From Wikipedia - Reading time: 6 min| Type | Private Business School |
|---|---|
| Established | September 2010 |
| President | Thomas Strothotte |
| Dean | Christian Barrot (programs), Maria Besiou (research) |
Academic staff | 22 |
| Location | Hamburg , Germany |
| Website | www.the-klu.org |
Kuehne Logistics University – Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU) is a private, state-recognized business school (Wirtschaftshochschule) based in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded by the Kühne Stiftung (Kuehne Foundation), based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. The contracting body is the Kühne Logistics University gGmbH. The non-profit foundation supports education and further education as well as research and science in transport and logistics.
KLU comprises two departments: "Department of Operations and Technology" and "Department of Leadership and Management", and it spans the whole gamut of university education and executive education, from bachelor's degrees and three master's programs to the structured PhD program. KLU is located at Hamburg's HafenCity area and its classes are taught in English.
The Kuehne Logistics University evolved in September 2010 from Kühne School of Logistics and Management, the graduate business school for logistics management at the Technical University of Hamburg (TUHH). The Kühne School was founded in 2003 as a public–private partnership by the Technical University of Hamburg and the Kühne Foundation as Hamburg School of Logistics, but was later renamed in honor of Klaus-Michael Kühne, a German entrepreneur who donated 3 million euro for the school's foundation, followed by an additional donation of 30 million euro in 2007.[1] In conjunction with the opening ceremony of the new campus, Klaus-Michael Kühne donated an additional 40 million euro to the KLU.[2]
Kühne School offered a full-time and a part-time in-service M.B.A. program with a logistics management specialization, and two master's programs, one in Logistics, Infrastructure, and Mobility and the other in International Industrial Engineering.
KLU was granted the right to confer PhD degrees on September 7, 2017. The Hamburg Senate adopted the relevant resolution in a session on August 8, 2017.
All programs are accredited by either ASIIN or FIBAA. As a private higher education institution, KLU has been accredited by the German Council of Science and Humanities (WR, Wissenschaftsrat) which regularly assesses the quality of private education undertakings in Germany. In its decision, the Wissenschaftsrat highlighted the international education at KLU and the quality of its research output.[3]
KLU offers international programs, which are taught exclusively in English:
Study costs In January 2022: The fees for the 2-year Master's program were €6,980 per semester. The fees for the 3-year Bachelor program were €5,980 per semester (standard track, 180 ECTS credits) and €6,665 per semester (intensive track, 210 ECTS credits).
Scholarships
At KLU there are several scholarship possibilities, which support and encourage students financially, e.g.:[6]
In July 2012, KLU was awarded the Erasmus University Charter. Through this European Union program, partnership agreements between European universities are facilitated, students can receive EU funding for stays abroad (language courses, semesters and internships abroad), and the mobility of teachers and university staff across Europe is also supported.
KLU maintains more than 50 partnerships with universities worldwide, within the framework of which an exchange of students from the Faculty of Economics takes place. Among the partner universities are:
Coordinates: 53°32′26″N 9°59′39″E / 53.54056°N 9.99417°E