Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to help Bavarian companies place their products and services in the market environment of the emerging "sponge city" or "sponge region" projects. The sponge city idea is about taking various measures to better deal with weather extremes [more]
published: 19.07.2022
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
As a student, Jürgen Lehmann read "The Limits to Growth"; as President of Hof University of Applied Sciences, he tries to implement his ideas on sustainability - in research, teaching and university operations - the big interview. [more]
published: 13.07.2022
At the closing event of the first project phase of the "Shuttle Model Region Upper Franconia (SMO)" in the Münch-Ferber-Villa in Hof, the participating project partners presented their results. The guest was the German Aerospace Center (DLR) in its function as project sponsor of the project, which supervises the work in the SMO project in coordination with the funding body, the Federal Ministry of Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV). [more]
published: 13.07.2022
The encounter with other cultures is not only of great importance from a professional perspective, it also provides new experiences and promotes the development of one's own personality. At Hof University of Applied Sciences, the Faculty of Engineering, among others, offers the module "Intercultural Competence", which is carried out by the Career Service and by lecturers of the faculty. [more]
published: 13.07.2022
For 4 years now, the course "Practical Beekeeping" has been offered on the campus of Hof University of Applied Sciences. Intended among other things as a contribution to nature conservation, students can learn everything about the care and proper handling of honey bees there under the direction of Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heym [more]
published: 08.07.2022
...is a question that graduates of high schools or technical colleges will have to deal with sooner or later - so we've summarized a few key things. [more]
published: 07.07.2022
Following the kick-off in March of this year, the ADerN network now invited participants to its second meeting at the Einstein1 start-up center. The aim of the ADerN project is to increase the acceptance of regenerative local heating networks among the population, to network players in the Bavarian local heating industry and thus to strengthen the industry in the Free State. [more]
published: 06.07.2022
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
At the invitation of Hof's Member of the State Parliament Alexander König, the leadership of the CSU parliamentary group in the Bavarian State Parliament visited Hof University of Applied Sciences. Parliamentary group chairman Thomas Kreuzer, parliamentary managing director Tobias Reiß and state parliament member Martin Schöffel (constituency Wunsiedel/Kulmbach) were welcomed by university president Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Jürgen Lehmann welcomed them to the campus. [more]
published: 04.07.2022
The economic consequences of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine particularly affect Russia's neighboring countries in Central Asia. This was made clear in a noteworthy presentation by Saule Kemelbayeva, an economist at the International School of Economics at M. Narikbayev KAZGUU University in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan [more]
published: 01.07.2022
Students at the Münchberg Campus had the opportunity to speak directly with leading local politicians within the semester project "City of the Future". Using the city of Münchberg as an example, the communication design students also presented their ideas for an intelligent region and city of the future. [more]
published: 01.07.2022
With the creation of interdisciplinary digitalization colleges at universities throughout Bavaria, students are to be made fit for the digital transformation. Hof University of Applied Sciences also benefits from this funding as part of a joint application with Bayreuth University. [more]
published: 30.06.2022
In cooperation with six international partner universities in Finland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico and the USA, Hof University of Applied Sciences develops joint courses and projects. What makes this special is that all modules are interdisciplinary and open to students from all disciplines and faculties [more]
published: 24.06.2022
On Monday, July 18, starting at 4:00 p.m., the Kältekreis³, the competence network for refrigeration and air conditioning technology in Hochfranken, invites you to the sixth and thus first meeting after the Corona pandemic. The aim of the network is to give small and medium-sized companies in the region the opportunity to exchange their knowledge about refrigeration and air conditioning technology and to promote innovations in these areas. [more]
published: 22.06.2022
The University of Applied Sciences in Hof is participating in a large-scale federal-state funding program to recruit professors and was able to convince with its projects in a corresponding application. [more]
published: 20.06.2022
The network "Expansion and digitalization of efficient regenerative local heating networks" invites to the second meeting at the Einstein1 business incubator. The aim of the project is to increase the acceptance of regenerative local heating networks among the population. [more]
published: 17.06.2022
Climate change and its often devastating consequences are omnipresent worldwide. In the coming year, a project at Hof University of Applied Sciences will focus on the concrete consequences for rural areas in the region of Upper Franconia [more]
published: 17.06.2022