Information and application days for prospective and undecided students

In the coming weeks, the faculties of economics, computer science and engineering will be holding various information days at the Hof campus for prospective and undecided students. This will give students the opportunity to get to know the degree programs, the university's premises, fellow students and lecturers. [more]

published: 15.06.2022

Virus- and bacteria-free surfaces – an interview with Jessica Wittmann on the “KH Bett” research project

Since 2020, Jessica Wittmann has been researching an unusual idea: The fisheries waste chitosan is to be used to arm surfaces against viruses and bacteria and thus inhibit the spread of pathogens. So will we already be lying in such a coated bed during a future hospital stay or will we soon be riding in a bus whose seats are practically free of viruses and bacteria? [more]

published: 15.06.2022

Ecosystem beyond the state border: Making the EU visible in Upper Franconia

Learning from each other and networking the region together beyond the end of one's nose in order to facilitate access to Industrie 4.0 technology for small and medium-sized enterprises - this is the basic idea behind the Digital Regions project. The Digital Startup Center Einstein1 at the university campus together with the project team invited to the exchange at the startup center. [more]

published: 07.06.2022

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