Kuehne Logistics University – Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU) is a private, state-recognized
business school
A business school is a university-level institution that confers degrees in business administration or management. A business school may also be referred to as school of management, management school, school of business administration, o ...
(Wirtschaftshochschule) based in
Hamburg
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, Germany. It was founded by the Kühne Stiftung (Kuehne Foundation), based in
Schindellegi
Feusisberg is a municipality in Höfe District in the canton of Schwyz in Switzerland.
History
Feusisberg is first mentioned in the 13th Century as ''Berg'' and ''Uffenberg''. In the 16th Century it was known as ''Fessisskilch'' and in 1590 it ...
, Switzerland. The contracting body is the Kühne Logistics University
gGmbH. The non-profit foundation supports education and further education as well as research and science in transport and logistics.
KLU comprises two departments: "Department of Operations and Technology" and "Department of Leadership and Management", and it spans the whole gamut of university education and executive education, from bachelor's degrees and three master's programs to the structured PhD program. KLU is located at Hamburg's
HafenCity area and its classes are taught in English.
History
The Kuehne Logistics University evolved in September 2010 from Kühne School of Logistics and Management, the graduate business school for logistics management at the
Technical University of Hamburg
The Hamburg University of Technology (in German Technische Universität Hamburg, abbreviated TUHH (HH as acronym of Hamburg state) or TU Hamburg) is a research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing fol ...
(TUHH). The Kühne School was founded in 2003 as a
public–private partnership
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by the Technical University of Hamburg and the Kühne Foundation as Hamburg School of Logistics, but was later renamed in honor of
Klaus-Michael Kühne, a German entrepreneur who donated 3 million euro for the school's foundation, followed by an additional donation of 30 million euro in 2007.
In conjunction with the opening ceremony of the new campus, Klaus-Michael Kühne donated an additional 40 million euro to the KLU.
Kühne School offered a full-time and a part-time in-service
M.B.A.
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program with a
logistics management
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specialization, and two
master
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*Grandmaster (chess), National Master ...
's programs, one in Logistics, Infrastructure, and Mobility and the other in International
Industrial Engineering
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.
* 2003 founding of Hamburg School of Logistics (HSL)
* 2004 MBA-degree program – full-time
* 2005 Accreditation of full-time MBA Programs by ASIIN
* 2006 MBA-degree program – part-time
* 2006 First Summer School – part-time
*2007 renaming and change of legal status to Kühne School of Logistics and Management at the TUHH
* 2007 Master-degree program International Engineering and Management – full-time
* 2008 Accreditation of the part-time MBA-Programs by ASIIN
* 2008 Master-degree program logistics, Infrastructure and mobility – full-time
* 2010 founding and state recognition of the Kühne Logistics University - Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU
Right to confer doctorates
KLU was granted the right to confer PhD degrees on September 7, 2017. The Hamburg Senate adopted the relevant resolution in a session on August 8, 2017.
Accreditation
All programs are accredited by either ASIIN or FIBAA. As a private higher education institution, KLU has been accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR,
Wissenschaftsrat
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) which regularly assesses the quality of private education undertakings in Germany. In its decision, the Wissenschaftsrat highlighted the international education at KLU and the quality of its research output.
Programs
KLU offers international programs, which are taught exclusively in English:
*Bachelor of Science (
BSc
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
) in Business Administration with four profiles: international management, sustainable management, supply chain management, and digital management & innovation. Besides the 'standard track' with 180
ECTS-credits and an integrated internship, KLU also offers an 'intensive track' with 210 ECTS-credits and two internships.
* Master of Science (
MSc
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* MIDI Show Control
* MSC Malaysia (formerly known as Multimedia Super Corridor)
* USB mass storage device class (USB MSC ...
) in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management
* Master of Science (MSc) in International Management
* Master of Science in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management (TriContinent). Students in this program study the first semester at Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg, the second semester in
Shanghai
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, China and the third semester in
Knoxville
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, Tennessee, US.
