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Die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und die Materialforschungs- und Prüfanstalt (MFPA) Weimar laden wieder junge Talente aus Mittelthüringen ein, sich beim bundesweit größten Nachwuchswettbewerb für Naturwissenschaft und Technik zu beteiligen. Die Anmeldung ist bis zum 30. November 2025 unter www.jugend-forscht.de möglich. Unter dem Motto »Maximale Perspektiven« findet der 31. Regionalwettbewerb Mittelthüringen am 25. Februar 2026 im Hauptgebäude der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar statt.

Am Freitag, 14. November 2025, lädt die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar gemeinsam mit ihrer Gründungswerkstatt neudeli erstmals zum »Innovators Homecoming« ein. Mit dem neuen Veranstaltungsformat werden Alumni, Studierende und Mitarbeitende der Universität zusammengebracht, um die Innovationskraft und den Gründungsgeist an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar sichtbar zu machen.

New Deans have been elected in all four faculties at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The Deans were appointed by University President Prof. Peter Benz and will serve a three-year term until the beginning of the 2028 winter semester.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Matriculation Ceremony welcomes new students in the upcoming 2025/2026 winter semester. The start of the new semester marks not only the return of already-enrolled students back to campus, but also the beginning of an exciting new phase for many first-year students.

Customers increasingly want affordable introductory offers, ad-supported offers, and bundles. Streaming services in Germany have to fight for customers: The market is becoming more and more saturated and customers are increasingly willing to cancel their subscriptions. TH Köln and the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar have carried out a representative study looking at when users switch services, how they rate individual services, and how providers can respond.

This October will mark 20 years since the new University Library building opened its doors. To celebrate this occasion, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be holding a ceremony in the Maurice-Halbwachs-Auditorium on 10 October 2025 at 11 am. Media representatives are warmly invited to attend the event.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is participating in this year's Campus Exhibition at Ars Electronica 2025 in Linz with several contributions. In keeping with the festival motto »Panic«, students and faculty from the departments of Art and Design as well as Architecture and Urbanism are presenting artistic works that critically examine digital technologies, ecological contexts, and social issues.

A short TikTok clip, a provoking comment below the Instagram post – shared and liked thousands of times. This is then followed by a flood of support, outrage, and hatred: Radical anti-feminist and queerphobic voices are becoming dominant in social media discourse. Algorithms, filter bubbles, and targeted campaigns reinforce these tendencies and influence political attitudes. But how do we fight hate and hate speech on social media platforms? From 2 to 7 September, the »Künstlerisch forschende Strategien zur De-Radikalisierung auf Social Media« block seminar invites students to explore digital networks and develop creative counter-strategies to online hate. The results will be presented as part of the finissage of the Kunstfest Weimar.