Universität Hamburg is one of Germany's younger universities. Its founding was not documented in some provincial foundation charter but in a sober official announcement issued by the Free and Hanseatic City on 1 April 1919. There are many other University institutions in other parts of the city. These include the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), the new Botanical Gardens and the Institute for General Botany in Flottbek, the Institute for Hydrobiology and Fisheries Science in Altona near the harbor and the Elbe River, theSternwarte or observatory in Bergedorf and a few physics institutes in Bahrenfeld, which is also home to the world-renowned Deutsche Elektronensynchrotron (DESY). Since 1994, the Department of Informatics has been located in Stellingen in the "Informatikum." Universität Hamburg is the largest research and educational institution in northern Germany. As one of the country's largest universities, we offer a diverse range of taught programs coupled with excellent research. The University has established several interdisciplinary key research areas and fosters an extensive network of academic cooperations with leading institutions on a regional, national, and international scale. Universität Hamburg is committed to sustainable science and scholarship. Our schools pursue the concept of sustainability in its broadest sense in both research and teaching.