How do you develop solutions to challenges that are so complex that no single discipline can tackle them on its own? This is exactly where StartUpLab’s Ideation Week comes in. Once a year, students from a wide variety of disciplines come together to work collaboratively on real-world challenges. This year’s theme: climate-resilient cities. [more]
published: 15.06.2026
Entrepreneurial thinking, a thirst for innovation, and the question “What if…?” have become an integral part of Hof University’s DNA. The StartUpLab serves as the central hub for anyone… [more]
published: 29.05.2026
The textile industry is undergoing a transformation: sustainability, the circular economy, material innovation, and smart textiles are opening up new opportunities for innovative business models and startups. At Hof University… [more]
published: 12.05.2026
On January 21, 2026, the first Fuck Up Night took place at the Einstein1 digital start-up center in Hof. More than 50 participants from the regional start-up and business scene accepted the invitation to find out first-hand what happens when business ideas don't go as planned - and what valuable insights can arise from such moments. [more]
published: 03.02.2026
How do you turn your own biography into a compelling professional story? The workshop “Personal Branding – Tell your story with impact”, which will take place on January 22, 2026… [more]
published: 19.12.2025
In the StartUpLab at Hof University of Applied Sciences on December 2, 2025, everything revolved around the art of effective storytelling. At the “Storyline Creation” workshop, Dr. Martin Gebhardt, former… [more]
published: 11.12.2025
Five days, nine creative minds, one common goal: developing solutions for a better future - that's Ideation Week at Hof University of Applied Sciences. In 2025, the week was once again all about innovation. Students from a wide range of disciplines came together in mid-June to solve real-life challenges using design thinking. Supported by coaches and method training, they immersed themselves in a highly relevant topic: "From Waste to Future - Wool needs your idea!" [more]
published: 05.08.2025
Anke Müller, Professor of Manufacturing Processes in Mechanical Engineering, and Oliver Mauroner, Professor of Technology-Oriented Innovation and Start-up Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences, held their city lecture on the topic of "How makerspaces, repair cafés and do-it-yourself are changing our world" at "Auszeit". [more]
published: 20.06.2025
In recent years, Hof University of Applied Sciences has established itself as a good address for entrepreneurial spirit and innovation. Impressive proof of this is the jump in the renowned start-up radar of the Stifterverband. [more]
published: 27.03.2025
Last weekend, the StartUp Survival Camp of the Hof University of Applied Sciences StartUpLab took place - a unique workshop that taught entrepreneurial skills in a special way: through a survival camp in nature. [more]
published: 02.07.2024
It is extreme and painful, but also one of the most varied and interesting hikes in the Fichtelgebirge: 12 peaks, 68 kilometers, over 4,000 meters of altitude. Read on to find out who took on this challenge and why... [more]
published: 14.06.2024
Only around 20 percent of start-ups in Germany are founded by women or with female participation in the team. The start-up world is still heavily dominated by men. To change this, Claire Siegert and Victoria Arnhold founded "Businettes" in 2019, a startup incubator specifically for women. [more]
published: 18.01.2024
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding program that starts at a very early stage of a potential start-up. Sabrina Wild develops a multifunctional bag. [more]
published: 23.11.2023
Students at Hof University of Applied Sciences are exploring the country on the eastern Mediterranean on a cross-faculty excursion and immersing themselves in the successful startup scene of the "Startup Nation". The goal: to broaden their own horizons, look behind the scenes of this so complex country and learn from Israel's successful innovators. [more]
published: 19.06.2023
On the weekend of October 22-23, this year's Entrepreneurship Summit of the Entrepreneurship Foundation, a meeting of people interested in founding companies and startups, took place at Freie Universität Berlin. The Summit is one of the most important startup conventions in Germany. This year, a group of 15 students from Hof University of Applied Sciences took part for the first time. [more]
published: 27.10.2022
Anton Yakhno and Oleksii Solntsev, Master Mechanical Engineering graduates from Hof University of Applied Sciences and founders of the startup Smart Zavod, took second place in the startup competition at the Future Conference in Leipzig. We say congratulations! [more]
published: 30.09.2022
As part of Ideationweek, students at Hof University of Applied Sciences used design thinking for five days to develop concepts and innovative ideas based on a real-world task [more]
published: 05.07.2022
Über den Tellerrand schauen, Inspiration tanken und die regionale Startup-Szene kennenlernen und vernetzen. Das war einer der Leitgedanken der Exkursion einer Gruppe von Studierenden der Hochschule Hof beim Startup myriad an der Uni Bayreuth, die vom Startuplab und dem Digitalen Gründerzentrum Einstein1 organisiert wurde. [more]
published: 28.04.2022