When the downtown area of Münchberg once again transforms into a lively festival zone on June 13 and 14, 2026, Hof University—with its Münchberg campus—will be right in the thick… [more]
published: 04.05.2026
The “1qm Flax” project officially kicked off at the Hof University of Applied Sciences’ Münchberg campus. Students from various degree programs and university staff came together to conduct hands-on research… [more]
published: 10.04.2026
As part of a practical project, students at Hof University’s Münchberg campus digitally recorded the air quality in seminar rooms and offices and translated it into innovative, interactive applications. The… [more]
published: 04.03.2026
Sustainability, energy efficiency and cost-effectiveness have characterised research at the Institute of Materials Science (ifm) at the Münchberg campus for years. Textile recycling in particular is becoming increasingly important - fuelled not least by graduates who are driving forward textile innovation processes in regional and national companies. [more]
published: 21.11.2025
In mid-October, around 90 interested people gathered in the newly restored Münchberg Schützenhaus for the city lecture by the Institute of Materials Science at Hof University of Applied Sciences (ifm). Even before the event began, there were many voices in the foyer welcoming the fact that the university was "increasing its presence in Münchberg". [more]
published: 23.10.2025
Hof University of Applied Sciences took part in this year's "Open Monument Day" with three guided tours. Around 35 interested visitors took the opportunity to get to know the historic shed roof hall at the Münchberg campus and take a look behind the scenes of former textile production. [more]
published: 17.09.2025
Textiles not only stand for clothing, but increasingly also for textile construction and space travel, right through to armaments. And it should also be sustainable. "Textiles are Münchberg and Münchberg is textiles" says Prof. Dr. Frank Ficker and thus cordially invites you to the town lecture in the Münchberg Schützenhaus. [more]
published: 15.09.2025
Pharmaceutical residues, household chemicals and other trace substances enter the water cycle via the sewage system and, as an invisible danger, represent a growing toxicological challenge for the environment and… [more]
published: 14.09.2025
Hof University of Applied Sciences is celebrating a small anniversary: for five years now, the international engineering Master's degree course in Sustainable Textiles at the Münchberg campus has been preparing specialists to make the textile production chain more sustainable. [more]
published: 03.04.2025
Researchers at Hof University of Applied Sciences are currently focusing on a particularly exciting and versatile plant: The Institute of Materials Science (ifm) in Münchberg is focusing on the willow shrub. Due to the flexible properties of its wood, its rods can be used in textile production, the construction industry, but also in medicine and cosmetics. [more]
published: 13.12.2024
Students from the Textile Design course and course director Prof. Michael Barta are guests at the Atrium Tower in Berlin for Fashion Week. At Neo.Fashion.2024, they will be showing their final projects together with other Bachelor's and Master's graduates. [more]
published: 18.07.2024
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
Do you enjoy working with cameras, sound technology and lighting or would you like to use tablets, VR glasses and drones for your study project? At Hof University of Applied Sciences, you have a wide range of equipment to choose from. [more]
published: 12.02.2024
With the "Annual Multimedia Award 2024", one of the most important prizes for young digital talent goes to a student at Hof University of Applied Sciences this year. [more]
published: 29.11.2023
A doctoral thesis on the development of new technical, hydroentangled nonwovens is currently underway at the new Nonwovens Development Center (VEZ) on the Münchberg campus. [more]
published: 07.11.2023
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
Starting tomorrow (18-20.10.23) the seminar "Textile Basics" will take place again at the Münchberg campus. It is aimed at companies in the textile industry from German-speaking countries. [more]
published: 17.10.2023
In order to establish lightweight construction sustainably in our society, material combinations must be rethought, but also economically: Innovative processes and materials should pave the way for the products of our future. This is exactly where an ifm project comes in. [more]
published: 28.07.2023