Kühne Logistics University

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.

• 2003 founding of HSL Hamburg School of Logistics
• 2004 MBA-degree program – full-time
• 2005 Accreditation of full-time MBA Programs by ASIIN
• 2006 MBA-degree program – part-time
• 2006 First Summer School – part-time
• 2007 renaming and change of legal status to Kühne School of Logistics and Management at the TUHH
• 2007 Master-degree program International Engineering and Management – full-time
• 2008 Accreditation of the part-time MBA-Programs by ASIIN
• 2008 Master-degree program logistics, Infrastructure and mobility – full-time
• 2010 founding and state recognition of the Kühne Logistics University - Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Logistik und Unternehmensführung (KLU

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:

• Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Business Administration with four profiles: international management, sustainable management, supply chain management, and management information systems. Besides the 'standard track' with 180 ECTS-credits and an integrated internship, KLU also offers an 'intensive track' with 210 ECTS-credits and two internships.[4]
• Master of Science (MSc) in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management
• Master of Science (MSc) in Management - Specializations in Value Creation or Digital Transformation
• Master of Science in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management (TriContinent). Students in this program study the first semester at Kühne Logistics University in Hamburg, the second semester in Shanghai (China) and the third semester in Knoxville, Tennessee (USA).[5]
• Doctoral Program (PhD)
• MBA Leadership & Supply Chain Management

Wirtschaftswoche

The 2019 ranking of the Wirtschaftswoche [6] identifies the strongest research universities in the field of Business Administration in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Out of 200 universities, KLU scores No. 2 among all private universities and reaches the top 20 (No. 19) in the overall ranking. In terms of research-output per professor, KLU faculty is ranked No. 1 of all private universities and No. 7 in the overall ranking.

Handelsblatt

The 2014 Handelsblatt Ranking for Business Schools places Kühne Logistics University (KLU) in Hamburg at the very top. KLU ranks no. 3 in research output per professor among all universities in Germany and has the highest research output of all private business schools in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

CHE University Ranking 2014

KLU achieved a top rating in the five most important criteria CHE Center for Higher Education examined in its current master’s student rankings for business administration. KLU students who responded to the survey gave the overall learning environment, academic program, supervision, and international orientation the top rating of very good. They gave the same rating to the degree program’s relevance to academics and practice, the library, and the building and facilities.

U-Multirank 2014

KLU ranks top in timely program completion and international degree orientation. International students are clearly in the majority at KLU, which is our trademark as an internationally oriented scientific university. A semester abroad at one of the partner universities in Europe, Asia, Africa or the Americas plus internships at renowned, global companies are standard components of the KLU program.

Handelsblatt Ranking 2012

KLU is ranked among the top universities within a field of over 120 institutions. This ranking has been achieved even though the newly founded university has only a fraction of the professors of other well-established universities. When the research performance per professor is taken as a yardstick, a truer picture of the research strength of KLU is presented: KLU is in seventh place – on a par with long-established faculties such as those at the universities of Mannheim, Munich, and Cologne.

In July 2012, the KLU was awarded the ERASMUS University Charter.

Kuehne+Nagel International AG

• Website of Kühne Logistics University.