Be an NIT student
Better education for Better World
We do our best to ensure that your time at the NIT provides you with a wide-ranging wealth of experience. Students, staff and network partners come together in after-work activities, at subject presentations, and at parties. In the process, they make what is special about the NIT’s unique community continue to grow. Many of you live and learn under one roof and maintain close ties with the NIT as your new home. NIT staff are happy to be of assistance and will readily answer questions about your studies, the building, and hints on where to go and what to see in Hamburg.
Our student apartments
Those who live in one of our student apartments at the NIT get to know the campus from another side. In the morning they can breakfast with students in the Café, on the weekend they can go for a run around the Aussenmühlenteich or party in the Music Room.
If you have any questions or problems with the building or your apartment, then please let us know very quickly. Either by e-mail or directly at our front desk from 9 a.m. - 11.30 a.m. and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. from Monday to Friday.
Here you can also get the packages delivered for you and the washing machine tokens for €1.50 each.
Central location in Hamburg-Harburg
The NIT is located on the campus of the Technical University of Hamburg in Hamburg-Harburg and is conveniently located near the S-Bahn Harburg town hall.
Due to its central location in the south of Hamburg, the NIT Campus can be easily reached from the Harburg long-distance train station as well as from the inter-city S-Bahn train. With the S-Bahn it takes about 15-20 minutes to reach important points like the Hamburg central station or the famous Hamburg Habour.
Accommodation on campus
Living & studying in NIT building @ TUHH campus – fully furnished student apartment for €400/month (all in) – up to ½ the market price.
Plus access to a subsidized ‘public university restaurant’ (Mensa) and free access to the libraries and other services offered by the TUHH.
Furnished apartments
As well as teaching and working spaces, the NIT has residential accommodation. Available to rent are 65 student apartments on three floors of the building.
- 20m² apartment with its own bathroom and kitchenette
- Fully furnished
- 2 x large shared kitchens (including dishwasher, stove, and oven) on each floor
- 2 balconies per floor
- Large common room with TV and table football, music room
- Laundry facilities on site
- Minimum rental period 4 weeks
Connect with our intercultural community
Living on campus is convenient, you save time because all courses take place in the same building. You don´t have to deal with things like a wi-fi contract or insurances for your accomondation. Everything is included and you just have to bring your personal belongings.
At the NIT you will live and study with fellow students from all over the world. We have a strong, intercultural community, and friendships continue far beyond graduation. Especially at the beginning, student assistants will help new students with questions and make it easier for them to settle in in Hamburg and on campus.
Enjoy your free time
Not only are there two communal kitchens on each corridor of your apartment, you also have access to other common rooms for leisure activities and socializing with your fellow students.
The NIT building also has class- and meeting rooms, a PC pool, a fitness studio in the basement and a café in the foyer.
"The best decision in life"
What our students say about us.
Javier Velásquez Gomez
Colombia
Class 18
System Engineer at NXP Semiconductors
Living on campus is a real advantage
"The apartments are spacious and are equipped with all you need for a comfortable residence. Living in the NIT building, right on campus, is a real advantage as you can save time that you would otherwise expend commuting, and you can invest it efficiently on your academic and personal interests. It is also the opportunity to share time with a multicultural community."
Derick Boamah
USA
Class 18
Specialist: Software Test Automation bei KONE
FEELS LIKE FAMILY
"The NIT community feels like a family. Everyone looks out for each other, and everyone knows your name. You’re somebody. Something that is very rare in most universities."
Ashish Pattanayak
India
Class 16
Automotive Strategy Manager | Strategic Partnership Management | SW Defined Vehicle
GREAT JOURNEY
"The two years at NIT have enhanced my professional as well as personal skills. Lifelong learning and the networks developed during this amazing journey are the highlights of this challenging Double Master´s program."
Mariana Lasprilla
Venezuela
Class 04
Senior SAP HCM Consultant
"I am going to be part of the NIT forever!"
Zhi Kai Chong
Malaysia
Class 18
Researcher at Hamburg University of Technology
"I love the NIT apartments"
"Situated conveniently in campus means that I do not have to worry about long commutes and attending classes in the evenings. They are also equipped and furnished adequately. More importantly, I get to socialize frequently with the other NIT students and be supported by the community throughout my studies."
Have a look at some NIT impressions
Take a look at our video about the graduation of Class 22, or about our 25th birthday or about the graduation of Class 23 - and hopefully you will be in one of our next films.
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