The European Union recently adopted uniform rules for the use of artificial intelligence - and hopes to set a global standard. At the invitation of Hof University of Applied Sciences, Laura Jugel, legal advisor to the EU Commission, spoke to researchers and students about the new AI law, which she herself played a key role in drafting. [more]
published: 28.06.2024
The Hydrogen Region Bavaria & Bohemia (HYBaBo) was founded with a kick-off meeting at Hof University of Applied Sciences. The Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology (iwe) invited representatives from small and medium-sized companies. [more]
published: 26.06.2024
If that's not a claim: "Artemis", the Greek goddess of the hunt, is the namesake for the new e-racing car of the HofSpannung Motorsport e.V. association, which will soon be taking part in the international Formula Student racing series for Hof University. [more]
published: 25.06.2024
Change at the ecumenical university chaplaincy at Hof University of Applied Sciences and the neighboring University of Applied Sciences for the Civil Service in Bavaria (HföD): Pastor Rudolf Koller, the representative of the Protestant Church, is retiring. [more]
published: 24.06.2024
A good proportion of the 130 or so scientists at Hof University of Applied Sciences have an international background. In order to strengthen the previously rather informal exchange between the different countries and cultures, a group has recently started meeting regularly for lunch. [more]
published: 20.06.2024
The Upper Franconian value textile discounter NKD is entering into a promising collaboration with Hof University of Applied Sciences. The cooperation begins with NKD sponsoring a lecture hall. This has now been officially inaugurated. [more]
published: 19.06.2024
The Hof University of Applied Sciences Alumni Association will be headed by Prof. Dr. Oliver Schuster in the future. The outgoing founding chairman Prof. Dr. Ronald Hechtfischer looks back with us on the development of the association. [more]
published: 19.06.2024
What role do sustainability and other factors play in the consumer preferences and consumer behavior of young generations Z and Alpha? These and other questions were the focus of a cooperation project between Hof University of Applied Sciences, Kean University in the US state of New Jersey and the HEINZ-GLAS Group. [more]
published: 19.06.2024
It is extreme and painful, but also one of the most varied and interesting hikes in the Fichtelgebirge: 12 peaks, 68 kilometers, over 4,000 meters of altitude. Read on to find out who took on this challenge and why... [more]
published: 14.06.2024
Hof University of Applied Sciences is once again taking part in the successful InnenHofKonzert series organized by the Hof City Marketing Association. [more]
published: 11.06.2024
The teaching of practical and theoretical project management skills and the creation of a new type of German-Czech educational program are the focus of a joint project between Hof University of Applied Sciences and the Institute of Technology and Economics in České Budějovice. [more]
published: 10.06.2024
In a DAAD-funded short-term exchange program, Hof University of Applied Sciences has been developing joint courses and projects with six international partner universities since 2022. A Franconian cultural asset has now been reinterpreted with students from the University of Brescia. [more]
published: 10.06.2024
The Hof University of Applied Sciences recently launched its own AI tools for text and image generation. We spoke to Prof. Dr. René Peinl about initial user feedback. [more]
published: 07.06.2024
Our machines regularly have their say: today we are talking about a blown film line that has been in operation at Hof University of Applied Sciences since 2016. It is supervised by Tobias Gareiß, technical laboratory employee and Prof. Michael Nase, Scientific Director of the Institute for Circular Economy at Bio:Polymers. [more]
published: 05.06.2024
Prof. Dr. Armin Grunwald is head of the Office of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag in Berlin. As part of a guest lecture at Hof University of Applied Sciences, he will be talking about the "soaring popularity of artificial intelligence" and the question of whether this will make humans superfluous. [more]
published: 03.06.2024
The Institute for Hydrogen and Energy Technology at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iwe) invites representatives of small and medium-sized companies to the kick-off meeting of the Hydrogen Region Bavaria & Bohemia on Tuesday, June 18, 2024 at 9:00 a.m. in Audimax B023 on the Hof campus. The project offers free information events, further training and networking for a faster hydrogen ramp-up in the participating regions. [more]
published: 03.06.2024
Aleka Briese has decided to study far away from home. Since the current summer semester, she has been studying International Project Management with a specialization in Technical Project Management at Germany's most popular university. You can read about what she perceives as different here than in East Frisia and what she gives others as a tip at Campuls digital. [more]
published: 31.05.2024
At the two-day International Conference on Textile Science and Technology, international experts exchanged views on textile processing, sustainability and the circular economy. [more]
published: 29.05.2024