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HAW Hamburg is perfectly suited for a role as an active and competent designer and driver of the digital transformation: the combination of its wide range of subjects, its international character, its practical orientation, its linking of practice and academia, its diversity, its interdisciplinary potential and its presence in a metropolitan region make it an ideal contributor to the digitalisation process.

HAW Hamburg's vision addresses the demands of an increasingly digitalised working world and society. With its academically and practically oriented expertise, it provides its graduates with new (transdisciplinary) competencies, skills and qualification profiles. These graduates are able to work between people, machines and network structures and can interact professionally across different career groups and at the interfaces of various disciplines. A confident approach to using digital media is a matter of course. HAW Hamburg thus contributes to its graduates' ability to develop innovative solutions to new challenges.

As an educational institution, the university (pro)actively and responsibly addresses the opportunities and risks of digitalisation.

The university is aware of its societal responsibility for the impacts of digitalisation on fundamental values such as self-determination, privacy, fairness, equal rights and participation. It takes into consideration the effects on gender relations and the consequences for people with different life situations, social and cultural backgrounds, and identities and lifestyles. Its aim is to develop courses of action that enable equality and prevent exclusion.

As an educational institution, the university is committed to humane and responsible societal relationships as part of the digital transformation. It provides options for the design of and action on digitalisation issues. Numerous partnerships with those in the field and with more than 100 international universities create the capacity for diverse cross-disciplinary global perspectives on the digital transformation.

Increasingly complex structures call for reference points and expertise. With its teaching and research, the university is a point of reference for diverse questions related to digital development. With its unique profile, it is enhancing its competitiveness and modernising in order to be an attractive employer in the digital transformation. Through digitalisation, HAW Hamburg is maintaining and enhancing its quality as a place to study and work.