Author Archives: Rainer Krauss

From France to Hof and back – a report from an internship at iisys

Marc-Adrien Douvier, intern at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys),reports on his experiences in Germany [more]

published: 15.06.2022

First campus day for prospective students at the Lucas Cranach Campus in Kronach

On Tuesday, June 28, 2022 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., all those interested in the Innovative Health Care study program are invited to the first Campus Day Kronach. Under the motto "STUDY-PROBE" you can get to know the study program and look behind the scenes of the Lucas-Cranach-Campus Kronach. [more]

published: 13.06.2022

The first BOOM party since Corona: Here are the pictures of the legendary university party!

Long awaited and longed for by many students, the first Boom Party since the pandemic took place last Thursday at Hof University of Applied Sciences. The student council could be happy about a sold out house. "Campuls-digital" was of course also there and presents you here some pictures... [more]

published: 13.06.2022

Winterling area gets modern energy supply – 2nd project meeting

The implementation of an innovative energy supply system at the 40,000 square meter Winterling site in Schwarzenbach/Saale is progressing. At a project meeting, further course was set. [more]

published: 03.06.2022

Register now: Attracting skilled workers – digital, sustainable and practice-oriented

With a program that has now been launched, Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to make it possible for small and medium-sized companies throughout Bavaria to recruit skilled workers free of charge with the help of digital recruiting and marketing measures [more]

published: 31.05.2022

Retirement of Heinrich Hoffmann: A member of the founding team leaves the university

Heinrich Hoffmann has been part of the team of the founding generation of the Hof University of Applied Sciences since 1996. For a total of 26 years since then, he has used his experience and skills to intensively prepare students for the practice-oriented trainer aptitude test every year anew - a total of over 800 students have been able to obtain a trainer's certificate in this way [more]

published: 30.05.2022

Partnership for more sustainability in Bangladesh’s textile industry

In the context of sustainable development, the textile industry in Bangladesh is currently placing greater emphasis on compliance with social and environmental sustainability standards. To this end, the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH is implementing the project "Higher Education and Leadership Development for Sustainable Textiles in Bangladesh (HELD)" on behalf of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) [more]

published: 30.05.2022

E-Motorsport: “HofSpannung” presents new electric racing car “Clyde

Building a better race car every year - that is the declared goal of the HofSpannung Motorsport e.V. association. Now, the next-generation car was presented as part of an elaborate show at the Digital Gründerzentrum Einstein1 [more]

published: 30.05.2022

Get your career rolling now! – Entrepreneur exchange at Hof University of Applied Sciences

On Tuesday, May 31, 2022, more than 80 regional and national companies will present themselves at Hof University of Applied Sciences. In buildings A and B, students of our university can easily make contacts and find out about potential employers [more]

published: 25.05.2022

New Aquaponics facility: At the Hof Zoo, you can now live and breathe sustainability

The Zoological Society of Hochfranken and the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences have launched the environmental education project "Aquaponics at the Zoo - Living Sustainability". It was possible to expand the existing aquarium of the Savannah House into an aquaponics facility at the Hof Zoo [more]

published: 25.05.2022

Research Group “Water Infrastructure and Digitalization” presented itself

Foundation Professor Günter Müller-Czygan's research group recently presented at two major water industry events. [more]

published: 23.05.2022

Hypertext project with Kronach law firm enters second round

The JuraLink project started in July 2021 in cooperation between the Kronach law firm Wittmann and the Visual Analytics research group of the Institute for Information Systems (iisys). After the successful completion of the first project phase, the partners extend the cooperation. JuraLink II started in January 2022. [more]

published: 23.05.2022

24. IT Leader Meeting Hochfranken says goodbye to founder Norbert Schug

An eye-to-eye exchange and discussion of current problems in the field of information technology - that's what it's all about when IT managers from regional companies meet twice a year at the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys) [more]

published: 20.05.2022

VR project “Changing electricity metercounters in virtual space” starts in everyday school life

In a VR project with the Lorenz Kaim Vocational School in Kronach, the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys) developed a VR application that can be used to practice live work in electrical engineering in virtual space. From now on, it will be part of everyday teaching at the Lorenz Kaim School in Kronach. [more]

published: 20.05.2022

Ceremony: Hof University of Applied Sciences awards 28 German Scholarships

Hof University of Applied Sciences has now awarded Germany scholarships for the tenth time at a ceremony in the Freiheitshalle in Hof. A total of 28 new scholarship holders were selected for the 2021/22 award period: [more]

published: 17.05.2022

Prof. Rauch is the new President of the Association of German Textile Experts

Prof. Dr. Michael Rauch from the Hof University of Applied Sciences is now the head of the Association of German Textile Experts VDTF e.V. with over 800 members nationwide. This is the result of the recently held new elections [more]

published: 16.05.2022

“Success made in Hof”: You only become an “Ironman” step by step – Christian Krauß

In the series of successful graduates of Hof University of Applied Sciences, we introduce Christian Krauß to our readers today. The 32-year-old from Gattendorf studied industrial engineering at Hof University of Applied Sciences until 2012 and now works as Operations Manager at Falcon Professional Kitchen LLC in Dubai [more]

published: 16.05.2022

Interview: 2nd Hof Water Symposium focuses on climate change and sustainability

On October 12 and 13, 2022, the 2nd Hof Water Symposium will be held, a top event for the water and wastewater industry. We talked to organizer Prof. Dr. Manuela Wimmer about the concept. [more]

published: 13.05.2022