Pollution from pharmaceutical residues - university strengthens wastewater treatment in India
The purification of toxic wastewater from the pharmaceutical industry in India is to be improved - this is the aim of a research project at the Institute for Sustainable Water Systems at Hof University of Applied Sciences (inwa). [more]
5000 € donation: VR Bank Bayreuth - Hof supports water research
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. With a donation of EUR 5,000 from the net proceeds of the bank's savings programme, research at the new Institute for Sustainable Water Systems (inwa) can now be expanded. [more]
#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. [...]
Topic "Sustainable urban development": Visit from Mongolia
The International Department of the Bildungswerk der Bayerischen Wirtschaft (bbw) gGmbH organised a specialist seminar back in October. An 18-strong delegation from Mongolia therefore spent an exciting week in Bavaria on the subject of sustainable urban development and also came to Hof University of Applied Sciences. [more]
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]
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