HAW Hamburg is Northern Germany’s second largest university of applied sciences, offering a wide range of practice-oriented programs in engineering, IT, life sciences, design, media, business, and social work.
Address: Berliner Tor 5, 20099 Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Mechanical Engineering & Automotive, Information & Electrical Engineering, Life Sciences & Biotechnology
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Bioinformatics, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Ergonomics and UX, Fluid Dynamics, Food Science, Geotechnics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Logistics, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Microbiology and Genetics, Nanotechnologies, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Quality, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Sound Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Largest university of applied sciences in Hamburg. Strong focus on applied research and industry projects.
Research:
Renewable energy and energy efficiency, Aircraft and vehicle engineering, Biomedical engineering and health informatics, Information technology and digital media.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
800
Current students***:
17000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Wide range of applied programs, strong practical orientation, located in Hamburg, good career prospects.
Cons
Focus on applied sciences.
Best For
Large university of applied sciences in Hamburg, strong in applied engineering, IT, and life sciences.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- The comparison with Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics, and it also offers mba programmes, and is slightly smaller, at about 12,000 students against roughly 17,000 here.
- Think of Hochschule Darmstadt when sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics is the priority: it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's and master's.
- A good alternative in the same country is Hochschule Düsseldorf - University of Applied Sciences, which likewise covers sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and transportations; it is smaller, enrolling about 10,000 students against roughly 17,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Berliner Hochschule für Technik sits close to this institution on sound engineering, ergonomics and UX and logistics; it covers metrology as well, and is slightly smaller, at about 13,000 students against roughly 17,000 here.
- Another national school that puts aerospace, transportations and bioinformatics at the centre is Fachhochschule Aachen, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 15,000 students.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- For a study option in Switzerland with a comparable spread of food science, quality and bioinformatics, Zürcher Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften is the reference point: it also offers diploma programmes and covers ergonomics and metrology as well.
- Shizuoka University in Japan pursues a similar profile in sound engineering, aerospace and food science, and it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Okayama University in Japan pursues a similar profile in aerospace, food science and transportations, and it is slightly smaller, at about 13,000 students against roughly 17,000 here, and is also a public institution.
- Shanghai Institute of Technology brings a China setting to the same core fields, logistics, food science and transportations, and it runs the same bachelor's and master's programmes, and has almost the same size, at about 18,000 students.
- Jilin University in China is the nearest foreign match on aerospace, food science and transportations; it is far larger, with about 70,000 students against roughly 17,000 here, and is also a public institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Engineering, Information Technology (IT), Mechanical Engineer, Product Design, Product Development, Quality Management, Renewable Energy
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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