Helmut Schmidt University

The Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, 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 University of the Bundeswehr 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.

Type

Public university

Founded

1972

Students

2,587

Also known as

Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, UniBw H, University of the german army Hamburg, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg