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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

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

Certification SCRUM : How Hof University of Applied Sciences supports students in agile project management

Agility is becoming more and more important in business, especially when it comes to how business can make itself fit for the future, promote the topic of sustainability or young entrepreneurs found a start-up. Especially at universities, there is still a rather limited offer in this regard. For this reason, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a course in the Master Digital Business Management that fills the gaps and at the same time makes the model of the examination form more relevant to the interests of the students. [more]

published: 24.04.2023

New degree program to combat nursing shortage: Cross Cultural Nursing Practice

Hof University of Applied Sciences wants to recruit foreign nursing staff, strengthen their skills and integrate them. The reason: Bavaria alone is currently losing more than 1,000 nursing staff each year, while at the same time studies by the Free State of Bavaria assume a tenfold increase in the need for nursing staff by 2050. [more]

published: 05.04.2023

HofUniversity App: New Android App for Students at Hof University of Applied Sciences

The previous Android university app is now getting on in years, both technically and functionally, and has recently essentially only undergone minor bug fixes, but no major technical enhancements. Therefore, Prof. Dr. Walter Kern, who teaches in the area of mobile computing at Hof University of Applied Sciences, among other things, has designed and implemented a completely new app. The new app is now available for students. [more]

published: 13.03.2023

Free continuing education: Attracting and retaining skilled workers

For small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in particular, attracting qualified employees and retaining them is an increasingly important challenge. In Forchheim, Hof University of Applied Sciences now offered free continuing education courses on this topic. Other interested companies can now register for additional dates at the university campus in Hof. [more]

published: 24.01.2023

Practical projects presented: Intelligent solutions for complex problems

Around 3 months ago, students from Hof University of Applied Sciences and companies from Hof and the surrounding area embarked on exciting practical projects to solve complex problems in connection with digital megatrends. Now the time had finally come: The students presented their ideas, solutions and concepts to representatives of the university and partner companies. [more]

published: 19.01.2023