page_title: Hamburg University of Technology
section_title: Interdisciplinary Studies
hierarchical_section_title: Hamburg University of Technology / Interdisciplinary Studies
caption_attribution_description: English: Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg (TUHH).
context_page_description: The Hamburg University of Technology is a research university in Germany. The university was founded in 1978 and in 1982/83 lecturing followed. Around 100 senior lecturers/professors and 1,475 members of staff work at the TUHH.
  It is located in Harburg, a district in the south of Hamburg.
context_section_description: Instead of traditional faculties, the TUHH has separate administrations for teaching and for research: research is conducted in departments, teaching is divided into schools of study. Scientists from different subjects work together in the departments. Curricula are organized by academic speciality, depending on the course of study followed.
  In the year 2000, the TUHH defined the following strategic topics of research activities:
  Information as economic value
  Organization for enterprises
  Production and process integrated environmental protection
  Sustainable management of resources
  Advanced energy systems and energy management
  Sustainable urban structures
  Systems of transport and logistic
  Advanced information and communication technologies
  Advanced materials and microsystems
  Biotechnologies and biomedical engineering
  Research is divided into six interdisciplinary research departments:
  Town, Environment, Technology
  Systems Engineering
  Civil Engineering and Marine Technology
  Information and Communication Technology
  Materials, Design, Manufacturing
  Processing Technology and Energy Systems
  Teaching is organized in six schools of study:
  Civil Engineering
  Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Mathematics
  Vocational Subject Education
  Management Science and Technology
  Mechanical Engineering
  Process and Chemical Engineering
  The TUHH belongs to top 600 universities in the world according to Times Higher Education rankings. Their place is 92nd in terms of Young University Rankings 2020.
caption: TU Hamburg Campus
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