OpenFieldThe University of Hamburg (Universität Hamburg, UHH), founded in 1919, is one of Germany's flagship Universities of Excellence and the premier comprehensive research university in northern Germany. Globally celebrated as the home of the Max Planck Institute for Meteorology and the CLICCS (Climate, Climatic Change, and Society) Cluster of Excellence, UHH is also a world leader in photon science at DESY and manuscript cultures.
Review checked academic pathways and funding options below:
Three-year doctoral position within the School of Integrated Climate and Earth System Sciences (SICSS), running coupled ICON climate models on the Levante supercomputer at the German Climate Computing Center (DKRZ).
English-taught graduate curriculum closely integrated with the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and European XFEL, exploring attosecond laser physics, synchrotron radiation, and quantum condensed matter.
Merit-based living allowance scholarship financed by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg, awarded to outstanding international students enrolled in regular degree programs at Universität Hamburg.
Research role at CSSB on the Bahrenfeld science campus resolving atomic-resolution structures of pathogen-host complexes using high-end Titan Krios transmission electron microscopes.
Five-month research practicum utilizing multispectral imaging and mobile computed tomography to non-destructively recover illegible ancient manuscripts from Middle Eastern and East Asian collections.
Two-year postdoctoral position within the CUI Cluster of Excellence observing chemical bond-breaking in real time using femtosecond X-ray pulses generated by the European XFEL.
English-taught master's program focusing on biologically inspired artificial intelligence, multi-modal sensor fusion, humanoid robotic manipulation, and reinforcement learning.
Tuition at the University of Hamburg is completely free of charge (€0 tuition) for all students regardless of nationality. Students pay only a modest semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag) of approximately €340, which includes a Deutschlandticket giving unlimited regional and local public transportation across all of Germany. Doctoral researchers are employed under German collective agreements (TV-L E13) with gross annual salaries between €52,000 and €58,000.
Distinguished researchers and laboratory heads at University of Hamburg:
Professor of Sociology & Co-Speaker of CLICCS Cluster of Excellence · Climate Sociology, Carbon Markets, Decarbonization, CLICCS
Professor of Physics and Head of Controlled Molecule Imaging at DESY / UHH · Ultrafast Imaging, Cold Molecules, Photoelectron Diffraction, European XFEL
Professor of Informatics & Director of Knowledge Technology · Cognitive Robotics, Multi-Modal Learning, Human-Robot Interaction, Assistive Systems
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