Internationalization of administration

Improve your language skills with courses specifically tailored to daily activities at University of Hamburg.

• Custom language courses for day-to-day work: HR advice for expanding specific English vocabulary or to expand German proficiency as well as other languages.
• University-specific English courses for staff members: English courses for administrative staff at the University Language Center.
• Erasmus+ language trips: Refresh or expand your foreign language proficiency with certified language courses and paid educational leave.

Enhance your ability to work effectively in an international and diverse environment at Universität Hamburg and in collaboration with international partner institutions, while acting in a culturally sensitive way.

• HR development section: personal training courses and workshops on topics like unconscious bias and diversity-related work (predominantly in German).
• City of Hamburg’s Center for Education and Training (ZAF): offers a wide variety of diversity-focused training programs.

External courses:

• International DAAD Academy: diverse range of professional development courses on various topics related to internationalization.

Learn, understand, experience: develop your personal and professional skills through international exchange.

• Erasmus+ staff training weeks:  3–5 day program at universities involved in the Erasmus program. Depending on the organization, specific topics with a specific target group or program with a broad range of topics.
• Erasmus+ job shadowing: Self-organized stays at a partner university, to get to see how your own field (e.g., administrative units, faculties, library systems, or computer centers) is handled at the partner university.
• Trilateral staff development and exchange program (TriStaX): Annual one-week exchange program with the strategic partner Northwestern University (NW), Stellenbosch University (SU) and University of Hamburg on variety of topics. Conducted annually at the partner institution on a rotational cycle.
• Hamburg Networking Conference (HNC): A multi-day conference with international university partners on current topics in education and research, held every two years at the University of Hamburg.
• Individual opportunities for exchange: Individually organized stays at a partner university paid from the budget of the faculty or organization sending the individual. Contact the relevant country representative in Department 5.