The company Gamma from Oberkotzau in the district of Hof shows what promoting young talent looks like in practice: The company supports its dual students at the Faculty of Computer Science at Hof University of Applied Sciences with great openness and commitment - even across national borders. [more]
published: 25.06.2025
Information about the wide range of courses on offer at the University of West Bohemia, company visits, a tour of the city and immersion in student life in Pilsen - students on business studies courses recently experienced all of this during a three-day excursion to Pilsen in the Czech Republic. [more]
published: 25.06.2025
Denis Kiragu is a research fellow at the ibp. He summarizes his impressions of the country and the university for "campuls-digital". [more]
published: 23.06.2025
Anke Müller, Professor of Manufacturing Processes in Mechanical Engineering, and Oliver Mauroner, Professor of Technology-Oriented Innovation and Start-up Management at Hof University of Applied Sciences, held their city lecture on the topic of "How makerspaces, repair cafés and do-it-yourself are changing our world" at "Auszeit". [more]
published: 20.06.2025
As part of a comprehensive needs analysis, Hof University of Applied Sciences has examined the needs and willingness of regional companies to cooperate. The study was initiated by the Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der Hochschule Hof e.V. and its chairman Andreas Pöhlmann. [more]
published: 20.06.2025
What makes for successful marketing in the healthcare sector? The students on the Marketing Management Master's program got to the bottom of this question during an exciting excursion to Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim. [more]
published: 17.06.2025
As the organizational centers of the science system, the universities that make up the German Rectors' Conference (HRK) carry out the majority of scientific research in Germany. The aim of the research map is to record the diversity of these research activities at universities and make them easily accessible.
Our university is also listed on this map with three key research areas. [more]
published: 16.06.2025
From 19 to 23 May 2025, the university was all about international academic collaboration: around 20 guest lecturers from ten countries took part in the International Teaching Week 2025 and designed a diverse teaching and supporting program under the motto "AI Odyssey: Understand, Create, Explore!". [more]
published: 06.06.2025
It is a scientific milestone for Hof University of Applied Sciences: from 2026, it is now expected that students will be able to complete their own doctoral theses in some research fields at the educational institution, which was founded in 1994, and obtain the corresponding academic degree. The background to this new right to award doctorates is the university's now confirmed participation in the REDIG (Resource Efficiency and Digitalization) doctoral center at OTH Amberg-Weiden and Ansbach University of Applied Sciences. [more]
published: 06.06.2025
Hof University of Applied Sciences recently became the first German university to have its own representative office in India – a significant milestone in the two decades of academic cooperation… [more]
published: 04.06.2025
Climate change, scarcity of resources, social responsibility - today's challenges require new ways of thinking and creative solutions. This is precisely where the Sustainability Management module at Hof University of Applied Sciences comes in. [more]
published: 03.06.2025
Mit einem offiziellen Auftakt an der Hochschule Hof ist das IT-Forum Oberfranken 2026 in die Planungsphase gestartet. [more]
published: 03.06.2025
Three Ukrainian researchers visited the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems in May as part of the project "German-Ukrainian Strategy for Phosphorus Reduction in the Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Effluent (DeUS-Phor)". During the visit to Germany, the participants agreed to draw up a project proposal for an exchange for internships and master's courses and to submit a joint application to Horizon Europe or Eureka next year. [more]
published: 03.06.2025
Around 40 percent of students come from abroad, and the academic and research support staff are also becoming increasingly diverse: employees from around 20 nations now work in administration and research. Three of them - from Taiwan, Ukraine and Syria - report with a twinkle in their eyes on culture shocks, language confusion and small and big moments of happiness. [more]
published: 02.06.2025
The lecture as part of the Hof City Lectures provides exciting insights into the diverse world of makers - from working in high-tech laboratories with state-of-the-art equipment to self-realization in DIY and repair cafés. Here, defective devices are repaired in order to conserve resources and promote sustainability. It becomes clear how different these places can be... [more]
published: 02.06.2025
The "Chess meets Economy" event recently took place for the first time at Hof University of Applied Sciences - an innovative format that combined business, entrepreneurship and chess. [more]
published: 02.06.2025
Hof University of Applied Sciences has been organizing an International Teaching Week (ITW) every two years for over ten years. Lecturers from all over the world come to Hof for this event.
The university's more than 130 partner universities also regularly offer similar formats and invite international guest lecturers. In May, Martin Lochmüller took up an offer from Babeș-Bolyai University in Romania and took part in the ITW there. [more]
published: 28.05.2025
3 nails in bronze - that is the result of the students from the Bachelor of Communication Design at Hof University of Applied Sciences at the Art Directors Club (ADC) Talent Award 2025, the most important competition for young talent for design universities and design students in Germany. In addition, the final and semester projects were honored with various awards (shortlist).
Congratulations on these outstanding achievements! [more]
published: 27.05.2025