The energy transition is polarizing the current political debate. While fossil fuels are experiencing a resurgence in the USA, wind, photovoltaics and the use of biomass to generate energy are being expanded in Germany. In the past, this has led to enormous price increases in electricity costs. The series of city lectures at Hof University of Applied Sciences is now discussing whether a return to nuclear power makes sense. [more]
published: 09.04.2025
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding program that starts at a very early stage of a potential start-up - with the development of ideas and prototypes. The KICKSTART teams have six months to develop their idea into an MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or prototype. [more]
published: 13.03.2025
The "Visual Analytics" research group headed by Prof. Dr. Claus Atzenbeck at iisys is involved in a remarkable international research project. [more]
published: 03.03.2025
After last year's award for Friederike Oehler for her work in the "Digital Storytelling" seminar, professors Norbert Diedrich, Claudia Muth and Michael Zöllner are delighted to announce that this year the university has four winners of the Annual Multimedia Digital Talents Award 2025. Out of a total of 17 award-winning student projects, four prizes went to Hof University of Applied Sciences - a great success for the Bachelor's degree course in Communication Design (KD) at the Münchberg campus. [more]
published: 22.10.2024
With the construction of the Center for Water and Energy Management (ZWE), a vision that was conceived 15 years ago by University President Prof. Lehmann and implemented step by step is coming to fruition. [more]
published: 09.11.2023
The 14th CONTACTA HochFranken started with a ceremonial opening event and a regional teacher training on Tuesday evening in the premises of the Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
published: 27.09.2023
4 months ago, the newly founded Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) started its work. Prof. Günter Müller-Czygan, as spokesman of the "inwa", provides information about the state of development and first projects. [more]
published: 26.07.2023
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
For some it is simply prostitution, for some just a special form of relationship between old and young: in the Economic and Organizational Sociology course, the relationships between older, mostly wealthy men and their favored partners are now also the subject of research. [more]
published: 15.04.2023
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Entrup was appointed to the Faculty of Economics at our university in 2003. He is now celebrating 25 years of service.
Congratulations. [more]
published: 15.03.2023
She has been the voice of Bayerischer Rundfunk in the region since 2003: Annerose Zuber, BR correspondent. The initiative "Frauen.Stärken.Hof", in which Hof University of Applied Sciences is also involved, visited her in her new studio. [more]
published: 30.11.2022
At Hof University of Applied Sciences, employees can charge their e-cars with electricity free of charge - for university president Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c.. Jürgen Lehmann another small piece of the puzzle on the way to becoming a greentech university. [more]
published: 10.11.2022
With further training measures launched at the beginning of October as part of the "Digital Recruiting high-N" project, the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) at Hof University of Applied Sciences enables small and medium-sized companies to recruit skilled workers with the help of digital recruiting and marketing measures [more]
published: 14.10.2022
Everyone is talking about the shortage of gas and the rapidly rising energy prices. But how do they assess the current situation at Hof University of Applied Sciences and what measures are being taken here? Campuls-digital" talked about this with Prof. Dr. Tobias Plessing and Dr. Andy Gradel from the Institute for Water and Energy Management (iwe) as well as Josef Martin and Peter Kemnitzer from the university administration. [more]
published: 13.09.2022
Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to help Bavarian companies place their products and services in the market environment of the emerging "sponge city" or "sponge region" projects. The sponge city idea is about taking various measures to better deal with weather extremes [more]
published: 19.07.2022
On Friday and Saturday, June 24 and 25, 2022, the university hosted a two-day logistics conference 15+2 Years of Master Logistics at the Hof Campus. [more]
published: 30.06.2022
With a program that has now been launched, Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to make it possible for small and medium-sized companies throughout Bavaria to recruit skilled workers free of charge with the help of digital recruiting and marketing measures [more]
published: 31.05.2022
In a VR project with the Lorenz Kaim Vocational School in Kronach, the Institute for Information Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (iisys) developed a VR application that can be used to practice live work in electrical engineering in virtual space. From now on, it will be part of everyday teaching at the Lorenz Kaim School in Kronach. [more]
published: 20.05.2022
