUHH if needed.

The Central Laboratory for Chemical Analytics is a scientific service facility at TU Hamburg. It serves as a support unit for the institutes of TUHH.

The Central Purchasing Office advises and supports you with your procurement processes and any required tenders. Important information and forms can be found here.