HafenCity University Hamburg
HafenCity University Hamburg was founded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on 1 January 2006 as a university for architecture and spatial development through the merger of four departments from three Hamburg-based higher education institutions.
HafenCity University Hamburg – University of Architecture and Metropolitan Development (HCU) is a higher education institution with a thematic focus on the built environment. The HCU brings together under one roof all aspects of building, encompassing design and planning, engineering and natural sciences, as well as the humanities and social sciences. The HCU’s overarching research priorities are climate/sustainability, social justice and digitalisation.
As Europe’s largest inner-city urban development project, the HafenCity campus offers around 2,400 students and approximately 350 staff the unique appeal of an urban laboratory on their doorstep.
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