Incoming Students

Welcome to our beautiful city and to Universität Hamburg

Your degree program participates in the ERASMUS Cooperation or another partnership with a degree program in the Faculty of Business Administration (Hamburg Business School)? You would like to study with us for 1 or 2 semesters?

The general information gives you a quick overview and you find courses in the course catalog (in German only). We have listed courses taught in English by our Faculty below.

Below you find numerous tips to make your stay in Hamburg and studying at our University easier and more fun. Enjoy your time here! We hope that Hamburg becomes a second home.

Application

The International Office handles applications for all bachelor’s and master’s degree programs. If your home university has organized a student exchange for you, we will get in touch with you by email. Our email will tell you everything you need to know about your application and the documents you need to submit.

Please wait until you receive the instruction email before you register on STiNE.

Semester Contribution

All students must pay a semester contribution each semester. The semester contribution is not tuition. It is made up of fees for various institutions and amounts to between €250 and €350. It includes a semester public transport pass that is valid for the entire area served by the Hamburg Public Transport Association (HVV).

If you are an incoming student new to Hamburg, don’t worry yet about the semester contribution. You will receive the information you need at the orientation seminar.

Contact the International office for a detailed breakdown of fees and payment information.

Wohnen

Affordable rooms in Hamburg can be few and far between, especially at the beginning of each new semester. We have compiled the following list to give you a head start:

Studierendenwerk Hamburg: Dormitory accommodation

Dormitory rooms are available from the Studierendenwerk every semester. You can rent a room for a single semester or a longer period of time. Please consult the Studierendenwerk website for further information on renting a room. If you have any remaining questions or require assistance, the International Office will be happy to help.

Dormitories run by other organizations

If no rooms are available from the Studierendenwerk or you would like to search further afield, you can also apply to other dormitories run by non-profit organizations. The Studierendenwerk has compiled a list of available dormitories.

Private accommodation

Many students in Germany choose to share an apartment (known as a WG, the abbreviation of Wohngemeinschaft). When they leave for their own semester(s) abroad, students often sublet their furnished rooms for the time they are away. Adverts for privately rented rooms are published on the following websites:

Please note: New tenants in shared apartments normally do not pay any money before arriving at the accommodation or signing a sublet agreement. Please be cautious if somebody asks you to pay in advance.

Courses in English

Bachelor’s degree

Specialization	Professor	Course
Summer Semester
Auditing and Taxation	Prof. Dr. Ratzinger-Sakel	Consolidated Financial Statements and Basics in Auditing
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Drobetz	International Finance
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Gedenk	Price Management
Operations & Supply Chain Management	Prof. Dr. Liu	Transport and Logistics
Statistics	Prof. Dr. Spindler	Causal Inference
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Recker	Seminar: Digital Innovation
Corporate Management	Prof. Dr. Recker	Advanced Topics in Technology and Innovation Management
Corporate Management	Prof. Dr. Recker	Seminar: Digital Innovation, Transformation and Entrepreneurship
*Summer Semester, not offered each year*
Corporate Management	Prof. Dr. Peters	The Entrepreneurial Firm: Growing & Managing Professional Organizations
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Steinorth	Investment & Finance
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Schröder	Business and Securities Valuation
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Clement	Media Economics
Operations & Supply Chain Management	Prof. Dr. Liu	Maritime Economics
Winter Semester
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Drobetz	Corporate Finance
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Nöth	Private Banking
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Steinorth	Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
Information Systems	Prof. Dr. Recker	Introduction to Scientific Research in Information Systems
First Semester Students	Prof. Dr. Nöth Prof. Dr. Peters	Entrepreneurship and Digital Transformation (EDT)
Information Systems	Prof. Dr. Voß	Information Management
Operations & Supply Chain Management	Prof. Dr. Liu Prof. Dr. Voigt	Supply Chain Management

Master

Specialization	Professor	Course
Summer Semester
Auditing and Taxation	Prof. Dr. Ratzinger-Sakel	Empirical Auditing and Accounting Research
Business Analytics	Prof. Dr. Spindler	Machine Learning with Applications in Economics
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Nöth	Behavioral Finance
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Steinorth	Insurance Finance
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Drobetz	Investment Banking and Capital Markets
Operations & Supply Chain Management	Prof. Dr. Liu	Advanced topics in Supply Chain Management
Business Analytics	Dr. Juuli Marja Kristel Lumivalo	Digitalization of Services (only this Semester)
Free elective area	Prof. Dr. Recker	Digital Innovation Lab
*Summer Semester, not offered each year*
Business Analytics	Prof. Dr. Nüttgens	Business Process Management
Corporate Management	Prof. Dr. Peters	Customer Centricity
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Schröder	Corporate Valuation
Winter Semester
Business Analytics	Prof. Dr. Spindler	Introduction to Deep Learning
Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Science	Prof. Dr. Kifmann, Prof. Dr. Kokot	Health Economics (open for BWL students)
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Drobetz	Asset Management I
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Dichtl/ Prof. Dr. Drobetz	Asset Management II
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Nöth	Banking
Finance, Banking and Insurance	Prof. Dr. Steinorth	Corporate Risk Management
Health Care Management	Prof. Dr. Stargardt	Health Economic Evaluation
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Heitmann	Customer & Markets
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Peters	Integrated Marketing Communications
Operations & Supply Chain Management	Prof. Dr. Liu	Advanced Topics in Transport and Logistics
Bereich Methoden	Prof.Dr. Recker	Qualitative Methods for Business and Management
Corporate Management	Prof.Dr. Recker	Technology and Innovation Management
*Winter Semester, not offered each year*
Free elective area	Prof. Dr. Voß	Information Management in Transport and Traffic
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Bijmolt, Prof. Dr. Eggers	Customer Insights - Analytics to Acquire, Develop and Retain Customers
Marketing	Prof. Dr. Peters	Digital Marketing
The following courses are offered occasionally, in Summer or Winter Semester
Business Analytics	Prof. Dr. Voß	Advances in Business Analytics
Free elective area	Prof. Dr. Voß	Advances in Information Systems

Welcome Session

Please find informationen about the academic office, your personal curriculum and registration as well as the transcript of records in the p resentation [PPTX] of the study orientation session.

Additionally you find here the application form for transcript of records [PDF], which is prerequisite for obtaining a transcript of records by the University of Hamburg.