Population
1,86M
Hamburg, Freie und Hansestadt · 2024-12-31 · AGS 02000000
Cities
Hamburg
HH · Hamburg municipality
Student decision snapshot
Study destination evidence for Hamburg
Hamburg uses the official Destatis / GV-ISys municipality boundary for the public city and population contract. Metro areas, neighbouring municipalities and institution marketing regions are not silently folded into this profile.
1 verified institutions1 verified teaching locations5 verified city metrics
Student living
€1,000–€1,600
Indicative monthly EUR reference · source methodology varies by city
Student transport
€226.80 / semester
Source-native ticket period · enrolment or eligibility conditions apply
Student work
20 h / week
Federal reference for eligible third-country students during lecture periods; individual residence conditions still control
Metric context
Living: University of Hamburg states a broad student budget of EUR 1,000–1,600 or more per month. High value is an indicative reference, not a hard cap.
Transport: WS 2026/27 semester public transport pass component; total semester contribution is EUR 402.
Germany programme delivery verification pending
CampCareer has a Germany programme catalogue, but the current city seed relationships do not prove campus-specific delivery. Institution or teaching-location presence is never used to infer programme delivery; city programmes will appear only after explicit offering-to-campus evidence is verified.
The city catalogue state is shown as verification pending rather than “0 programmes”.
Verified institutions in Hamburg municipality
1 institutions · 1 locationsThis is the Phase 3 initial verified teaching-location set, not a complete inventory of every German university site. Multi-campus institutions are kept inside the municipality boundary only when the teaching location itself is explicitly verified.
Universität Hamburg
Verified domain uni-hamburg.de · 1 teaching location
Von-Melle-Park Main Campus
Career environment
Hamburg Business official industry mix and technology strengths These are context signals, not shortage rankings, job guarantees or immigration eligibility signals.
LogisticsIndustry and aviationIT and ICTMedia and creative industriesMedical, pharmaceutical and biotechnologyLife sciencesRenewable energyMobility and marine technology
International student work context
The stored federal reference is up to 20 hours per week during lecture periods for eligible third-country students, or the annual 140 full / 280 half-day rule.
Student auxiliary academic work has a separate exception in the stored federal guidance.
Third-country students may use the 140 full/280 half-day annual rule or work up to 20 hours/week during lecture periods; student auxiliary academic work is exempt from these restrictions.
Metric sources
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder — GV-ISys · 2024-12-31 · high confidenceHamburg Business — Top facts Hamburg · 2026-08-10 · medium confidenceUniversity of Hamburg — MIBAS Costs and Funding · 2026-08-10 · medium confidenceUniversity of Hamburg — Semester contribution · 2026-08-10 · high confidenceMake it in Germany — Study and work · 2026-08-10 · high confidence
City Compare
Compare Hamburg with another verified Germany Tier A study city using the same evidence contracts.