Welcome Weeks Welcome Weeks
Make new friends
During the welcome weeks you'll make your first friends at HAW Hamburg.
Go on a scavenger hunt
Together with your team you'll go on a scavenger hunt through Hamburg and discover the most interesting parts of the city.
Attend information events, workshops and intensive language courses
We'll make sure you're fully prepared to start your studies in Germany.
Try food from all the world
Each semester students from over 70 different countries begin their studies at HAW Hamburg. We'll celebrate this with our big international welcome dinner!
- Make new friends
- Explore Hamburg
- Get prepared
- Meet the World
You've been accepted to HAW Hamburg? Congratulations! We invite you to take part in our International Welcome Weeks!
To make sure our international students make friends quickly and get off to a good start in their studies and in Hamburg, we offer various informational and leisure events.
The welcome weeks for international Bachelor and Master students in the summer semester 2026 will take place from 16 March until 1 April 2026. Here is the programme for the degree seeking students and for the exchange students.
We look forward to seeing you there!
