Template:Infobox German University The University of Hamburg was founded on the 1 April 1919 by Wilhelm Stern and others. The University grew out of the previous "Allgemeinen Vorlesungswesen" and the "Kolonialinstitut" as well as the "Akademischen Gymnasium". Today there are around 41,000 students (as of the start of 2004).

Internet
Faculties
- FB 01: Evangelical Theology
- FB 02: Law
- FB 03: Economics
- FB 04: Medicine, see also Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf
- FB 05: Social Sciences
- FB 06: Erziehungswissenschaften
- FB 07: Language, Literature and Communications
- FB 08: Philosophy and History
- FB 09: Ethnology
- FB 10: Orientalism
- FB 11: Mathematics
- FB 12: Physics
- FB 13: Chemistry
- FB 14: Biology
- FB 15: Geo-Sciences
- FB 16: Psychology
- FB 18: Information Technology
- FB 19: Sport Sciences
University Institutes
- Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg [1] (bild. Kunst, Medien, Industriedesign, Architektur, Bühnenbild, Kunstpädagogik)
- Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Carl von Ossietsky
- Regionales Rechenzentrum der Universität Hamburg