I samhradh na bliana 1785 chuaigh Hülsen chuig ollscoil Halle chun staidéar a dhéanamh ar theolaíocht.
Ar ndóigh, is é leagan níos casta den abairt "In the summer of 1785 Hülsen attended the university of Halle, to study theology, but instead occupied himself with Classical philology".