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If you're still undecided and don't know what you want to study or whether you even want to study, these offers on our website will help you:

• A career-interests quiz, which suggests suitable degree courses based on on a 20- to 30-minute set of questions.
• The HAW navigator self-testing tool, which lets you check whether the degree course you've selected is a good fit. Completing the HAW navigator is a prerequisite for several degree courses.
• Information about deciding for or against university study.

If you need additional guidance, would also like to talk with students about the degree course you're interested in, have a more complicated study situation (e.g. because you have a child, have health issues or need to work), or have questions about study requirements and the degree course structure, individual advising is also available. Other Student Center services are listed here too.

You can organise a one-on-one advising appointment, can take part in Student Center workshops, or take advantage of the open office hours. The student academic advisors are available to answer your questions by phone on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm and Thursdays from 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm (0152 24744063). You can also use our contact form.

You can find everything you need to know about preliminary courses, orientation units, first-semester tutorials and administrative questions on the Starting your studies page. The teams from the Student Center and the Faculty Service Offices will support you here too.

In some degree courses first-semester tutorials are offered over the course of the first semester. You can find more information here.

When you're deciding whether to pursue university studies, questions related to costs, financing and funding opportunities play an important role. Most degree courses at HAW Hamburg require students to pay a semester contribution but not tuition fees.

You can find information about BAföG student loans, scholarships, part-time work and emergency financial assistance here.

All of the most important information about applying has been compiled on these pages.

Depending on the course level (Bachelor's or Master's) and the degree course, the application process and the individual steps you need to take as part of the process can vary. You can find the exact requirements on your degree course page. There you will also see when the application period is and whether the course admits new students in winter and/or summer semester.

You can apply via the myHAW application and student portal. During your studies you will use myHAW for administrative study organisation and to register for exams. In order to apply, you will need to register on myHAW and activate your account.

You should take care of both the organisational matters and the content-related requirements of your studies well ahead of time.

For example, the application and enrolment deadlines can vary depending on the degree course. Sometimes you need to demonstrate that you have completed an internship or have particular language skills in order to apply. It also makes sense to find out about the precise structure and content of the degree course before the start of your studies. This will let you assess your existing knowledge in advance, register for preliminary courses, and have a look at course catalogues and module handbooks

Information about preparing for your studies is available here as a checklist.