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Gemeinsame Medieninformation mit dem TMWLLR: Thüringen bündelt und verstärkt seine Kompetenzen in der Bautechnologie. Am »Thüringer Innovationszentrum für die Zukunft des Bauens« (ThIZ-BAU) sollen künftig ressourcenschonende und nachhaltige Baustoffe und Bauprozesse entwickelt und neue Produkte und Technologien in die industrielle Anwendung überführt werden. Als ersten Schritt dazu übergab Thüringens Wirtschaftsministerin Colette Boos-John heute in Weimar drei Förderbescheide über insgesamt knapp 5,5 Millionen Euro (EFRE- und Landesmittel) an die beteiligten Forschungseinrichtungen – das F.-A.-Finger-Institut für Baustoffkunde an der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar (BUW) (0,9 Millionen Euro), das Institut für Angewandte Bauforschung Weimar gGmbH (IAB) (2,5 Millionen Euro) und die Materialforschungs- und -prüfanstalt (MFPA) (2,1 Millionen Euro). Die Mittel fließen insbesondere in die Anschaffung von Forschungsgeräten. Alle drei Einrichtungen werden gemeinsam Träger des neuen Innovationszentrums sein.

Vom 12. bis 15. Februar 2026 öffnet die Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ihre Türen zur Wintersemesterschau »go4spring«. Studierende ermöglichen Einblicke in aktuelle Arbeiten aus dem Wintersemester 2025/26.

Am Dienstag, 3. Februar 2026, übergibt die Thüringer Wirtschaftsministerin Colette Boos-John die Zuwendungsbescheide für das Thüringer Innovationszentrum für die Zukunft des Bauens.

Once a year, the student council of the Faculty of Art and Design invites all students to present their current work in an exhibition. Over 50 projects and courses have registered and can be visited and explored from Friday, 6 February to Sunday, 8 February 2026.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar has always been synonymous with experimental work, interdisciplinary thinking, and learning through real-life projects. The experimental »Bauhaus Energy Hub« is an outstanding example of this aspiration. Designed and implemented by students from various disciplines, the building acts as a working and learning space as well as a Reallabor. On 19 January 2026, the Bauhaus University Press will publish a comprehensive documentation of this extraordinary teaching and research project.

Since 5 January 2026, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar's University Bibliography has been available online. Following the launch of such platforms at Friedrich Schiller University Jena and Technischen Universität Ilmenau some time ago, a similar system has now been launched at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Small and mid-sized skilled trades businesses are facing growing challenges; repurposing and renovating existing buildings is becoming increasingly complex, time pressure is mounting, and there is a growing shortage of skilled workers. Digital tools and robotics are promising relief. But how can new technologies be used in a way that they actually help craftspeople in their everyday life? This is the question being asked by the interdisciplinary research team at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in the »Handwerk der Zukunft« project. The team will be receiving nearly one million euros in funding from the European Social Fund from 2026 to 2028.

With a focus on the theme of »Experiential Turn – Erfahrungsräume für zukunftsfähiges Lernen« (experiential turn – experiential spaces for future-proof learning), the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is inviting you to this year’s TURN Conference: On 24 and 25 September, everything will be evolving around »Experiential Learning«. This term refers to a sustainable learning process though which knowledge is gained from concrete experiences. These experiences are then reflected upon, theoretically conceptualised, and further developed through repeated experimentation. Experiential learning influences not only the learning process, but also how knowledge is generated and insights are produced. Those interested can submit contributions until 28 February 2026.

In December 2024, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar held a ceremony to rename its auditorium maximum the »Maurice-Halbwachs-Auditorium« in honor of the French sociologist and philosopher. The ceremony on 4 December 2024 featured numerous speeches by prominent academics – these can now be read in the volume »Es gibt also keine Erinnerung ohne Wahrnehmung« / »Il n'y a donc pas de souvenir sans perception«, which has just been published by Bauhaus-Universitätsverlag.

