Archive

This year’s DAAD Prize goes to Betül Peker from Türkiye. In addition to her outstanding academic achievements in her Media Art and Design Master's programme, she has demonstrated an impressive range of intercultural and social commitment both within and outside of the University.

On Saturday 09 December 2023, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, together with Studierendenwerk Thüringen, invites you to the annual »Buy Yourself a Piece of Bauhaus« Christmas market. With nearly 80 stands, visitors can expect to find unique and handmade products, as well as an exciting supporting programme.

Over the next three years, the Departments of Computer Science in Architecture, Urban Studies and Social Research, and Virtual Reality and Visualisation in the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be working together with partners in Weimar and Berlin to research how citizens can participate in urban development processes using virtual reality. The »Bauhaus Participation Lab« joint project is being funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research with nearly 1.3 million euros.

Unusual gifts for Christmas will be on sale at the annual Bauhaus Christmas market in the Mensa am Park from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm on Saturday, 9 December 2023.

At the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism’s graduation ceremony on 17 November 2023, awards were presented for outstanding final thesis projects. The 23 Bachelor and Master projects nominated by the faculty's departments will be on display in the Main Building until 8 December 2023. The works on display include four award-winning projects from the »Design« and »Research« categories, as well as nine projects that received honourable mentions.

Each year, the German government hosts a Digital Summit, a congress that addresses the challenges posed by the digital transformation in Germany. The Digital Summit will be held in Jena on 20 and 21 November this year. During the summit, representatives from business, science and civil society will have the chance to engage directly with the German government and discuss the potential and opportunities of the digital transformation on-site. The key question is: How can we harness digital technologies to shape a sustainable and liveable future?

Am 5. Dezember 2023 laden der Career Service und die Gründerwerkstatt neudeli der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar gemeinsam mit der Thüringer Agentur für die Kreativwirtschaft (THAK) und der Thüringer Agentur für Fachkräftegewinnung (ThAFF) zur Veranstaltung »Should I Stay Or Should I Go? – Wege in die Thüringer Kreativwirtschaft nach dem Studium« in die Universitätsbibliothek ein. Ab 15 Uhr sind Studierende und Alumni kreativer Studiengänge dazu aufgerufen, sich durch Impulsvorträge und Beratungsangebote über ihre beruflichen Perspektiven in Thüringen zu informieren.

Produktdesign (Product Design) duos Julia Huhnholz and Friedrich Gerlach as well as Felix Stockhausen and Michael Mahle were awarded with first place prizes at this year’s »Mia Seeger Preis«. 1,500 euros prize money was awarded for the Bachelor's thesis »The Essence of Biocement«, which has already been recognised with numerous awards, and the semester project »Zweirad«.

Society is evolving and the housing market is changing with it. A research training group at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Goethe University Frankfurt am Main are planning to scientifically investigate this relationship.

In this year's ADC University Creative Index, the Free State of Thuringia takes an outstanding third place. This is based on the excellent achievements of students from the Faculty of Art and Design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, who were successful in the renowned ADC Talent Award.

From 9 to 11 November 2023, a unique international short film festival will take place at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar: only films that work without dialogue and language barriers will be shown. From a total of 2,256 submissions from 118 countries, 67 works were selected to be shown over three days of the festival.

The Startup Hub »neudeli« has been the central point for those interested in starting their own business since 2001. The Hub has recently secured funding through the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action’s (BMWK) »EXIST-Women« programme. neudeli will be receiving up to 105,000 euros, as well as the opportunity to provide women founders with scholarships through the neudeli »empowHER« programme.

Twice a year, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar offers information events on degree programmes and general study conditions. The next Orientation Evening is scheduled to take place digitally on Thursday, 9 November 2023 from 7 to 9 pm. Any interested prospective students and their parents are warmly invited to attend.

Die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und die Materialforschungs- und Prüfanstalt (MFPA) Weimar rufen alle kleinen und großen Jungforscher*innen aus ganz Mittelthüringen zur Teilnahme an Deutschlands bekanntestem Nachwuchswettbewerb auf. Die Anmeldung ist bis zum 30. November 2023 unter www.jugend-forscht.de möglich. Der 29. Regionalwettbewerb »Jugend forscht Mittelthüringen« findet am 28. Februar 2024 auf dem Campus der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar statt. Im November 2022 haben die Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und die MFPA Weimar die Patenschaft übernommen und tragen den Wettbewerb seither gemeinsam aus.

Der Arbeitskreis Thüringer Universitäts- und Hochschularchive erhält den Thüringer Archivpreis 2023. Die Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Hessen-Thüringen und der Landesverband Thüringen im Verband Deutscher Archivarinnen und Archivare (VDA) würdigen damit dessen Verdienste um die Entwicklung der Archive akademischer Lehreinrichtungen in Thüringen.

Covering just under 10 square metres, the energy self-sufficient experimental building is a prime example of how architecture can be sustainably rethought and implemented. Following months of effort by students from various disciplines, the experimental building will celebrate its topping-out ceremony on Thursday, October 26, 2023, starting at 4 p.m. in the courtyard of Coudraystrasse 11 to 13. The building’s »Tiny House« concept will be presented in a relaxed event. Interested individuals and media are warmly invited to attend the event.

How are architecture, urbanism and urban planning used by authoritarian regimes for government-stabilising purposes? What are the effects of these authoritarian practices at the local level? These questions are among those which will be addressed by academic at the annual conference of the Institute for European Urban Studies at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar from 9 to 11 November 2023.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar Matriculation Ceremony welcomes new students in the upcoming 2023/2024 winter semester. The start of the new semester marks not only the return of already-enrolled students, but also the beginning of an exciting new phase for many first-year students.

Große Erwartungen verbinden in diesen Tagen Wissenschaftler*innen der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und der Jagiellonen-Universität Krakau: Nach dreijähriger Arbeit werden am 30. September 2023 die Ergebnisse des deutsch-polnischen Forschungsprojekts »Schriftstellerinnen aus der Sammlung Varnhagen. Briefe – Werke – Relationen« auf der durch die Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ThULB) in Jena gehostete Website schriftstellerinnen-varnhagen.eu öffentlich gemacht. Die digitale Edition ist in enger Zusammenarbeit mit der Jagiellonen Bibliothek in Krakau, der Universitätsbibliothek der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar und der Agentur v3 consulting (München) entstanden.

On 27 September 2023, the »Freibad-Kolonnade« [»Outdoor Pool Colonnade«] design-build project was conferred second prize in the 2023 Thuringian environmental awards. The project was initiated by the Junior Professorship for »Konstruktives Entwerfen und Erproben« at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for the south Thuringian community of Rippershausen. It successfully prevailed over more than 40 projects submitted for the competition that champions exemplary commitment to climate protection and resource efficiency.