international

Plastic in the environment – a problem that affects us all

Around four kilograms of plastics per capita end up in the environment in Germany every year - with some serious consequences for nature, people and water. How can we reduce this pollution? This was the central question of the S³Rem innovation network. [more]

published: 29.07.2025

Excursion to Pilsen: Business students visit the neighboring country

Information about the wide range of courses on offer at the University of West Bohemia, company visits, a tour of the city and immersion in student life in Pilsen - students on business studies courses recently experienced all of this during a three-day excursion to Pilsen in the Czech Republic. [more]

published: 25.06.2025

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

“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

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