She successfully completed her school career in 1983 and moved on to the University of Hamburg where she studied History, Philosophy and Teaching sciences.
She took a year abroad in 1986/87, teaching at a school in Richmond upon Thames on the south-western edge of London, England, before returning to Hamburg in order to progress her academic career.
She received her doctorate in 1996 for a piece of work on the eventful history of the St. Johannis Monastery in the northern part of the city centre.
[1] She has published in-depth school-level teaching notes on several topics[4] and more recently, while he was still alive, co-authored two academic "Festschriften" honoring her former mentor Gerhard Theuerkauf.
Silke Urbanski was appointed as a representative of her party to sit on two important committees: that for "Gender Equality" ("Gleichstellung der Frau") and that for "Arts and Culture" ("Kultur").