From Kenya to Hof at ibp: “And suddenly there was winter!”
Denis Kiragu is a research fellow at the ibp. He summarizes his impressions of the country and the university for "campuls-digital". [more]
published: 23.06.2025international
International Teaching Week 2025: Spotlight on artificial intelligence
From 19 to 23 May 2025, the university was all about international academic collaboration: around 20 guest lecturers from ten countries took part in the International Teaching Week 2025 and designed a diverse teaching and supporting program under the motto "AI Odyssey: Understand, Create, Explore!". [more]
published: 06.06.2025
Hof University opens its own representative office in Bangalore, India
Hof University of Applied Sciences recently became the first German university to have its own representative office in India – a significant milestone in the two decades of academic cooperation… [more]
published: 04.06.2025
Experience & shape sustainability: A look at the “Sustainability Management” module
Climate change, scarcity of resources, social responsibility - today's challenges require new ways of thinking and creative solutions. This is precisely where the Sustainability Management module at Hof University of Applied Sciences comes in. [more]
published: 03.06.2025
“Cable clutter, lots of order and banging on the table” – International voices from the Hof University team
Around 40 percent of students come from abroad, and the academic and research support staff are also becoming increasingly diverse: employees from around 20 nations now work in administration and research. Three of them - from Taiwan, Ukraine and Syria - report with a twinkle in their eyes on culture shocks, language confusion and small and big moments of happiness. [more]
published: 02.06.2025
A guest in Romania: Martin Lochmüller at the International Teaching Week at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj
Hof University of Applied Sciences has been organizing an International Teaching Week (ITW) every two years for over ten years. Lecturers from all over the world come to Hof for this event. The university's more than 130 partner universities also regularly offer similar formats and invite international guest lecturers. In May, Martin Lochmüller took up an offer from Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania and took part in the ITW there. [more]
published: 28.05.2025
“Crossing Cultures – Building Futures”: Students from Bangalore visit Bavaria
From April 28 to May 9, 2025, a delegation from the Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (RUAS) in Bangalore visited Bavaria. The group visited various educational institutions, including Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
published: 19.05.2025
Engineering students benefit from exchange with the University of Sao Paulo
In the medium and long term, a double-degree agreement is to be set up for engineering. One exchange program, however, is already full of life. [more]
published: 22.04.2025
Hof University signs double-degree agreement with Kazakh universities
Hof University of Applied Sciences is further expanding its international cooperation: A new double-degree agreement has been concluded with the German-Kazakh University (DKU) and Yessenov University in Aktau (Kazakhstan). The agreement enables students of engineering and computer science to complete an international degree with a double degree. [more]
published: 07.04.2025
International research: Digital tools for the protection of global cultural heritage
The "Visual Analytics" research group headed by Prof. Dr. Claus Atzenbeck at iisys is involved in a remarkable international research project. [more]
published: 03.03.2025
Indian Consul General Shatrughna Sinha visits Hof University of Applied Sciences
During the visit, fundamental opportunities for cooperation were discussed against the background of the New Education Policy (NEP) in India. [more]
published: 20.01.2025
Cooperation with India expanded: Wastewater from the pharmaceutical industry is purified
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
Perfume & cosmetics: What is important to younger generations when making a purchase decision
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
“International Conference on Textile Science and Engineering” in Bangladesch
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
New partner: University and Satbayev University from Kazakhstan sign MOU
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 and Bangladesh University of Textiles sign Memorandum of Understanding
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
Search for nursing staff: Exchange with Tunisia for Master ‘Cross Cultural Nursing Practice’
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
Textile training: Delegation from Uzbekistan visits the Münchberg campus
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