Studying & Living

Wherever 40.000 students study, live and party, trendy pubs, cinemas and ethnic shops cannot be far away.

All around the university campus to the west of the Alster, you can really immerse yourself in student life. The main artery of the area is the Grindelallee, where you will find many out-of-the-ordinary restaurants and snack bars, such as "Arkadash", a neighbourhood fixture with cheap Turkish meals, or "Café Backwahn" – a student meeting place par excellence with a super breakfast.

You should definitely have the "Abaton" on your list too: a cinema classic with a pub. Since 1970, Abaton has been pursuing its declared mission of showing a programme with a certain difference: many political films, small foreign productions and discussion events don’t just draw students and professors to Allende-Platz.

After touring the record shops and cafés you should make sure you call in at Von-Melle-Park (near Dammtor station). This is where the most important faculties are clustered, letting you easily gain an impression of the mass goings-on at the University of Hamburg.

Good to know...

HVV - Semesterticket

On paying their semester tuition fee students at the universities listed below will automatically receive an HVV Semester Ticket valid in the Gesamtbereich Total HVV Network together with their matriculation or other administrative documents. With a Semester Ticket you are entitled to travel as often and whenever you like within the Gesamtbereich Total HVV Network during the semester specified on the ticket.

freiKartE ("freecard")

The freiKartE is a welcome present at the start of Your academic studies in Hamburg. You´ve got free entry to numerous museums and theatres in Hamburg. You can use it without any commitments and as often as You like. No matter, whether You want to relax after an exhausting day at uni or want to start Your weekend with a night out at the theatre with a hand full of new friends.

Students Identity Card(ISIC)

Thanks to the international Student Identity Card Students can profit worldwide from students discounts. The card is beeing issued by the AStA Info-Café of the University Hamburg.

Rooms /apartments

Next to divers Colocation Rooms, which can be found on online plattforms like www.wg-gesucht.de or www.campus-hamburg.de. Valuable assistance about rooms or apartments at favourable price can also be discovered on the websites of Studierendenwerk Hamburg or Mitwohnzentrale http://www.studierendenwerk-hamburg.de/