With the new online platform "Digital Lotse Wasser," Hof University of Applied Sciences aims to record and publicize modern digitization solutions for the German-speaking water industry. According to the researchers, only around 10 percent of the available digital aids are currently being used in the utility industry. [more]
published: 15.02.2023
Most recently, the well-known Café Hemingway in Hof's Kreuzsteinstraße was a rather dreary sight. Since the last tenant threw in the towel in November 2019, the location was deserted. This has now changed thoroughly: Thanks to a group of students at Hof University of Applied Sciences, the café named after cult writer Ernest Hemingway has now blossomed. [more]
published: 14.02.2023
Hof University of Applied Sciences has now awarded Germany scholarships for the eleventh time. A total of 25 new scholarship holders were selected for the 2022/23 award period and received their certificates. [more]
published: 09.02.2023
Another award for Hof University of Applied Sciences: The renowned student portal studycheck.de has published a "digital readiness" ranking for the first time, which records the level of digitalization. The Upper Franconian university achieved second place among all German colleges and universities and is thus also number 1 within Bavaria. [more]
published: 08.02.2023
While the new building of the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences is still under construction, the emerging building is already becoming the subject of innovative research. In the OUR-E project that has now been launched, researchers and company representatives are initially analyzing the centerpiece of the new institute building, the central large-scale heat storage system. [more]
published: 07.02.2023
In a video portrait in the "Innovative Women" series, researcher Jessica Wittmann from the Institute of Materials Science explains how surface coatings are developed from natural and sustainable raw materials such as cinnamon or crab shells to keep germ contamination as low as possible and where they are used. [more]
published: 27.01.2023
Since June 15, 2022, REHAU has been running a new phishing simulation to increase the security awareness of its employees. In cooperation with the research group System and Network Security of the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) of the Hof University of Applied Sciences, this phishing simulation is now to be scientifically investigated. [more]
published: 25.01.2023
For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, attracting qualified employees and retaining them is an increasingly important challenge. In Forchheim, Hof University of Applied Sciences now offered free continuing education courses on this topic. Other interested companies can now register for additional dates at the university campus in Hof. [more]
published: 24.01.2023
The DMKG Cluster app has recently become available in the app stores. It was developed by the German Migraine and Headache Society (DMKG) in collaboration with the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys) and smartlytic GmbH specifically for sufferers of cluster headache. [more]
published: 24.01.2023
At the end of last year, Prof. Dr. Florian Adamsky from the Institute of Information Systems (iisys) was awarded the contract for a research project involving the protection of RAM in laptops and PCs. [more]
published: 20.01.2023
Around 3 months ago, students from Hof University of Applied Sciences and companies from Hof and the surrounding area embarked on exciting practical projects to solve complex problems in connection with digital megatrends. Now the time had finally come: The students presented their ideas, solutions and concepts to representatives of the university and partner companies. [more]
published: 19.01.2023
The news that Hof University of Applied Sciences has been named Germany's most popular university in the rankings of the Studycheck.de portal has caused much joy and recognition. In an interview with "campuls-digital", university president Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Lehmann speaks of a "unique award," but also looks ahead. [more]
published: 18.01.2023
Hof University of Applied Sciences is the most popular university in Germany and receives the best marks for its teaching. This is the result of the ranking published today by the renowned Internet portal Studycheck.de. In the country wide comparison under altogether 512 universities the upper-Frankish educational facility obtained the best evaluation. [more]
published: 18.01.2023
Admittedly, the Hof students who recently took part in the MacGyver project in the engineering course were not even born at the height of his TV career. But the myth of the action hero Angus MacGyver continues to have an effect. [more]
published: 16.01.2023
In the summer of 2021, water ran into the basement of the A building after heavy rain. But what had happened? Where did all the water come from? And what role did the ponds on the university campus play? In the aftermath, some things become clearer. [more]
published: 16.01.2023
In mid-November of last year, the team of women's representatives introduced themselves in the A-Foyer and provided information about the various projects and support programs for women. [more]
published: 11.01.2023
The digital startup center Einstein1 and the Startuplab of Hof University of Applied Sciences have awarded students from the communication design course for their concept ideas in the SmartCity project. During the summer semester, the students had dealt with the question of how the city of the future could look and function. [more]
published: 22.12.2022
In the project "Implementing digital competence-oriented testing - ii.oo", we really "stepped on the gas" again at the end of the year. In mid-December, the online event "VR Showroom" took place with a total of 64 participants. In addition, the end of the year was celebrated with a hybrid event and insights into the current project status. [more]
published: 21.12.2022