Kühne Logistics University


Kuehne Logistics University is a private business school based in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded by the Kuehne Foundation of German billionaire Klaus-Michael Kühne, based in Schindellegi, Switzerland. KLU offers bachelor's degrees and four master's programs, a part-time MBA, and a structured PhD program in business and management, analytics and data science, and operations and supply chain management. KLU is located at Hamburg's HafenCity area and its classes are taught in English. In September 2025, a new campus was established in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
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History

Kühne Logistics University was established by Klaus-Michael Kühne in 2010. Since its inception, KLU has steadily expanded its offerings to include a broader range of business and management programs, as well as analytics and data science.
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 Olaf Scholz
  • 2017 KLU granted the right to confer PhD degrees
  • 2021 KLU wins the Global Student Satisfaction Award by Studyportals
  • 2024 Obtaining of AACSB accreditation
  • 2025 Opening of KLU's campus in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Programs

KLU offers international programs, which are taught exclusively in English:
  • Bachelor of Science 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 in Global Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • Master of Science in International Management
  • Master of Science in Business Analytics and Data Science
  • Doctoral Program
  • MBA Leadership & Supply Chain Management
  • Master in Sustainability Management and Operations

Study costs & scholarships

Study costs
In April 2025:
The fees for the 2-year Master's program were €7,800.00 per semester. The fees for the 3-year Bachelor program were €6,800.00 per semester and €7,290.00 per semester.
Scholarships
At KLU there are several scholarship possibilities, which support and encourage students financially, e.g.:
  • Deutschlandstipendium
  • Merit-based scholarships
  • Need-based scholarships
  • Scholarships for specific nationals
  • 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
  • Gifted Education Awards
  • Tuition Waiver for refugees

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, 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:
CountryUniversity/UniversitiesCity
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven – HogeschoolBrussels
Universidad Técnica Federico Santa MaríaValparaíso
Sino-German College, Tongji University
University of Nottingham Ningbo China		Shanghai
Ningbo
EM Strasbourg Business SchoolStrasbourg
The American College of Greece Athens
S.P. Jain Institute of Management & ResearchMumbai
Reykjavík UniversityReykjavík
University of TriesteTrieste
Universidad de los AndesBogotá
Universidad PanamericanaMexico City
Center for Maritime Economics and Logistics, Erasmus UniversityRotterdam
Vienna University of Economics and Business
University of Klagenfurt		Vienna
Klagenfurt
Moscow State University of Economics, Statistics and InformaticsMoscow
Chalmers University of TechnologyGothenburg
National University of SingaporeSingapore
Stellenbosch UniversityStellenbosch
Thammasat Business SchoolBangkok
Koç UniversityIstanbul
Universidad de MontevideoMontevideo
Fisher College of Business at Ohio State University
Quinnipiac University
Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee		Columbus, Ohio
Hamden, Connecticut
Knoxville, Tennessee

Former presidents

Members of the supervisory board