Helmut Schmidt University

Helmut Schmidt University

Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg
Campus and main building
Established	1973
President	Klaus Beckmann
Academic staff	462 [1]
Students	2545 [1]
Location	Hamburg , Hamburg , Germany
Website	www.hsu-hh.de

The Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg,^[2] located in Hamburg, Germany, is a German military research university. The university was founded in 1973 at the initiative of the then-Federal Minister of Defence, Helmut Schmidt. Teaching first started in the Autumn of 1973. It is one of two universities that were established by the Bundeswehr to train and educate its future and current officers. The other one being the Bundeswehr University Munich.

In general, it is accessible only to officers and officer candidates of the Bundeswehr, hence its full name. However, since it started teaching, there have been cooperation agreements with allied countries, on the basis of which a handful of selected officers from these states have been able to study in Hamburg.

Since 2002 there has been a small number of civilian students at the university. A prerequisite for studying as a civilian at the Helmut Schmidt University is a business scholarship. These scholarships are usually awarded by foundations with close relationships to industry – thus, these students are at least indirectly being supported by their future employer, usually large companies. As of 2022^[update] tuition costs are currently 2941 euros (humanities), 4403 euros (economics) or 3423 euros (engineering) per academic term.^[3]

Academic degrees and titles obtained at HSU are equivalent to those awarded by state universities and are equally valid, since the courses comply with the requirements of Hamburg's higher education legislation. The university is authorised to confer habilitations and doctoral degrees.^[4]