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 | |
Type | Public |
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Established | 2006 |
Location | , |
Campus | Urban |
Website | http://www.hcu-hamburg.de/ |
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.
Courses edit
HCU 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.