The aim of the workshop was to give the students a comprehensive insight into the world of generative artificial intelligence (AI). The lecture was given by Prof Dr Sven Rill and highlighted various aspects of this topic, with a particular focus on ChatGPT and similar technologies. [more]
published: 30.01.2024
Almost 1600 students at Hof University of Applied Sciences do not come from Germany, but from a wide variety of countries. A total of 70 nations can be found on our campus. The numbers have risen significantly in recent years. We work together with many former students on projects, and we simply keep in touch with some of them. Interview with Natsuko Podzimek, former computer science student and programmer at Siemens. [more]
published: 29.01.2024
The joy is great, the "mission to defend the title" has been successful! Hof University of Applied Sciences is the most popular university in Germany for the second year in a row and continues to receive the highest marks for its teaching nationwide. [more]
published: 24.01.2024
The "mission to defend the title" has succeeded! Hof University of Applied Sciences is the very first German university or college to defend the title it won last year as "Germany's Most Popular University". University President Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Jürgen Lehmann in an interview with "Campuls-digital". [more]
published: 24.01.2024
It can be particularly challenging when students suddenly become parents and have to organize their family alongside their studies and first career steps. Lukas Spotka and his wife Ruth Lugemba Mvula have experienced just that. As students on the Master's degree course in International Project Management, they are a couple. [more]
published: 23.01.2024
Almost 50 future school leavers took up the offer, which was primarily aimed at visitors from Saxony, where the "Saxon University Day" was taking place on this day. This offers the opportunity to find out about possible study paths at colleges and universities across the country. [more]
published: 12.01.2024
Sustainability is also becoming increasingly important in teaching, especially in the context of education for sustainable development. Teaching methods such as simulation games, project-based and collaborative learning are increasingly being used to convey the complexity of sustainability. [more]
published: 09.01.2024
VR Bank Bayreuth-Hof has been committed to Hof University of Applied Sciences for many years and thus to the educational prospects in the region. Thanks to a donation of EUR 5,000 from the net proceeds of the profit savings, research at the new Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) can now be expanded. [more]
published: 21.12.2023
Students on the Innovative Healthcare course at the Lucas Cranach Campus in Kronach recently received exciting insights into key topics such as the labour market, medical technology, digitalization and IT in the healthcare sector. [more]
published: 19.12.2023
How can you bypass security measures? And how can you protect yourself from online attacks? [more]
published: 15.12.2023
Back in October, the International Department of the Bildungswerk der Bayerische Wirtschaft (bbw) gGmbH organized a specialist seminar. An 18-strong delegation from Mongolia therefore spent an exciting week in Bavaria on the topic of sustainable urban development and also came to Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
published: 11.12.2023
Hof University of Applied Sciences honored the top 10% of Bachelor's and Master's students in their respective faculties at a ceremony at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys). The so-called "dean's list" includes students who have performed particularly well in their studies to date. [more]
published: 08.12.2023
How do I become a professor at a university of applied sciences? What requirements do I have to fulfill and how do the application and appointment procedures work? What will my future working life look like? On Tuesday, 28.11.2023, the "Go2Hof4ever" project team invited interested parties from universities and industry to the "Professorship as a career goal" information event at the Digital Start-up Center. [more]
published: 04.12.2023
"The method is about first understanding a problem very well, learning and finding out as much as possible about it and then working on the solution," says Prof. Dr. Oliver Mauroner. This refers to design thinking, an innovation method that is based on the way designers work and is open-ended. [more]
published: 01.12.2023
With the "Annual Multimedia Award 2024", one of the most important prizes for young digital talent goes to a student at Hof University of Applied Sciences this year. [more]
published: 29.11.2023
It was "sweaty" in the truest sense of the word, but also successful: in constant temperatures of 35 to 40 degrees Celsius, a three-person delegation from Hof University of Applied Sciences visited facilities at the University of Sao Paulo. It is one of the largest and most prestigious universities in Latin America. [more]
published: 27.11.2023
In the recently published ranking for Master's degree programs 2023/24 by the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHE), Hof University of Applied Sciences received top marks from its students in the field of economics. [more]
published: 23.11.2023
The Hofer Land Care Control Center is setting up a special model apartment designed with care aspects in Ernst-Reuter-Straße in Hof: The project is being scientifically supported by the Faculty of Interdisciplinary and Innovative Sciences at Hof University of Applied Sciences on the Kronach campus. [more]
published: 21.11.2023