HafenCity University Hamburg explained

HafenCity University Hamburg
Native Name:	HafenCity Universität Hamburg
Type:	Public
City:	Hamburg
Country:	Germany
Campus:	Urban

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.

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

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

• Living lab (MIT City Science lab)

External links

• Main website

Notes and References

1. Web site: HafenCity Universität Hamburg (HCU): Home. 28 November 2015.