Location and opening hours of HafenCity University Hamburg

Location | Postal address

HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1
20457 Hamburg

Öffnungszeiten

Main building (Henning-Voscherau-Platz 1)

Entrance West:
Monday to Friday: 6:30 am to 11 pm (controlled access with HCU-Card from 7 p.m.)
Saturday and Sunday: 10 am to 10 pm (controlled access with HCU-Card)
We are closed on Holidays.

Entrance East (Subway):
Monday to Friday: 7 am to 7 pm
This entrance is closed on weekends and public holidays.

Between Christmas and New Year: closed

The library's opening hours can be found here.

 

Student learning areas at "Märchenwelten" (Grandeswerderstrasse 5):

Monday to Friday: 8 am to 10 pm (first come, first served)
Saturday: 10 am to 10 pm
Closed on sundays and public holidays.

During the examination period: 24/7 (The exact period depends on the teaching schedule and will be announced in good time.)

Between Christmas and New Year: closed

 

Student learning areas in the Campus Tower:

Reopening of student workrooms from Monday, 3 November 2025, at the following times:
Monday to Friday: 8 am to 10 pm (controlled access with HCU-card)
Saturday: 10 am to 10 pm (controlled access with HCU-card)
Closed on sundays and public holidays.

During the examination period: 24/7 (The exact period depends on the teaching schedule and will be announced in good time.)

Between Christmas and New Year: closed

 

Mensa and Café

The opening hours of the Mensa and the Cafeteria can be found on the page of the Studierendenwerkes.

Directions

Nearest train station: Hamburg main station, 25 minutes by foot
Public transport: U4, station "HafenCity Universität" or BUS line 111, stop "Shanghaiallee

Parking

The underground parking garage of HCU is not a public garage. Therefore, no parking spaces can be offered for guests and students (exception: severely handicapped students, mark "aG").

If you arrive by car, please use the public garages at Hongkongstraße 6a or Überseeallee 3:

Elbarkaden underground car park (Hongkongstraße 6a, 20457 Hamburg), 220 spaces (5 spaces for people with disabilities) - open 24 hrs a day.

Überseequartier underground car park (Überseeallee 3, 20457 Hamburg), 420 spaces (8 spaces for people with disabilities) - open 24 hours a day

 

Download: Lageplan (PDF)