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The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (German: Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg) is a
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and applied research institution located in
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,
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. Formerly known as ''
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Hamburg,'' the ''Hamburg University of Applied Sciences'' was founded in 1970. In terms of student enrolment, the ''HAW'' is the second-largest university in
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and the forth-largest applied sciences university in Germany, with a student body of 16.879.


History

The Hamburg University of Applied Sciences was founded in 1970 as the Fachhochschule Hamburg. Four engineering schools and six vocational schools were brought together with the goal of developing a new form of higher education. The focus was on the application of knowledge, with degree programmes that included placements in industry, laboratory work and practice-related projects. The Fachhochschule Hamburg initially had 13 departments. Its Business School was founded in 1994. In 1998, as part of the increased internationalisation within higher education in Germany, the Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs allowed the Fachhochschulen to add 'university of applied sciences' to their names. In 2001, the Fachhochschule Hamburg decided to take this a step further and changed its German name to Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW Hamburg), which more closely reflected the English name, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences. All of the Bachelor's programmes offered at the university are taught in German, with the exception of Information Engineering, which offers both English and German options. At the end of 2007, the Faculty of Business and Public Management and the Faculty of Social Work and Nursing were joined to form one faculty. Today the university has four faculties at four different campus locations in Hamburg: * Engineering and Computer Science * Life Sciences * Design, Media and Information * Business and Social Sciences As of 1 January 2006, the Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geomatics departments joined the building faculties of two other Hamburg universities to become the new HafenCity University.


Faculties

*Business and Social Sciences erliner Tor Campus*Design, Media and Information rmgartstrasse/Finkenau Campus*Engineering and Computer Science erliner Tor Campus*Life Sciences ergedorf Campus


Research

*Energy and Sustainability **Biomass **Environmental Analysis and Ecotoxicology **Fuel Cells **Lifetec Process Engineering *Health and Nutrition **Biomedical Systems/Networks in Diagnostics **Evaluation Research in Social, Health and Education Sectors **Food Science **Public Health *Mobility and Transport **New Flight **AERO - Aircraft, Design, and Systems Group **Driver Assistance and Autonomous Systems (FAUST) **Application of Dynamic Systems (ADYS) *IT, Communication and Media **Ambient Intelligence **iNET - Internet Technologies Research Group **Interactive Multimedia Systems **Knowledge Access and Accessibility **Information and the Development of the Internet **MARS - Multi-Agent Research and Simulation **Sound Analysis and Design **Visual Thinking **Games *Diverse Research Activities **Dynamics and Interactions of Fluid and Structures (DISS) **Optical Sensing and Image Processing **Innovation in Medium Sized Companies **Family Relationships/Children at Risk **Integrated Industrial Business Processes


Partnerships

HAW Hamburg has partnerships with various other universities, including the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology (
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), the University of Huelva (
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) and the Institute of Technology Tallaght in
Dublin Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of th ...
(
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). A 'joint college' collaboration between HAW Hamburg and the University of Shanghai for Science and Technology offers Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering degree courses to Chinese students. A third of the courses take place at the University of Shanghai campus. HAW Hamburg partners with California State University – Long Beach (
CSULB California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...
) every fall and summer for a short-term study abroad programme. German students host CSULB students in the summer and are hosted in the fall in return . HAW Hamburg also partners with the Department of Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech.


Campuses

The HAW has four campuses. The main campus and official address is in
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; the Bergedorf Campus is in
Lohbrügge is a quarter in the Bergedorf borough of the Free and Hanseatic city of Hamburg in northern Germany. In 2020, the population was 40,745. Geography In 2006, according to the statistical office of Hamburg and Schleswig-Holstein, the Lohbrügge qua ...
.


See also

* Education in Hamburg


References


External links


Hamburg University of Applied Sciences


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