#kickstart2023 - Introducing: "Kat-Energy" - Energy from micropollutants

With KICKSTART, Hof University of Applied Sciences has launched a funding programme 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. Today, in our sixth instalment, we present the "Kat-Energy" team. [...]
Sustainability at Christmas and during Advent - where it can be found everywhere

. How can you make the Advent and Christmas season more sustainable and yet beautiful, delicious and cosy? Here are our tips from the university family: [more]
Upper Franconian teachers' health day during the TAO theme year

As part of the TAO Health theme year, which focuses on networking healthcare stakeholders in Upper Franconia and informing society about health issues, 60 teachers from various schools in Upper Franconia met at Hof University of Applied Sciences in mid-November. The participants were able to familiarise themselves with methods and innovations in the area of their own health care and [...]
"We want to become the central contact point for the sponge city/region in Bavaria!"

The new Competence and Transfer Centre Sustainable Sponge Region (ktns) was recently launched. Prof Günter Müller-Czygan, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa), explains its tasks in an interview. [more]
"What was it actually like back then?"- The birth of the iwe in the big Campuls interview

The construction of the Centre for Water and Energy Management (ZWE) is the fulfilment of a vision that was conceived 15 years ago by University President Prof. Lehmann and implemented step by step. [more]
TAO theme year ends: The exciting new world of healthcare

The TAO Health Congress, organised by Hof University of Applied Sciences, was the final event of the Health theme year of the Technology Alliance of Upper Franconia (TAO). [more]
Searching for synergies: Sustainability at the centre of the 4th Institute Colloquium

The 4th colloquium of the research institutes ibp, ifm, inwa, iisys and iwe once again impressively demonstrated the breadth of research at Hof University of Applied Sciences. The colloquium is organised once a year to enable the institutes to exchange ideas on projects and research activities. [more]
Closing event for the TAO theme year "Health" in Hof

On Friday, 20 October 2023, the final congress for this year's "Health" theme year of the Technology Alliance Upper Franconia (TAO) will take place at Hof University of Applied Sciences from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the iisys building. [more]
"Learning by doing": an innovative learning method challenges students

The digitalisation of research and teaching is a major topic at the Hof University of Applied Sciences. A new learning and teaching method is now taking a particularly remarkable approach. As part of the "Sustainable food production in integrated aquaculture" project, students first acquire knowledge in a virtual reality environment, which they can then immediately [...]
The Hof Research University - the webtalk with Anne-Christine Habbel (episode 43)

In this podcast, we talk about current research topics. Anne-Christine Habbel, Head of Research Marketing, and students from the Marketing Management degree programme talk to the scientists and give an insight into the lives of researchers. [more]