Useful Information / Contact

Before arrival

The University of Hamburg runs a website with information for international students. The DAAD's (German Academic Exchange Service) website DAAD gives general advice and information on living and studying in Germany. Other useful sites with general information are

Applicants from outside the EU who anticipate problems or need our assistance in obtaining a visa should contact us well in advance. We will assist you, but the administrative procedures can take a lot of time.

Getting settled in Hamburg

The city of Hamburg and Hamburg University provide a number of services which help international students to settle in Hamburg:

Hamburg Welcome Center (General information provided by the city council)
PIASTA(An international student's network of the university)

Funding

International students are encouraged to apply for grants to the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). The DAAD also runs an extensive database with information on funding opportunities from other organisations. The Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe has scholarships for Master's Students for Scientific Qualification within the Cluster of Excellence Application for Scholarship - Cluster of Excellence Quantum Universe. Participants of the Master programme with a good knowledge of German are encouraged to apply for student jobs, either in computer maintenance (with interaction with users speaking only German, IT-Gruppe Mathematik - only in German) or for teaching undergraduate and service classes (knowledge of German at the level of being able to explain mathematics in German required, contact us).

Contact

Spokespersons: Prof. Dr. Ingo Runkel, Prof. Dr. Janko Latschev

Study Advisor: PD Dr. Ralf Holtkamp

Academic Office: Studienbüro

For questions regarding application please contact:
studium.math (at) uni-hamburg.de(studium.math"AT"uni-hamburg.de)

Address: Department of Mathematics
Bundesstraße 55 (Geomatikum)
20146 Hamburg