Kühne Logistics University

KLU - Kuehne Logistics University is a private business school based in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded by the Kuehne Foundation of German billionair Klaus-Michael Kühne, based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. The foundation supports education and research in logistics, supply chain, and operations management as well as keeping the assets of Kühne Family.

KLU offers bachelor's degrees and three master's programs, a part-time MBA, and a structured PhD program. KLU is located at Hamburg's HafenCity area and its classes are taught in English.

History
Steps leading to the creation of KLU

KLU 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. In conjunction with the opening ceremony of the new campus, Klaus-Michael Kühne donated an additional 40 million euro to the KLU.

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.

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.
 * 2003 founding of Hamburg School of Logistics (HSL)
 * 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

KLU Foundation and Milestones
 * 2010 Founding and German state-recognition of KLU
 * 2012 KLU awarded the Erasmus University Charter by the European Union
 * 2013 Opening of KLU’s campus in the HafenCity by current German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
 * 2017 KLU granted the right to confer PhD degrees
 * 2020 10th anniversary under the motto of "10 Years of Award-Winning Teaching and Research"
 * 2021 KLU wins the Global Student Satisfaction Award by Studyportals

Programs
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 digital management & innovation. 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.
 * Master of Science (MSc) in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management
 * Master of Science (MSc) in International Management
 * 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, US.
 * Doctoral Program (PhD)
 * MBA Leadership & Supply Chain Management
 * Master in Sustainability Management and Operations

Study costs & scholarships
Study costs In January 2022: The fees for the 2-year Master's program were €7,190.00 per semester. The fees for the 3-year Bachelor program were €6,190.00 per semester (standard track, 180 ECTS credits) and €6,890.00 per semester (intensive track, 210 ECTS credits).

Scholarships

At KLU there are several scholarship possibilities, which support and encourage students financially, e.g.:


 * Deutschlandstipendium (Germany Scholarship)
 * Merit-based scholarships
 * Sport Scholarship: KLU is a partner university for competitive sports and is in mutual exchange with the Olympic Training Center Hamburg/Schleswig-Holstein and the General German University Sports Association (adh)
 * Gifted Education Awards (Begabtenförderungswerke)

Rankings

 * U-MULTIRANK: KLU RANKS TOP IN INTERNATIONAL ORIENTATION
 * KLU TOPS THE CHARTS IN ALL CATEGORIES OF CHE UNIVERSITY RANKING 2020/21
 * KLU RANKED FAVORITE UNIVERSITY IN GERMANY
 * GLOBAL STUDENT SATISFACTION AWARD 2019
 * WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE RANKING 2019
 * CHE UNIVERSITY RANKING 2017
 * UNIVERSITY AWARD 2017
 * HANDELSBLATT RANKING 2014
 * FIBAA PREMIUM SEAL

Erasmus
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.

Partner universities
KLU maintains more than 60 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:


 * USA: Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University, Quinnipiac University, Haslam College of Business at University of Tennessee
 * Singapore: National University of Singapore
 * Austria: Vienna University of Economics and Business, Vienna, Universität Klagenfurt
 * France: EM Strasbourg Business School, Strasbourg, Audencia Business School, Nantes
 * Italy: University of Trieste, Trieste
 * Greece: The American College of Greece (DEERE), Athens
 * Belgium: KU Leuven, Hogeschool, Brussels
 * Iceland: Reykjavík University
 * Sweden: Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg
 * Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá
 * India: S.P. Jain Institute of Management & Research, Mumbai
 * Mexico: Universidad Panamericana, Mexico City
 * Uruguay: Universidad de Montevideo, Montevideo
 * Chile: Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Valparaíso
 * Netherlands: Erasmus University Rotterdam Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics (MEL), Rotterdam
 * Russia: Higher School of Economics, Moscow
 * Turkey: Koç-Universität, Istanbul
 * South Africa: Universiteit Stellenbosch, Stellenbosch
 * China: Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg (CDHK), Tongji-Universität, Shanghai, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Zhejiang
 * Thailand: Thammasat Business School, Bangkok

Former presidents

 * Wolfgang Peiner (2010-2012), German politician (CDU), statutory auditor and manager
 * Thomas Strothotte (2013-2022), German-Canadian computer scientist and manager
 * Andreas Kaplan (since 2023), German manager, MA in Public Administration

Members of the supervisory board

 * Jörg Dräger, President
 * Karl Gernandt, German manager, involved in HSV Fußball AG and Hapag Lloyd
 * Klaus-Michael Kühne, founder and finacie
 * Thomas Staehelin, Swiss real estate manager