With about 38,000 students, the University of Hamburg is one of Germany's largest universities.
Approximately 650 of the 3,990 academic staff are full professors. About 120 professors work in the Faculty of Medicine or at the University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), about 530 work in the other faculties.
These are supported by about 5,820 employees working in technical support, libraries, laboratories, health care and administration, with about 3,830 people at the UKE and about 1,990 in the other faculties or the administration.
The university is comprised of 150 different buildings throughout the city although its main campus is located in Von-Melle-Park and the surrounding district of Eimsbüttel.
