Practical orientation, inter-disciplinary character, internationality, modern Didactics, small groups, project work, good student/lecturer ratios.

The department has a portfolio of international partner universities that enables students to study abroad in the key economic regions of the world. In addition, the school offers a dual-degree programme with 2 international partner universities. Other international components include: International workshops each semester (key areas: International business, entrepreneurship, logistics), guest lectures and shadowing by visiting professors from abroad, collaborative doctoral programme with two international partner universities.

University of Rhode Island, USA; California State University Long Beach, USA; Seoul National University of Science and Technology (SeoulTech), Seoul, Südkorea; Universitat de Valencia, Spanien; Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand; ITESM Monterrey, Mexiko (viele Standorte); Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Niederlande; Universidad Europeia, Lissabon, Portugal; Napier University, Edinburgh, Schottland; EM Normandie, Le Havre, Frankreich;

Good equipment in PC clusters, e-learning platform, multi-group work room for project and small-group work; Software for research work (SPSS, MAXQDA), ERP software, Business Innovation Lab (BIL) with current techniques (3D process chain (scan, design and print), robotics, etc.).

Professors from the Department of Economics lead the following research and transfer institutions: Business Innovation Lab (BIL); “Mittelstand-Digital” (digital SMEs) Centre Hamburg; Competence Centre for Renewable Energies and Energy Efficiency (CC4E)

Course content relevant to start-ups is a regular part of the Business Administration curriculum. In addition, department lecturers are involved in cross-faculty entrepreneurship events at the university (entrepreneurship elective, lecture series on entrepreneurship). A large number of teachers of the department have their own start-up experience, which is integrated regularly into their courses. Again and again, student start-up projects choose teaching staff from the faculty as their mentors. There is also a start-up service at HAW Hamburg.

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences is committed to being a gender-equal, diversity-conscious and discrimination-free university. The university sees itself in as responsible for shaping a democratic, peaceful and open-minded society. The university provides an equitable, socially and ecologically sustainable and respectful environment so that our university members can develop their skills and get involved in the strategic development of the university.