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Last update : 27/03/2006


	Hamburg - A region of excellence for innovative start-ups --- The Hamburg region is a large metropolitan area in the north of Germany. It covers an area of 755 km2 and has a population of 1.71 million people, with Hamburg being the only major city (over 200 000 inhabitants) within this region. The region experiences high levels of productivity, with the GDP in Hamburg being consistently over 3 times that of the GDP for the whole of Germany. In 2000 the expenditure on R&D totalled 1.9% of the GDP for the region and the total number of personnel employed in R&D per 100 active workers was approximately 14.



	Business and Technology Parks --- The Itzhoe region is home to two business and technology parks. The Fraunhofer ISIT institute for silicon technology has over 150 scientists and experts providing industrial research in the areas of industrial micro-system technology applications, PowerMOS chips, biotechnology, medical technology and environmental sensors. The site offers business development services to enterprises of all sizes. It specialises in mission orientated research, and low volume production The IZET Innovation centre is home to over 40 start-up companies. It has been a centre for technology transfer and a start-up consultancy since 1997. It has public, not-for-profit funding, and has links with Fraunhofer ISIT. The focus of the centre is on technology transfer and applications in micro-technologies. E-business, software development and IT consultancy are all industry sectors that are well represented in the centre. IZET has office-, lab- and production space totalling 3200m2.



	Educational and research institutes --- Universities in the Hamburg region The Universität Hamburg is the fifth largest university in Germany and has in the region of 38 500 students. The institution sees itself as ‘a gateway to the world of knowledge’ and has about 890 professors engaged in teaching and research, and an overall academic staff numbering 2700. The Technische Universität Hamberg-Harberg is a small but highly competitive business orientated university with high demands on achievement and quality. It is defined by priority of research, interdisciplinary study, innovation and internationality. The Bucerius Law School is the first private university for law in Germany providing an international legal education with practical orientation. The Universität der Bundeswehr caters especially for the Federal armed forces and allows officers to achieve academic degrees. The employed scientists at the university are members of national as well as international committees. Large scale research facilities The German National Research Centre for Particle Physics and Synchrotron Radiation GKSS – Research centre Geesthacht Co. Society for the Utilisation of Nuclear Energy in Shipbuilding and Shipping Independent Institutes German Overseas Institute HWWA – Institute for Economic Research Hamburg Heinrich Pette Institute for Experimental Virology and Immunology



	Start-up support --- Hamburg has always made a concentrated effort to support the setting up of new and existing firms into the region. Since 1997 the Hamburg "new media at work" initiative has aided companies of both national and international origin and has made sure that all new companies to the region benefit from optimal conditions. Firms that have benefited from this service include multinationals such as AOL, iXL and also IBM, who now have an eBusiness Innovation centre in the region. Hamburg boasts numerous public and private venture capital sources including, amongst others, a Business Angels network.

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