With its application-oriented, cutting-edge research into resource-saving building materials and forward-looking construction methods, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was represented at the international »Ideen – Erfindungen – Neuheiten« (iENA) trade fair in November 2025: Four patent applications have now been awarded two gold and two silver medals. At the award ceremony on 11 December 2025 at the Technischen Universität Ilmenau, the scientists were presented with their medals and certificates in a festive ceremony.

Artificial intelligence writes texts in seconds, accurately summarizes content, and provides answers to the most complex questions. Its results are usually convincing, fluid, and extremely plausible. But how reliable are they really? The Weimar Department of Informatics is using current AI systems as an opportunity to critically examine their output: its meaning, correctness, and consequences for our own thinking. On 18 December 2025, at 5 pm, the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar invites you to its traditional Christmas lecture at Bauhausstraße 11.

Weimar is a double UNESCO World Heritage Site: as a place of »Classicism« and as part of the serial World Heritage Site »Bauhaus and its Sites in Weimar, Dessau, and Bernau.« But how does this cultural landscape actually affect residents and visitors? This question will be explored in a public lecture in English as part of the “Debating Heritage” series organized by the International Heritage Center at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on 18 December 2025 at 5:30 pm.

This year's German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Prize goes to doctoral student Ihab Al-Rikabi from Iraq. He is being honored for his outstanding commitment to social, societal, and intercultural issues at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

The Minister President Conference has decided to establish the Media Council’s headquarters at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar.

Mai Do’s »VOXAIPE – Decoded« digital typography project was honoured at the Deutschen Design Club (DDC) competition. The innovative, AI-supported typography design tool stood out with its conceptual originality and design quality in the »Digital Talents« category. Her work explores how artificial intelligence can translate voices into visual forms.

With over 60 employees and millions of euros in third-party funding, the F.A. Finger Institute for Building Materials Engineering (or FIB) is currently the most important research facility at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Founded in 1995, the Institute’s roots go back to the 1940s, when Friedrich August Finger, the man after whom it was named, established this innovative field of research and teaching. Together with the »Institut für angewandte Bauforschung« (IAB) and the Materials Research and Testing Laboratory (MFPA), Weimar’s innovative location is going to expand to become a Federal Construction Research Centre. These and other milestones of the FIB will be honoured at a ceremony marking its 30th anniversary.

Im Maurice-Halbwachs-Auditorium der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar findet am Montag, 8. Dezember 2025, um 19 Uhr der Vortrag »Erneuerbare Energie – die unerkannte Revolution« von Harald Lesch statt. Der renommierte Astrophysiker und Naturphilosoph gilt als einer der bekanntesten Wissenschaftskommunikatoren Deutschlands und begeistert mit verständlichen, leidenschaftlichen Einblicken in komplexe Themen.

The world seems increasingly uncanny: Artificial intelligence now generates images and texts on its own, plants react to their environment in surprisingly complex ways, and planet Earth itself presents itself as a wilful actor. From 3 to 5 December 2025, the DFG-funded research »Animismus/Maschinismus« project to the transdisciplinary »Planet Uncanny« conference in Weimar to explore precisely these disturbances. At the Bauhaus Museum Weimar, scientists and artists will gather to discuss how familiar roles between humans, machines, and nature are being rearranged in a changed world.

The TeleVisionale film and media festival will take place this year from 1 to 5 December in Weimar, right next door to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. This traditional festival, which is being held in Weimar for the first time this year, provides a wonderful opportunity to initiate projects that will allow students to contribute to the programme and the festival week. The Faculty of Media and the Faculty of Art and Design will also be participating.

This decision represents a major move towards a sustainable future for the construction industry. Today, Monday, 24 November 2025, representatives from the Bundesministeriums für Wohnen, Stadtentwicklung und Bauwesen (BMWSB) and the three federal states of Thuringia, Saxony, and Baden-Württemberg signed a key issues paper confirming the establishment of a »Bundesforschungszentrums für klimaneutrales und ressourceneffizientes Bauen (BFZ)« (Federal Research Centre for Climate-Neutral and Resource-Efficient Construction). The federal government will invest a total of 52.5 million euros in this project over the next few years.