The HafenCity University Hamburg (German: HafenCity Universität Hamburg, abbreviated HCU) — also known as the University Of The Built Environment And Metropolitan Development[1] — is a public university in Hamburg, Germany which is focused on architecture, civil engineering and urban planning courses.
HafenCity Universität Hamburg | |
 HafenCity Universität Hamburg August 2013 | |
| Type | Public |
|---|---|
| Established | 2006 |
| Location | , |
| Campus | Urban |
| Website | http://www.hcu-hamburg.de/ |
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The university's name refers to its location in Hamburg's HafenCity, the site of an urban regeneration project, where the old port warehouses of Hamburg are being replaced with offices, hotels, shops, official buildings, and residential areas.
The name of this university, which was founded in 2006, refers to the location of the university building in the Hamburg district of HafenCity, currently the largest inner-city construction site in Europe, and thus also makes reference to its thematic field of activity. The courses, which had been spread over different locations in the districts of Uhlenhorst (Mundsburg) and Winterhude (City Nord) since the university was founded, moved into the new building on Überseeallee on April 1, 2014.
Courses
editHCU offers the following courses as Bachelor's and Master's degrees:
- Architecture
- Civil Engineering
- Geodesy and Geoinformatics
- Urban Planning
- Urban Design and Resource Efficiency in Architecture and Planning (REAP) are also available as interdisciplinary master's degrees.
See also
edit- Living lab (MIT City Science lab)
References
edit- ^ "HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU): Home". Retrieved 28 November 2015.