HAW-Hamburg: Pharmaceutical Biotechnology (M.Sc.)

Study organisation

Contact information

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Function	Name	Room	Email
Degree course content	Prof. Dr. Stephan Noll	BT 102	stephan.noll (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de
Chair of Examinations Committee	Prof. Dr. Julian Béthune	S2.24	julien.bethune (at) haw-hamburg (dot) de

Course timetable

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Preliminary lecture timetable for summer semester 2025

Please note!!! Short-term changes to lecture times can be found on our Infoboard.

Exam schedule

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Exam schedule (Updated: 23 January 2025)

Short-term room changes will be posted as usual on the faculty Infoboard! (in German only)

Module compendium

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Module compendium , Examination regulations for first year students from winter semester 2015/16

Module Handbook, Examination regulations for first year students from summer semester 2024, Approved by the Faculty Council 30.06.2023

Course and examination regulations

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APSO-INGI Änderungen 2021 (in German)

APSO-INGI2012 (in English)

Course and examination regulations 19 July 2023 (in German)

Course-specific Examination and Study Regulations Dated 19 July 2023 (in Englisch)
Applies to all students who start their studies in summer semester 2024.

The “Course-specific Examination and Study Regulations for the Master Degree Programme of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology at the Hamburg University of Applied Sciences” of 31 July 2014 (University Gazette No. 97/2014, p. 12) will expire at the end of the 2026/2027 winter semester.
Course and examination regulations 2014 (in German)
Course and examination regulations 2014 (in English)

Admissions and selection criteria

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Admissions and selection criteria, 2017 (in German)

Admissions and selection criteria, 2017 (in English)

Application period

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Summer semester: 1 December–15 January

Winter semester: 1 June–15 July

Dates and deadlines

Lecture and semester dates

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Winter semester 2024/25: 1 Oktober 2024 – 31 March 2025
Lecture period: 7 October 2024 – 15 February 2025 (including the three-week examination period)
First day of lectures: 7 October 2024
Last day of lectures: 15 February 2025
Christmas Holidays: 21 Dezember 2024 – 5 January 2025

Summer semester 2025: 1 April 2025 – 30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April 2025 – 2 August 2025 (including the three-week examination period)

Winter semester 2025/26: 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
Lecture period: 6 October 2025 – 14 February 2026 (including the three-week examination period)
Christmas Holidays: 20 Dezember 2025 – 4 January 2026

Summer semester 2026: 1 April 2026 – 30 September 2026
Lecture period: 6 April 2026 – 1 August 2026 (including the three-week examination period)

Winter semester 2026/27: 1 Oktober 2026 – 31 March 2027
Lecture period: 5 Oktober 2026 – 13 February 2027 (including the three-week examination period)
Christmas Holidays: 21 Dezember 2026 – 3 January 2027

Summer semester 2027: 1 April 2027 – 30 September 2027
Lecture period: 5 April 2027 – 31.July 2027 (including the three-week examination period)

Semester date details for summer semester 2025

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Departments Bt, Mt, Ut, Vt
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
1st half of the semester (E): 7 April – 24 May 2025
2nd half of the semester (Z): 26 May– 11 July 2025
Examination period: 14 July – 1 October 2025

Department Öt und Gw
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
1st half of the semester (E): 7 April – 24 May 2025
2nd half of the semester (Z): 26 May– 11 July 2025
Examination period: 14 July – 25 July 2025

Teaching/vocational training
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
Pentecost holidays: 24.05.2025 – 01.06.2025

Department HWI
Semester period: 1 April –30 September 2025
Lecture period: 7 April – 11 July 2025
Pentecost holidays: 24.05.2025 – 01.06.2025

Course times

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1st quarter: 8:30 am–10:00 am
2nd quarter: 10:15 am–11:45 am
3rd quarter: 12:30 pm–2:00 pm
4th quarter: 2:30 pm–4:00 pm
5th quarter: 4:15 pm–5:45 pm
6th quarter: 6:00 pm–7:30 pm
7th quarter: 7:45 pm–9:15 pm

Re-registration

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To re-register for the new semester, please pay the semester contribution by bank transfer within the re-registration period. Please do not pay before the start of the re-registration period as the final amount will not be determined before this period begins.

The semester contribution for summer semester 2024 is €331.

Please also transfer the amount even if you are blocked from re-registering. The block can only be lifted if you have paid the semester contribution.

New re-registration deadlines as of summer semester 2024
Winter semester: 1 July –15 September
Summer semester: 1 January –15 March

Further information can be found at the Student Center under the menu item: re-registration

If you are financially unable to pay the semester contribution, you may contact the Students' Union (AStA). In warranted cases it can provide you with a loan.

All the necessary information about the current semester contribution and your payment status is available through the myHAW campus management system.