Hochschule Hof

Hof University of Applied Sciences is training again – two new apprentices start their careers

Starting signal for two new trainees at Hof University of Applied Sciences: Julia Köchert and Finn-Oliver Scheibe were warmly welcomed by the Chancellor, HR department and their training managers Kerstin Simanski and Monika Motaczyńska. At the university, the two can expect to gain insights into many exciting areas. For their part, the young talents also bring fresh ideas and enthusiasm to enrich the university and their new teams. [more]

published: 05.09.2024

Frankenschau presents the Lucas Cranach Campus: Studying in Kronach

At the Lucas Cranach Campus in Kronach, which opened in 2021, the Coburg and Hof universities now offer six Bachelor's and Master's degree courses for around 300 students. A film crew visited the Kronach campus for Bayerischer Rundfunk's Frankenschau program and provides insights into "Studying in Kronach"... [more]

published: 30.07.2024

Developing new ideas for teaching and learning in STEM subjects: Teaching Lab³ visits Hof University of Applied Sciences

From Wednesday, July 17 to Friday, July 19, 2024, Hof University of Applied Sciences welcomed the entire team of Lehrlabor3 to its Hof campus. The program, which is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts and the Bavarian Business Association (vbw), is initiated by the Research and Innovation Laboratory for Digital Teaching (FIDL) in close cooperation with the Bavarian Center for Innovative Teaching (BayZiel). The focus of the program, which was launched in March 2024, is this time on "Learning innovations in STEM subjects". [more]

published: 24.07.2024

Congratulations to Judith Seiferth: 25 years of service

Judith Seiferth is a laboratory engineer at Hof University of Applied Sciences. In April 2024, she was presented with a certificate by Chancellor Ute Coenen to mark 25 years of service with the Free State of Bavaria. Find out what is important to her for the future and what she appreciates about Hof University of Applied Sciences here. [more]

published: 02.05.2024

New Bachelor’s degree program “Digital Business”: For the shapers of digital change!

The global megatrend of digitalization and the associated change processes are presenting companies with ever new and growing challenges. Hof University of Applied Sciences has designed a new course for this with the future-oriented "Digital Business (B.A.)" course starting in the winter semester 2024/25: It is aimed at young people who want to contribute to the necessary continuous development of digitalized processes and organizations and contribute business management expertise in the process. [more]

published: 25.03.2024

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

25 years of public service: Prof Thomas Meuche’s anniversary

Prof Thomas Meuche has been in public service for 25 years. He currently heads the Digital Administration Competence Centre at Hof Campus. In an interview with Campuls digital, he talks about the past few years and which moment he particularly remembers. [more]

published: 04.03.2024

From Japan to Franconia: “Surprisingly, I use a lot of the content of my degree programme in daily life.”

Almost 1600 students at Hof University of Applied Sciences do not come from Germany, but from a wide variety of countries. A total of 70 nations can be found on our campus. The numbers have risen significantly in recent years. We work together with many former students on projects, and we simply keep in touch with some of them. Interview with Natsuko Podzimek, former computer science student and programmer at Siemens. [more]

published: 29.01.2024

The MakerSpace introduces itself: High-tech workshop for creative minds

The MakerSpace in the C-Building at Hof University is a professional workshop with high-tech machines, tools and software. In an interview with René Göhring, the project engineer of the MakerSpace, and student employee Lea Schmidt, we from Campuls.digital present the high-tech workshop at Hof University of Applied Sciences in more detail. [more]

published: 10.05.2022

“Capture the flag” hacker game: Think like real attackers!

The three winning teams in the "Capture the flag" hacker competition in the IT security elective module have been determined: For one week, a total of 16 students, divided into nine teams, trained the mindset of hackers and attacked real security systems. [more]

published: 18.01.2022