Hochschule für Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg (HAW)

Der Games-Master-Teilstudiengang bildet gezielt und praxisnah für die Produktionsbedingungen in der Computerspiele-Industrie aus. Informatiker und Designer arbeiten gemeinsam an der Produktion von Spiele-Prototypen und vertiefen ihr theoretisches Wissen. HAW Hamburg – Norddeutschlands führende Hochschule, wenn es um reflektierte Praxis geht. Im Mittelpunkt steht die exzellente Qualität von Studium und Lehre. Zugleich entwickelt die HAW Hamburg ihr Profil als forschende Hochschule weiter. Ihre Vielfalt ist ihre besondere Stärke.

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Senator's Roundtable 2026 at City Hall

Games at City Hall – the Gamecity Hamburg Senator's Roundtable. At the beginning of 2026, Senator for Culture and Media Dr. Carsten Brosda, representatives from game companies, and Gamecity Hamburg discussed the current state of the games industry in Hamburg.

Young talent on stage: Students present the results of their Games 2025 school internship

Am 18. Juli zeigten 16 Hamburger Schüler*innen auf der Bühne der „Town Hall“ bei InnoGames, was sie in drei intensiven Wochen Schulpraktikum Games erarbeitet haben. In unterschiedlichen Workshops entwickelten die Teilnehmenden eigene Spielideen und nutzten dabei erstmals auch KI-Tools zur Unterstützung.

School Internship Games January 2025: Pupils discover games industry in Hamburg companies

During a three-week internship, 15 9th grade students from Hamburg gained insights into the various job profiles and companies in the games industry. We visited them for their final presentation and found out what they learned.

Senator's Roundtable 2025 at Hamburg City Hall

As in previous years, Dr. Carsten Brosda, Senator for Culture and Media, and Gamecity Hamburg invited executives from the gaming industry to the Senator's Roundtable 2025 at the Hamburg City Hall to discuss current challenges and topics within the industry.

School Internship Games 2024: Hands-on Video Game Development

During the Games internship, 17 Hamburg school students - 9 girls and 8 boys - were able to get a taste of real game developer life from June 24 to July 12. During the three-week internship, they gained insights into various Hamburg games companies and developed a game from their own ideas at the end.

HAW Hamburg - A Place Where Indie Game Careers Are Born

Hamburg is home to a great number of vocational schools, private and public universities where people can learn all about games jobs and how to kickstart their career in the industry.

School Internship Games 2024 starts on January 8

From January 8 to 26, 2024, Hamburg games companies will once again open their doors for the School Internship Games: a comprehensive three-week internship for 16 students from 9th grade. Game developers and media educators provide practical tasks in game design, programming, audio and many other professional fields, in order to give the interns valuable insights in the process of creating video games.

School Internship Games 2024 - Apply now

Game companies from Hamburg are offering two comprehensive internships for 9th grade students in 2024. The first internship will take place from January 8 - 26, applications are open until September 29. The second internship will run from June 24 - July 12, students can apply for this edition until November 10.

School Internship Games 2023 - Wrap Up

From June 26 to July 7 a group of 16 students from Hamburg participated in the "internship games", which is a collaboration between different partners from the local games industry. Right now students can already apply for two more runs of the internship in 2024. Let's take a look at what the program was like this year.

School internship "Games" 2023 - Hamburg's games industry offers spots

Three games companies are offering a comprehensive three-week internship program for 16 students from the 9th grade at Hamburg schools at the end of June. Applications are possible until May 7

Senator's Roundtable 2023

The games industry is a driving and innovative factor in Hamburg’s economy – this is why Hamburg’s Minister for Culture and Media, Dr. Carsten Brosda, together with Gamecity Hamburg regularly invites representatives from the industry for the Senator’s Roundtable.

School Internship Games January 2023: It's a wrap!

We can’t believe it’s already over again: For three weeks in January, 16 students from Hamburg schools participated in the School Internship Games at three different studios in Hamburg as well as the HAW University of Applied Sciences.

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