The HafenCity University Hamburg

The HafenCity University Hamburg — University of the Built Environment and Metropolitan Development) (HCU Hamburg) — was founded by the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg on January 1, 2006 as a merger of four departments from three Hamburg universities.

It is the only university Europe-wide which is solely focused on architecture and metropolitan development. For this reason, the entire range of disciplines of the HCU is oriented towards understanding and designing the urban environment:

• Architecture, Civil Engineering, Geomatics, Urban Planning – in each case as a bachelor’s degree with the option to continue studying to a master's level
• Metropolitan Culture – as a bachelor programme
• Urban Design und Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning (REAP) – as an interdisciplinary master programme