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.

Zum Wintersemester 2025/26 heißt die Fakultät Medien der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar ihre Informatik-Erstis mit einem besonderen Extra willkommen: Studierende erhalten eine eigene Virtual Reality-Brille (Meta Quest 3), die sie während ihres gesamten Studiums flexibel nutzen können – für Lehrveranstaltungen, Gruppenprojekte, individuelle Entwicklungen oder Experimente zuhause. Die Kampagne »VR Ready for You« möchte Studierende nicht nur an den Stand der Informatikforschung heranführen, sondern sie aktiv auf den Umgang mit aktuellen und kommenden Technologien vorbereiten.

From 6 to 31 August 2025, around 250 students from over 50 countries will take part in two to three-and-a-half week language and specialist courses at the Bauhaus Summer School. Guests are warmly invited to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus for the final presentation on 29 August beginning at 2 pm.

From 6 to 31 August 2025, around 250 students from over 50 countries will take part in two to three-and-a-half week language and specialist courses at the Bauhaus Summer School. Guests are warmly invited to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus for the final presentation on 29 August beginning at 2 pm.

From 6 to 31 August 2025, around 250 students from over 50 countries will take part in two to three-and-a-half week language and specialist courses at the Bauhaus Summer School. Guests are warmly invited to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar campus for the final presentation on 29 August beginning at 2 pm.

Project work forms the core of teaching at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. But what exactly does this mean? Also for students in their everyday lives? Since the summer semester 2025, prospective students have been able to gain in-depth, often very personal insights via a new website. Twelve students spent several weeks documenting their daily lives in pictures, texts and thoughts. They explained their progress during the semester, along with how their groups were getting on and their personal development. As the title already reveals, everything is »in progress«.

Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2025, verlieh der Studierendenkonvent (StuKo) den Lehrpreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar an sechs Lehrformate, die von Studierenden als besonders gelungen bewertet wurden. Die Verleihung fand im Rahmen der summaery-Eröffnung hinter dem Hauptgebäude statt.

Am Donnerstag, 10. Juli 2025, verlieh der Studierendenkonvent (StuKo) den Lehrpreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar an sechs Lehrformate, die von Studierenden als besonders gelungen bewertet wurden. Die Verleihung fand im Rahmen der summaery-Eröffnung hinter dem Hauptgebäude statt.

On Thursday 10 July 2025, the Student Council (StuKo) conferred Teaching Awards to six teaching formats at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar that students consider particularly good. The award ceremony took place during the Summaery opening event, which was held behind the main university building.

Admittedly, no one has ever been able to visit all the summaery venues and »take in« all the events. With 50 venues and countless openings, presentations, celebrations, award ceremonies and panel discussions, the programme is simply too packed for that.

»ACHTUNG«, the German word for »attention«, is the motto of this year’s summaery. It was decided by the Faculty of Art & Design, which is also responsible for the associated visuals. The projects of second-semester students from three of the faculty’s five study programmes are well worth seeing. Hence »attention« please: here’s what’s new!

Zugegeben: Es gibt niemanden, der alle summaery-Orte je ablaufen und alle Veranstaltungen »mitnehmen« konnte. Dafür ist das Programm mit 50 Orten und unzähligen Eröffnungen, Präsentationen, Feiern, Preisverleihungen und Podiumsdiskussionen einfach zu prall gefüllt.

How much attention does an idea need? And when does an idea become a catalyst for social change? During the summaery2025, the Faculty of Media will showcase its projects in the newly renovated building at Bauhausstraße 11. Visitors are invited to come explore new perspectives on digital, social and creative topics of the future.

How much attention does an idea need? And when does an idea become a catalyst for social change? During the summaery2025, the Faculty of Media will showcase its projects in the newly renovated building at Bauhausstraße 11. Visitors are invited to come explore new perspectives on digital, social and creative topics of the future.

Wie lassen sich Räume nachhaltig neu denken? Welche sozialen und ökologischen Anforderungen müssen neue Wohn- und Lebensräume erfüllen? Und wie kann Architektur den Wandel nicht nur erzählen, sondern auch selbst gestalten? Vom 10. bis 13. Juli zeigen über 35 Projekte der Fakultät Architektur und Urbanistik, wie sich Studierende mit diesen Fragestellungen auseinandergesetzt haben. Im Mittelpunkt vieler Projekte steht die Arbeit am Bestand – ressourcenschonend, sensibel und vielfach mit lokalem oder regionalem Bezug.

How can we rethink spaces to make them sustainable for the future? What social and environmental needs must tomorrow’s homes and communal spaces meet? And how can architecture not just reflect change, but also help shape it? From 10 to 13 July, more than 35 projects will show how students from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism tackled these questions. Many projects focus on existing buildings, take a resource-conscious, sensitive approach and often have a strong local or regional focus.

There’s a lot of building work going on at the Coudray campus and in the lecture hall building right now, hence the engineers will show their work elsewhere between 10 and 13 July. There will be a pop-up exhibition on Goetheplatz, a straw bale tower on the outskirts of Weimar, plant walls with sensor technology in the seminar building and an outdoor clothes exchange on the campus. All this and much more awaits visitors to this year’s annual exhibition at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. It’s well worth taking a look at the programme, as some venues will only be open for a short time.

Masihne Rasuli, artistic staff member in Visuelle Kommunikation (Visual Communication), has long been interested in scientific topics. To get her students interested in the world of research, she will be offering a new course in the upcoming 2025/2026 winter semester: »Science, Bitch!«. In this course, design and science meet on an even playing field. It is not about explaining from an outside perspective, but rather about understanding and communicating from the inside.

Masihne Rasuli, künstlerische Mitarbeiterin in der Visuellen Kommunikation, interessiert sich seit Langem für naturwissenschaftliche Themen. Um auch ihre Studierenden für die Welt der Forschung zu begeistern, bietet sie im Wintersemester 2025/26 einen neuen Kurs an: »Science, Bitch!«. Darin begegnen sich Gestaltung und Naturwissenschaft nicht mit Abstand, sondern auf Augenhöhe. Es geht nicht ums Erklären von außen, sondern ums Begreifen und Vermitteln von innen heraus.

The Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is welcoming first-year Computer Science students with something special in the 2025/2026 winter semester: Their own VR headsets. The Meta Quest 3 headset can be used flexibly throughout the degree programme in courses, group projects, individual research, or experiments at home. The »VR Ready for You« campaign aims to familiarise students with the latest computer science research ad to actively prepare them for working with current and future technologies.