On October 1, 2024, the continuation of the successful city lecture series of the Hof University of Applied Sciences took place in Selb. Under the title "Why we always have to reach for our cell phones: A look at online psychology", around 50 interested guests found their way to the Selb Spektrum. [more]
published: 07.10.2024
Cold calling for industrial projects is not everyone's cup of tea. It involves making initial contact with people you don't know, but who you consider important for planned projects: How do I get in touch with them? In order to learn tips and tricks here, Hof University of Applied Sciences has offered further training for its academic staff. [more]
published: 31.07.2024
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
Some time ago, Hof University of Applied Sciences started to set up a new database in which central results on research at Hof University of Applied Sciences are entered. The aim is to professionalize research management. [more]
published: 13.02.2024
Today, a washing machine that has been at Hof University of Applied Sciences for a very long time has its say. It therefore has a special relationship with many generations of students. [more]
published: 06.02.2024
The previous vice presidents of the Hof University of Applied Sciences will each remain in their posts for a further period. The University Council confirmed the Vice President for Teaching, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Dietmar Wolff, as well as Prof. Dr.-Ing. Valentin Plenk, who holds the office of Vice President for Research and Development. [more]
published: 13.03.2023
With around 170 participants, the 7th Europe Forum was the best-attended Europe Forum to date. With the choice of topics, organizer Prof. Peter Schäfer proved a good hand. The title "Peacekeeping in Europe and Cold War 2.0? " brought together an exciting panel. [more]
published: 14.11.2022
Since July 2022, the active phase of the DIGITAL REGIONS network project at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) has been completed. The project promoted the exchange between eight European partners and regional multipliers since 2019 [more]
published: 02.08.2022
25 years at Hof University of Applied Sciences and just as long in the civil service – Vice President Prof. Dr.-Ing. Valentin Plenk now congratulated Jürgen Rubitzko from the engineering… [more]
published: 29.07.2022
The daily teaching and research routine does not always allow to think about the "overall situation" and the general conditions at the university. For this reason, Vice President Valentin Plenk, who is responsible for research at Hof University of Applied Sciences, invited the research professors to a short hiking trip. The idea was to ask where the researchers needed support from the administration in their daily work and which processes they felt still needed to be changed [more]
published: 15.07.2022
The "1st Dies Academicus" took place at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Interested parties had the opportunity to learn more about the research activities and current projects at Hof University of Applied Sciences. During the event, students were also honored for special achievements [more]
published: 26.04.2022
Hof University of Applied Sciences supports the establishment of scientific networks in Tunisia and teaches knowledge in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and mechatronics locally. To this end, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Valentin Plenk, Vice President Research and Development at Hof University of Applied Sciences, has now completed a tour across the North African country [more]
published: 27.11.2021
With around 3,600 students, Hof University of Applied Sciences is one of the smaller universities in Bavaria. Since small can also mean fine, the Upper Franconian university is now putting its many years of expertise in the field of knowledge and technology transfer to good use in a cooperation with Tunisian universities. [more]
published: 03.03.2021
A new collaboration between Hof University of Applied Sciences and the State Tax Office is planned for an initial two years. Among other things, the goal is to create a web interface that makes it easier to track suspicious activities of taxpayers [more]
published: 10.02.2021
In October 2019, the project "Supporting the Employability of Young Students" (ALEJE) was launched. The aim is to improve students' prospects of finding employment in Tunisia [more]
published: 10.02.2021
As part of the High-Tech Agenda (HTA), there is the possibility of creating research professorships at Bavarian universities. In an interview, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Valentin Plenk, Vice President Research and Development, explains this development. [more]
published: 20.01.2021
Hof University of Applied Sciences set out early on to advance the digitization of administration and teaching. It is supported in this by the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Hochschule Hof e.V. (Society of Friends and Sponsors of Hof University), which for the past three years has honored particularly innovative and digitally affine teachers with the "Digitaler Aufbruch der Lehre" award. Now, a prominently placed permanent exhibition of analog and digital components shows the idea behind the competition as well as the achievements of the award winners in the digitization of teaching. [more]
published: 05.11.2020
Congratulations! At the meeting of the University Council, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Valentin Plenk was elected as the new Vice President Research and Development for a term of three years. The outgoing… [more]
published: 01.09.2020