Welcome to KLU Sports!

KLU is an official “partner university of high performance sport” represented by the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg/Schleswig Holstein (Olympic base) and the Allgemeiner Deutscher Hochschulsport Verband (German University Sports Federation).

In the context of this cooperation, we have implemented a scholarship program for German national team athletes, as well as a discount program for Bundesliga athletes (or an equivalent) in various sports.

Furthermore, KLU supports sport activities, such as being a member of the University Sport Service Hamburg (Hochschulsport Hamburg). Among other things KLU brings people together by organizing teams in different sports, through participating in university championships for example, and by organizing events with our own dragon boat.

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Johannes Dietz

Corporate Relations / Sports Affairs Manager

KLU SPORT STORIES

73 questions with Jack Heldens, a KLU Master's student from the U.S. (MSc International Management, Class of 2022). Interviewed by Emily Dickey from the US, recent graduate of KLU's Tricontinental Masters program in Global Supply Chain Managment Tricontinent, and current doctoral student at KLU.

Coinciding with the first day of fall, September 23rd, KLU hosted Hamburg’s first university dragon boat regatta. At the end of a rousing three-team competition, favorite Hochschulsport Hamburg/Finanzamt took home the Golden Paddle as best team. 

Scholarship program - Bundesliga discount

Facts and benefits: scholarships for german athletes:

  • Scholarship of 50 or 100 % on regular tuition fees
  • Requirements:
    • Letter of recommendation of the Olympiastützpunkt Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein
    • Fulfilment of the KLU admission criteria
  • Solution-oriented and flexible design of the timetable and exams after consultation and feasibility
  • Personal contact/coach
     

Facts and benefits: scholarships for international athletes:

  • Scholarship of 50 % on regular tuition fees
  • Requirements:
    • Annual letter of confirmation from the respective umbrella organization (any Olympic sport)
    • Fulfilment of the KLU admission criteria
  • Solution-oriented and flexible design of the timetable and exams after consultation and feasibility
  • Personal contact/coach
     

Facts and benefits: discounts for competitive sports:

  • Discount of 20 % on regular tuition fees
  • Requirements:
    • Annual letter of confirmation from the respective sports club regarding the membership of the competitive sports team (1st and 2nd Bundesliga or an equivalent)
    • Fulfilment of the KLU admission criteria
  • Possibility of establishing further cooperation between KLU and the sportsclub
Hockey player Philip Schmid poses in front of the golden egg

At KLU it's like hockey: everyone knows and supports everyone. That helps me enormously in my studies. I also have an international outlook and the right network for my professional career.

Philip Schmid, BSc Business Administration

Young woman in white hockey dress poses in front of the golden egg

Thanks to the KLU scholarship program for top athletes, I have optimal conditions to combine my professional and athletic career at the best level.

Marie Jeltsch, BSc Business Administration

Bene Schwarzhaupt posing in hockey dress in front of the golden egg

For me, a familiar atmosphere and team spirit are very important. I feel both at KLU as well as in the UHC. I also appreciate the high level of internationality on campus.

Benedikt Schwarzhaupt, BSc Business Administration

Professional swimmer Max posing in front of golden egg

I don’t think you’ll find the combination of top-level sports and excellent education that is provided here at any other German university.

Max Nowosad, MSc Management

Performance stats from KLU Scholarship holders

University Sports

KLU is member of the University Sport Service Hamburg (Hochschulsport Hamburg). Therefore, our students and employees…

  • can choose from a wide range of sport programs and offers for everybody
  • can participate in German university championships
  • students are eligible to be nominated for international university championships (e. g. Universiade)

Please find out more about the sports offers under Hochschulsport Hamburg 

KLU Dragon Boat

In 2018 we celebrated the christening and the maiden voyage of our own KLU Dragon Boat, which was gratefully donated to KLU by the Pollmann Stiftung, a foundation promoting water sports in Hamburg.

The dragon boat is named ONE FOR ALL, because it is a boat for everybody. With this boat, our very international student body has the possibility to network and paddle not only with other students, but also with staff and professors on some of the most beautiful inner-city waters in the world – the Alster. The ONE FOR ALL is…

  • available for internal KLU Events (Please contact Johannes Dietz)
  • bookable for slots for single paddling courses in cooperation with the University Sport Service Hamburg 

Our partners

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Institutional Cooperation Partners

Sports Associations we cooperate with