Today’s opening hours: Universitätsbibliothek: now closed · Teilbibliothek Mil: now closed · Teilbibliothek Jura: now closed
Universitätsbibliothek: now closed
Today’s opening hours: Universitätsbibliothek: now closed · Teilbibliothek Mil: now closed · Teilbibliothek Jura: now closed
Universitäty Library
Helmut Schmidt University
Bundeswehr University Hamburg
Holstenhofweg 85
22043 Hamburg
The library is located on the campus of Helmut Schmidt University/Bundeswehr University Hamburg which is a restricted military area and therefore subject to access control. Upon enty, you will be asked by the guard to present your library card and photo ID.
Minors may only enter the campus when accompanied by a guardian.
Do you not (yet) have a library card?
In this case, you will be registered when you enter our universtiy campus. Please have your photo ID ready for this purpose. You can then apply for a user card in the library (registration).
Please note that you are not allowed to enter the campus without a library card outside library service hours.
The University Library is the largest of the three locations and contains holdings of the faculties of Humanities and Social Sciences (GeiSo), Economic and Social Sciences (WiSo), Mechanical Engineering and Electrical Engineering (MB/ET).
Library stock (subjects)
| Index | Subject |
| ARC | Archaeology |
| HIL | Ancient and Medieval History (-1500) |
| HIS | Modern History (1500-1917) |
| KLA | Classical Philology |
| PAE | Education |
| PHL | Philosophy |
| PSY | Psychology |
| PUB | Journalism |
| Index | Subject |
| BWL | Business Administration |
| ORG | Public Administration / Administrative Science |
| POL | Political Science including Contemporary History (1917-) |
| SWL | Individual Branches of Industry |
| Index | Subject |
| AGR | Agricultural Science |
| AST | Astrology |
| BCP | Biochemistry |
| BIO | Biology |
| BOT | Botany |
| CHE | Chemistry |
| ELT | Electrical Engineering |
| GGR | Geography |
| GEO | Geology |
| HBI | Human Biology |
| INF | Computer Science |
| ING | Engineering |
| KLI | Clinical Medicine |
| MAT | Mathematics |
| MEC | Mechanics |
| MED | Medicine |
| MRT | Metrology and Control Engineering |
| NAT | General Science |
| OZE | Oceanography |
| PHY | Physics |
| STA | Statistics |
| TER | Thermodynamics |
| VER | Traffic Science |
| ZOO | Zoology |
The Law Library specialises in legal literature (JUR).
Library stock (subjects)
| Index | Subject |
| JUR | Law |
The Military Library holds literature on military affairs (MIL), general reference (ALL) and other small subject groups such as GER, LIT, SPO, and various languages.
Library stock (subjects)
| Index | Subject |
| ALL | General Reference |
| ASL | General Linguistics and Literature |
| ANG | English Language and Literature |
| BUB | Book Trade and Library Science |
| ETN | Ethnology |
| GER | Germanic Languages and Literature |
| KUN | Arts |
| MUS | Musicology |
| ORI | Oriental Studies |
| ROM | Romance Languages and Literature |
| SKA | Scandinavian Languages |
| SLA | Slavic Languages and Literature |
| SSL | Other Languages and Literature |
| TEA | Theatre Studies |
| VOL | European Ethnology |
| MIL | Military Affairs |