News from the faculty

On November 13, the online event »Alumni.Insights« provided around 50 international students with valuable perspectives on pursuing careers in Germany. Hosted by the Faculty of Media and the Career Service, the event featured three international alumni Fauziah Permatasari (Human-Computer Interaction), Lucky Chandrautama (Computer Science for Digital Media), and Aayush Shah (Digital Engineering) who shared their professional journeys and insights.

How do you start a career in IT – and what skills truly matter? The new event series »Career Insights«, organized by the Faculty of Media and Career Services at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, invites students to meet regional IT companies and gain firsthand insights into what recruiters are looking for in the application process.

Information Session and Panel Discussion with Bauhaus-Alumni from HCI, CS4DM & Digital Eng.

Die Fakultät Medien vergibt im Rahmen des Erasmus+ Programms KA171 für eine*n Studierende*n der Studiengänge Medienkultur (B.A.) und Medienwissenschaft (M.A.) ein viermonatiges Stipendium für ein Auslandssemester an der Partneruniversität »University of British Columbia« in Vancouver. Mit rund 60.000 Studierenden zählt die UBC zu den renommiertesten staatlichen Universitäten Kanadas. Die Fakultät Medien verfügt über eine langjährige Kooperation mit der Faculty of Arts, Department of Central, Eastern and Northern European Studies.

As part of the Erasmus+ and KA171 programs, the Faculty of Media will be awarding a five-month bursary in 2026/2027 for a semester to be spent abroad at York University Toronto, Canada, which is one of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s partner universities. The bursary will be awarded to a student from one of the following degree programs: Informatik (B.Sc., from 5th semester), HCI (M.Sc.), CS4DM (M.Sc.). With around 50,000 students, York University is the third largest university in Canada. Since 2019, the Faculty of Media has been working in close collaboration with its School of the Arts, Media, Performance &
Design.

Wednesday, 5th November 2025, 1:30 p.m.
Seminar Room H, Bauhausstraße 11

Der französische Philosoph Gilles Deleuze (1925–1995) wäre in diesem Jahr einhundert Jahre alt geworden. An der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, besonders an der Fakultät Medien, wird das Werk von Deleuze seit vielen Jahren erforscht und weitergedacht: von seiner Theorie des Kinos über seine Auffassung von Differenz und Wiederholung bis hin zu seinen Thesen zur Kontrollgesellschaft und zum kreativen Umgang mit Maschinen.

With the relocation of TeleVisionale – Film and Series Festival from Baden-Baden to Weimar, an active link has been established between festival activities and media studies research at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. In close cooperation with the German Academy of Performing Arts, which organises the festival, and ARD Kultur, the Faculty of Media transforms its seminar room into a festival stage.

Workshop am Mittwoch, 17.12.2025,
vermittelt Techniken zur Gesprächsführung gegen menschenfeindliche Aussagen