As part of the pharmIn2 project, representatives from the Bavarian-Indian Center for Industry and Higher Education (BayIND) and the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) at Hof University of Applied Sciences traveled to India. The project aims to adapt the innovative wastewater treatment technology a3op® to the Indian market. [more]
published: 12.07.2024
What role do sustainability and other factors play in the consumer preferences and consumer behavior of young generations Z and Alpha? These and other questions were the focus of a cooperation project between Hof University of Applied Sciences, Kean University in the US state of New Jersey and the HEINZ-GLAS Group. [more]
published: 19.06.2024
At the two-day International Conference on Textile Science and Technology, international experts exchanged views on textile processing, sustainability and the circular economy. [more]
published: 29.05.2024
Hof University of Applied Sciences sees itself as a cosmopolitan and internationally oriented educational institution. The topic of internationalization is firmly anchored in the university's mission statement and contacts are maintained with more than 130 partner institutions worldwide. The university and Satbayev University from Kazakhstan have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). [more]
published: 30.04.2024
Hof University of Applied Sciences and the Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) have been working closely together for six years now. Since the end of 2021, the two educational institutions have been linked by the so-called HELD project of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The two universities have now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Friday, April 19. [more]
published: 25.04.2024
Prof. Dr Matthias Drossel, head of the Cross Cultural Nursing Practice Master's degree programme, recently went on a four-day trip to Tunisia together with Michael Weiß-Gehring and Saif Abdellatif from Flegisto, who help international nurses to find work opportunities in Upper Franconia and are experts on the Tunisian region. The aim of the trip was, on the one hand, to establish cooperation in research and teaching and, on the other, to analyse the skills of the international nursing staff, in this case from Tunisia, in detail. [more]
published: 14.03.2024
At the beginning of March, University President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Lehmann welcomed a far-flung visitor to the university's Münchberg campus: a 14-strong delegation from the textile universities in Uzbekistan and the Ministry of Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan came to find out about the German education system and the study opportunities at Hof University of Applied Sciences in the field of textiles. [more]
published: 06.03.2024
Germany and Latin American countries are linked by diverse relationships, and growing cooperation in science has been observed for many years. Hof University of Applied Sciences also wants to focus more on Latin America. To this end, President Lehmann recently undertook a trip to five countries: Paraguay, Panama, Colombia, Mexico and Costa Rica. However, Hof University of Applied Sciences already has two researchers here - more in the interview: [more]
published: 28.02.2024
During a ceremony, University President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Lehmann presented the scholarship certificates for the winter semester 2023/2024 to around 20 international students and awarded Sankar Narayan Viswanath the DAAD Prize for his outstanding achievements. [more]
published: 28.02.2024
Around 15% of academic staff at Hof University of Applied Sciences are of international origin. Some of them have even been here since their studies and sometimes stay much longer - usually when they find a job. We spoke to Gowtham Buvalli Chikkathammaiah from India to find out what brought him to Hof a few years ago. [more]
published: 12.01.2024
It was "sweaty" in the truest sense of the word, but also successful: in constant temperatures of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius, a three-person delegation from Hof University of Applied Sciences visited facilities at the University of Sao Paulo. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Latin America. [more]
published: 27.11.2023
On Thursday, November 23rd, a delegation led by the German Consul General in Colombia visited the Hof campus. The talks focused on getting to know each other and whether joint paths could be taken in the future, for example as part of a university partnership. [more]
published: 24.11.2023
Cooperation with the East African country has almost become a small tradition. Reason enough to ask Prof. Dr. Michael Rauch at the Münchberg campus. [more]
published: 03.11.2023
This year's Europe Forum focused on trade relations between China and Europe, as many Upper Franconian companies have contacts with the Far East. [more]
published: 31.10.2023
The 3rd International Textile Online Week (ITOW) took place at the Münchberg campus of Hof University of Applied Sciences from July 10 to 14, 2023. With around 350 participants from nine nations, the event registered a record number of registrations. The campuls editorial team spoke with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Claus-Ekkehard Koukal about the ITOW. [more]
published: 20.07.2023
A delegation from the Bangladesh University of Textiles (BUTEX) was a guest at Hof University of Applied Sciences on 07.06.2023. A total of seven representatives from BUTEX, including deans and heads of institutes, came to the event. [more]
published: 15.06.2023
Since last year, Hof University of Applied Sciences has been successfully running the short exchange program I²P² in cooperation with the DAAD. The university develops joint courses and projects with six international partner universities in Finland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico and the USA. In May, a group of students and their professors from the University of Brescia visited the Hof campus as part of the project. [more]
published: 12.06.2023
For the first time since 2019 and the end of the Corona pandemic, Hof University welcomed international guest lecturers for International Teaching Week (ITW) from 08 to 12 May 2023. [more]
published: 07.06.2023