* Doctoral Program (PhD)
* MBA Leadership & Supply Chain Management
Study costs & scholarships
Study costs
In January 2022:
The fees for the 2-year Master's program were
€
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7,190.00 per semester. The fees for the 3-year Bachelor program were €6,190.00 per semester (standard track, 180 ECTS credits) and €6,890.00 per semester (intensive track, 210 ECTS credits).
Scholarships
At KLU there are several scholarship possibilities, which support and encourage students financially, e.g.:
* Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship)
* Merit-based scholarships
* Sport Scholarship: KLU is a partner university for competitive sports and is in mutual exchange with the Olympic Training Center Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and the General German University Sports Association (adh)
* Gifted Education Awards (Begabtenförderungswerke)
Rankings
U-MULTIRANK: KLU RANKS TOP IN INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATIONKLU TOPS THE CHARTS IN ALL CATEGORIES OF CHE UNIVERSITY RANKING 2020/21KLU RANKED FAVORITE UNIVERSITY IN GERMANYGLOBAL STUDENT SATISFACTION AWARD 2019WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE RANKING 2019CHE UNIVERSITY RANKING 2017UNIVERSITY AWARD 2017HANDELSBLATT RANKING 2014FIBAA PREMIUM SEAL
Erasmus
In July 2012, KLU was awarded the Erasmus University Charter. Through this European Union program, partnership agreements between European universities are facilitated, students can receive EU funding for stays abroad (language courses, semesters and internships abroad), and the mobility of teachers and university staff across Europe is also supported.
Partner universities
KLU maintains more than 50 partnerships with universities worldwide, within the framework of which an exchange of students from the Faculty of Economics takes place. Among the partner universities are:
* USA:
Fisher College of Business
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at
Ohio State University
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,
Quinnipiac University
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,
Haslam College of Business at
University of Tennessee
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* Singapore:
National University of Singapore
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* Austria:
Vienna University of Economics and Business
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, Vienna,
Universität Klagenfurt
* France:
EM Strasbourg Business School
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, Strasbourg,
Audencia Business School
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, Nantes
* Italy:
University of Trieste
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, Trieste
* Greece:
The American College of Greece (DEERE), Athens
* Belgium:
KU Leuven
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,
Hogeschool, Brussels
* Iceland:
Reykjavík University
Reykjavík University (RU; is, Háskólinn í Reykjavík) is the largest private university in Iceland with approximately 3,300 students (October 2020). It is chartered by the Chamber of Commerce, the Federation of Icelandic Industries, and the ...
* Sweden:
Chalmers University of Technology
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, Gothenburg
* Colombia:
Universidad de los Andes , Bogotá
* India:
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
* Mexico:
Universidad Panamericana
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, Mexico City
* Uruguay:
Universidad de Montevideo
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, Montevideo
* Chile:
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María
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Places
* Universidad, San Juan, Puerto Rico
* Universidad (Madrid)
Football clubs
* Universidad SC, a Guatemalan football club that represents the Universidad de San Carlos de Guatemala
...
, Valparaíso
* Netherlands:
Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), Rotterdam
* Russia:
Higher School of Economics
HSE University (russian: link=no, «Высшая школа экономики», ВШЭ), officially the National Research University Higher School of Economics (russian: link=no, Национальный исследовательский ун ...
, Moscow
* Turkey:
Koç-Universität, Istanbul
* South Africa:
Universiteit Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
* China:
Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg
Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg () is the China, Chinese Germany, German College for Postgraduate Studies affiliated with Tongji University located in Shanghai, China.
History
The idea to combine educational activities in a joint Chinese- ...
(CDHK),
Tongji-Universität, Shanghai,
University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Zhejiang
* Thailand:
Thammasat Business School
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, Bangkok
References
External links
Website of ''Kühne Logistics University.''
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Business schools in Germany
Educational institutions established in 2003
Educational institutions established in 2010
Universities and colleges in Hamburg
Buildings and structures in Hamburg-Mitte
2003 establishments in Germany
2010 establishments in Germany