Welcome!

Information for Incoming Students
to the Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
HAW Hamburg

Are you interested in automotive or aeronautical engineering?
Would you like to study in another country?
Would you like to broaden your horizon?
Would you like to be financially sponsored?
Would you like to experience another major European city?

Than come to Hamburg University of Applied Sciences Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering!

Information Brochures and More ...

Project and Thesis Topics Offered (Prof. Scholz) pin

(All topics also available in English)

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This info pack was written especially for foreign student applicants with an interest in Aeronautical Engineering.

General important note: Although most lectures will be given in German, there are also many possibilities for students with only English language skills (see the info pack for details).

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Foreign students have the option to study the Bachelor modules "Architecture of the Aircraft Cabin" and "Mechanical Aircraft Cabin Systems" as well as to complete a research project in this area in English. These modules are offered in the summer semester (March – July). The programme is a total of 16 ECTS credits with an overall workload of 510 hours.

You may consider to stay longer than just one semester and study towards a German Degree - the Bachelor or the Master. We offer two different study majors in Aeronautical Engineering (and even more in Automotive Engineering):
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You may also pick from these modules in German for you exchange semester, if you can follow a lecture in German.

Links to further Information

Further information is available on the web. The info packs (see above) contain much of this information in a concise form.
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International Office at the HAW Hamburg pin

Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering

Application

Please fill out the application form (that will be mailed to you by the International Office) and consider the deadlines:

Winter semester: Sept. - Feb. Application deadline: 30. April
Summer semester: March - July Application deadline: 31. October

Along with this form you will need to supply a learning agreement and a transcript of records.

Visits to Aviation Sites in Hamburg and Northern Germany

Airbus Visits Overview
   Airbus Hamburg
   Airbus Bremen
   Airbus Stade

Hamburg Airport

AIX – Aircraft Interiors Expo, Hamburg Trade Fair & Exhibition (14-16 April 2026)

Hamburg: History and Visits

Welcome to Hamburg

Selected History of Hamburg

Hanseatic League (13th to 17th century trade association)
Störtebeker (pirate)
Hamburg
Operation Gomorrha – Bombing of Hamburg in WW2 (archived)
Visit the St. Nikolai Memorial (select your language)
Visit the Concentration Camp Neuengamme (Location)
The storm surge of 1962 in Hamburg (archived) Pictures here (archived) and here (archived) -
9/11 Hamburg Cell, 9/11 Hamburger Terrorzelle, (Location)

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Akaflieg (Akademische Fliegergruppe), Germany, (1920)1951-today
   Akaflieg Hamburg, Guest Flights in a Glider (Location)
Nationalsozialistisches Fliegerkorps, NSFK (National Socialist Flyers Corps), Germany, 1937-1945
   School Glider, SG-38
   Glider "Grunau Baby"
Gesellschaft für Sport und Technik, GST (Society for Sport and Technology), GDR, 1952-1990
Compare with: University Air Squadron, UAS, United Kingdom, 1920-today

(Historical) Visits

Heinrich Hertz Tower (restaurant - closed - in 127 m)
Church of Saint Peter --- visit at 123 m altitude
The highest "mountain" of Hamburg --- hike to 116 m altitude (Location)
Nearby: Glider Flying and an magnificent view down the river Elbe
Higher up: Guest Flights in a Glider (Location)
St. Michael's Church --- visit at 82 m altitude
St. Nicholas Church --- visit at 76 m altitude
Blankenese --- climb the stairs to 74 m altitude (Location)
Hamburg City Hall --- visit a city hall that resembles a castle

Aviation Museums
   Historic Airplanes at Airbus (Hamburg) --- Transall C-160, Super Guppy, VFW 614, HFB 320, Noratlas
   Aeronauticum, Nordholz
   Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen
   German Museum of Technology, Berlin

Open-Air Museum (Location)
Königsberger Straße: Refugees at Home in the Young Federal Republic of Germany
1945 – The First Summer in Peace (May 30th to 1st June 2025)

Preparations to Go Back Home

Collecting Credits
As international student at the Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering you will attend courses. The lecturers will send your grades of each course to the Studenten Sekretariat of the HAW. Your results of each course will be displayed via MyHAW.

item Transcript of Records from Hamburg University of Applied Sciences
At the end of your stay you can obtain a "German Transcript of Records" from "Helios" (see above). Send a copy of this form to the International Office and ask for a translation towards an "International Transcript of Records". The transcript of records should show your courses, the amount of ECTS credits and your grades according to the ECTS. Ask to get your translated transcript of record signed.

item Translation of Grades
The German grades that you receive originally will be translated into ECTS grades using the table below (as long as no other table exists). Your home institution will then translate the ECTS grades into grades according to your local grading scale. In this way you can get credit for the courses that you took in Hamburg.

HAW-Noten ECTS-grades

up to 0.85
(0.7) ausgezeichnet A = excellent

above 0.85 up to 1.5
(1.0 and 1.3) sehr gut B = very good

above 1.5 up to 2.5
(1.7, 2.0 and 2.3) gut C = good

above 2.5 up to 3.5
(2.7, 3.0 and 3.3) befriedigend D = satisfactory

above 3.5 up to 4.0
(3.7 and 4.0) ausreichend E = sufficient

above 4.0
(4.3, 4.7 and 5.0) nicht ausreichend F = fail

Old Conversion Table

Notenumrechnung der RWTH Aachen

LAST UPDATE: 18 May 2025
AUTHOR: Prof. Dr. Scholz
IMPRESSUM (PDF)

  Prof. Dr. Scholz
  Aircraft Design and Systems Group (AERO)
  Aeronautical Engineering
  Department of Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering
  Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science
  Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

HAW-Noten		ECTS-grades
up to 0.85 (0.7)	ausgezeichnet	A = excellent
above 0.85 up to 1.5 (1.0 and 1.3)	sehr gut	B = very good
above 1.5 up to 2.5 (1.7, 2.0 and 2.3)	gut	C = good
above 2.5 up to 3.5 (2.7, 3.0 and 3.3)	befriedigend	D = satisfactory
above 3.5 up to 4.0 (3.7 and 4.0)	ausreichend	E = sufficient
above 4.0 (4.3, 4.7 and 5.0)	nicht ausreichend	F = fail