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125 years of “Königlich Höhere Weberschule in Münchberg” – The historical roots

With a specially produced series of articles on the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Royal Higher Weaving School in Münchberg, "campuls-digital" celebrates the great tradition of our university location Münchberg. We would like to start this series with the historical roots of textile education - a contribution by regional historian Dr. Adrian Roßner. [more]

published: 29.06.2023

A project of the heart – blossom honey from the Campus Hof

With 32 kilos from four bee colonies, it was a comparatively small harvest, according to Prof. Jürgen Heym, head of the "Practical Beekeeping" course at Hof University. The loss of strength of the bees in the winter is now noticeable, he said. [more]

published: 28.06.2023

“Night of the Sciences 2023” – here are the pictures!

With a colorful mix of lectures, experiments, music, dance, culinary delights and much more, the "Night of Science" attracted young and old to Hof University of Applied Sciences on June 23, 2023. Our photographer Jörg Schleicher has collected many impressions... [more]

published: 28.06.2023

Information, music and culinary delights: the “Night of the Sciences 2023” on June 23

After a four-year break due to corona, Hof University of Applied Sciences is once again inviting the general public to the "Night of the Sciences" at the Hof campus on June 23. A diverse program of research, teaching, music and culinary delights will be on offer. Visitors can not only get to know the facilities, but also try out many future trends for themselves. [more]

published: 20.06.2023

Register now: Digital Summit for Public Administrations at iisys

From June 27-28, the Digital Summit on the topic of "Data structures and processes are the core of the administration of the future" will take place at the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys). Organizer Prof. Dr. Thomas Meuche will provide information on the content and objectives. [more]

published: 19.06.2023

“Startup Nation”: Hof University puts out feelers to Israel

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

Project I²P²: Students and profs from Brescia on a return visit to Hof

Since last year, Hof University of Applied Sciences has been successfully running the short exchange program I²P² in cooperation with the DAAD. The university develops joint courses and projects with six international partner universities in Finland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Mexico and the USA. In May, a group of students and their professors from the University of Brescia visited the Hof campus as part of the project. [more]

published: 12.06.2023

Networking and lots of information: 26th IT Manager Meeting Hochfranken

On Thursday, May 25, 2023, the 26th IT Leaders Meeting Hochfranken took place. As organizers, the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) at Hof University of Applied Sciences and Florian Pöhner from Lamilux organized an informative event that brought together IT leaders from the region. [more]

published: 06.06.2023

Sustainability at Hof University: the campus as living space, learning space, research space and transfer space

In the future, Hof University of Applied Sciences would like to develop sustainability into one of its most important principles of action in its activities. To this end, Anja Grabmeier was recently introduced as the university's new sustainability manager. But what exactly do we mean by the term "sustainability"? To clarify this, Anja Grabmeier and Professor Dr. Manuela Wimmer have drafted Hof University's understanding of sustainability. [more]

published: 22.05.2023

Cooperation agreement signed with Universidade de São Paulo

A new cooperation agreement with the Universidade de São Paulo was recently signed during the International Teaching Week. At Hof University of Applied Sciences, the agreement will initially affect the Faculty of Engineering. We were able to talk to Dean Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anke Müller and Prof. Dr. Christoph Koch, who maintains good contacts with the USP and is the initiator of the cooperation, about the goals of the agreement. [more]

published: 17.05.2023

Donation from Amazon: Four arcade machines for our students

The mail order company Amazon donates a total of four arcade game machines for the campus of Hof University of Applied Sciences. The devices with a total value of over 5000 EUR were now received by the student council and Prof. Dr. Sven Rill. [more]

published: 16.05.2023

Getting girls excited about STEM professions: Girls’ Day 2023 at the university was a complete success

On the so-called Girls' Day, which has been organized annually throughout Germany since 2001, girls learn about professions or fields of study that are still mostly classic male professions and in which the proportion of women is below 40 percent, e.g. in the areas of IT, crafts, natural sciences and technology. For several years now, Hof University of Applied Sciences has offered a varied engineering program at its Hof and Münchberg campuses as part of Girls' Future Day, and welcomed more than 30 girls to a total of seven workshops on April 27. [more]

published: 15.05.2023