Promoting committed students with an interest in start-ups, qualifying them for entrepreneurship and innovation and thus enriching the regional start-up ecosystem - this is what the start-up hub Upper Franconia - GO! It will be launched in November 2023 at the Universities of Bamberg and Bayreuth and the Universities of Applied Sciences in Coburg and Hof. [more]
published: 15.11.2023
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 TAO Health Congress, organized by Hof University of Applied Sciences, was the final event in the Health theme year of the Upper Franconia Technology Alliance (TAO). [more]
published: 02.11.2023
At the start of the winter semester 2023/24, the university once again welcomed several new professors to its campuses. Where they come from, which teaching areas they will be responsible for in the future, and what particularly appeals to them about their teaching activities - the campuls editorial team talked to them. [more]
published: 31.10.2023
With "VR2epair", a new and exciting project at the Institute for Information Systems (iisys) recently celebrated its kick-off. The focus is on training supported by virtual reality, or more precisely: the repair of household electrical appliances. Project leader Prof. Dr. René Peinl explains in an interview with "campuls-digital" what exactly this is all about. [more]
published: 26.10.2023
Instead of finally tackling important things consistently, do you prefer to check your news on Instagram or watch your favorite series on Netflix? You're not alone in this, on the contrary: The phenomenon even has a scientific name and is very widespread: "Procrastination" is what paralyzes us... [more]
published: 26.10.2023
A double degree agreement with MNU University in Kazakhstan has been in place since 2021. Now, in Astana, Kazakhstan, the ceremonial handing over of the certificates to the first 3 successful double-degree students of business informatics took place. [more]
published: 25.10.2023
With the master's degree program in Administrative Informatics, a course of study unique in Bavaria will start at Hof University of Applied Sciences in the summer semester of 2024. This is primarily aimed at graduates of the diploma program in administrative informatics and qualifies them for management and specialist positions in the field of public administration. [more]
published: 23.10.2023
Starting tomorrow (18-20.10.23) the seminar "Textile Basics" will take place again at the Münchberg campus. It is aimed at companies in the textile industry from German-speaking countries. [more]
published: 17.10.2023
On September 30, 2023, Prof. Dr. Margarete Blank-Bewersdorff and Prof. Dr. Georg Fischer, two long-time lecturers from the faculties of engineering and economics, will retire. [more]
published: 26.09.2023
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 ideas or prototype development. The KICKSTART teams have six months to develop their idea into a prototype. In the second episode, we present "Amelie Plants - sustainable balcony planters" today. [more]
published: 24.09.2023
Many schools in the health care sector are unable to fill positions, although in some cases there are even plans to expand training capacity. Hof University of Applied Sciences is addressing precisely this problem. With the new bachelor's degree program in vocational education, it is closing a long-standing gap in offerings in northern Bavaria. [more]
published: 19.09.2023
The digitization of research and teaching is a major topic at the University of Applied Sciences in Hof. A new learning and teaching method is now taking a particularly remarkable approach. As part of the project "Sustainable Food Production in Integrated Aquaculture," students first acquire knowledge in a virtual reality, which they then have to put into practice immediately. [more]
published: 19.09.2023
With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding program that starts at a very early stage of a possible start-up - more precisely: with the ideas or prototype development. The KICKSTART teams have six months to develop their idea into a prototype. We present the teams in loose succession. [more]
published: 13.09.2023
On Friday, July 28, more than 100 prospective students were guests at the university's Hof campus as part of the Applicants' Day. In addition to a tour of the campus and hands-on activities in the labs - including virtual reality and robotics - there was also plenty of time for personal conversations with the profs, current students and the student advisory service. [more]
published: 31.07.2023
The P-Seminar Denkfabrik of the Schiller-Gymnasium Hof has won the 500€ Innovation Award of the VDI (Verband Deutscher Ingenieure e.V.) at the VisionING competition at the FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg. One of the students' external partners in the Think Tank project was the Faculty of Computer Science at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Prof. Dr. Sven Rill, responsible for the Mobile Computing teaching area, provides insights into the project. [more]
published: 25.07.2023
Ten students from the Schiller-Gymnasium took part in the MacGyver Day in the Makerspace at Hof University of Applied Sciences. Their goal was to construct a self-propelled watercraft with simple household materials and use it to cross a canal. [more]
published: 14.07.2023
For the eighth time, hochschule dual - Bavaria's network for dual studies - honored outstanding achievements in dual studies. Jonas Will, a student at Hof University of Applied Sciences, was among the 20 graduates honored. [more]
published: 14.07.2023