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At the ITQ Makeathon at Gran Canaria island: ideas for saving the sea

Who wouldn't want to fly south during the cold season? Or make the world a better place by developing a product? Or get to know other students from all over the world and work together with them? The company Vishay Electronic GmbH has now made it possible for students at Hof University of Applied Sciences, among others, to do all three. [more]

published: 11.04.2023

Local and district heating in Bavaria: Are we getting in our own way?

The technologies for expanding climate-neutral heat supply through the use of local and district heating networks are already available and have been tested in practice in existing networks. However, the path from the idea of a local heating network for neighborhood supply to actual commissioning can be very lengthy. [more]

published: 17.03.2023

Student numbers: university starts summer semester 2023 with over 3700 students

Hof University of Applied Sciences starts the summer semester 2023 with more than 3700 students in the faculties of Economics, Computer Science, Engineering and Interdisciplinary and Innovative Sciences as well as in the Faculty of Continuing Education. Compared to the summer semester 2022, the student numbers thus remain stable at the previous year's level. [more]

published: 15.03.2023

Upper Franconia meets the future: University of Bamberg invites to the IT Forum Upper Franconia 2023

For the eleventh time in a row, the four Upper Franconian colleges and universities are alternating in hosting the Upper Franconia IT Forum. On Wednesday, March 23, 2023, the University of Bamberg invites to the IT-Forum Upper Franconia 2023 under the motto "Upper Franconia meets the future!". Prof. Dr. René Peinl will be one of the speakers - he will talk about ChatGPT. [more]

published: 14.03.2023

Vice Presidents Prof. Wolff and Prof. Plenk confirmed in office

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

HofUniversity App: New Android App for Students at Hof University of Applied Sciences

The previous Android university app is now getting on in years, both technically and functionally, and has recently essentially only undergone minor bug fixes, but no major technical enhancements. Therefore, Prof. Dr. Walter Kern, who teaches in the area of mobile computing at Hof University of Applied Sciences, among other things, has designed and implemented a completely new app. The new app is now available for students. [more]

published: 13.03.2023