To mark the 20th anniversary of UNESCO World Heritage Day, the 54 World Heritage Sites in Germany invite you to discover and experience them on Sunday, 1 June 2025. Under the slogan »Communicate, Connect, Inspire«, the German UNESCO Commission and the Verein UNESCO-Welterbestätten Deutschland are celebrating the occasion with a broad range of activities. The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is also participating. Visitors can explore the World Heritage Sites in Weimar and revisit the early Bauhaus.

Yesterday evening, 22 May 2025, it was confirmed that the »Imaginamics. Practices and Dynamics of Social Imagining« Cluster of Excellence, submitted under the leadership of Friedrich Schiller University Jena, has been awarded funding within the Excellence Strategy of the German federal and state governments. This is also significant for the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, which is involved in the project through three of its leading researchers.

Innerhalb des Jahresthemas 2025/2026 der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar wurden unter dem Titel »Beyond Now ⸺ Umwelten« zehn Projekte gefördert, die sich in Forschung und Lehre, Wissenschaft und Kunst mit der Wechselwirkung zwischen Lebewesen und ihren materiellen sowie immateriellen Umwelten beschäftigen.

What Does Sustainability in Research, Teaching, Art, and Society Mean? This year’s Science Day at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on Wednesday, 21 May, was dedicated to this question with their theme »What Does Sustainable Mean Here?«. Scientists shed light on this complex topic from different professional perspectives in five exciting presentations. Visitors were invited to reflect on a seemingly omnipresent concept – and yet one that constantly needs to be rethought.

The Thuringian Forest is a myth, habitat, recreational area, and economic factor – but how much of it is left in times of climate crisis, urbanisation, and demographic change? What kind of future can be developed in this symbolic landscape in the former Green Heart of Germany? The »Landscape in the Anthropocene: Thuringian Forest - Between Imagination, Resources, and Reality« project is seeking to answer these questions, specifically in the Masserberg region.

The Centre for Higher Education Development’s (CHE) latest ranking recognises several outstanding degree programmes in the Faculties of Architecture and Urbanism as well as Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. The general study situation and organisation as well as the university's support and facilities in particular were rated very highly by the students. The results were published in May 2025 in the »ZEIT Studienführer« and DIE ZEIT’s HeyStudium online portal.

On Wednesday, 4 June 225, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be hosting an all-day Family and Health Day. All university members – students, doctoral candidates, employees, and, in the afternoon, their families – are warmly invited to a multifaceted event based on health and family.

Im Rahmen des Bauhaus-Moduls »Auf die Schiene kommen« lädt die Professur Entwerfen und Städtebau herzlich zur Eröffnung einer Vortragsreihe ein, die sich mit der nachhaltigen Transformation von Bahnhöfen in den Niederlanden befasst. Den Auftakt macht am Donnerstag, den 22. Mai 2025, um 18.30 Uhr im Bauhaus-Atelier ein Vortrag von Pascal Cornips vom renommierten Architekturbüro Benthem Crouwel Architects aus Amsterdam.

In 2025, Climate Alliance - the largest European city network for municipal climate protection - is once again calling on citizens and municipalities to cycle as many everyday journeys as possible within three weeks. The goal is to make a strong statement in favour of mobility, healthy exercise, and active climate protection. The city of Weimar is taking part in »CITY CYCLING« from 24 May to 13 June 2025. The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be participating for the fourth time with its own team.

Renowned neuroscientist Wolf Singer will be a guest at the Faculty of Art and Design at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar on Tuesday, 27 May 2025 at 7 pm. With his public lecture on »Oszillationen, Wellen und Interferenzen als Lingua Franca der Großhirnrinde« (oscillations, waves, and interface as the lingua franca of the cerebral cortex), he will be opening his new lecture series »Sonic Talks«, which will focus on focus on rhythm, sound and healing in the 2025 summer semester.

What happens when a forest changes? Students from the »PostCompost – Forest Reset« research project are examining the transformation of the Thuringian Forest with instructors Klaus Fritze-Herbst and Christian Doeller. Using artistic and scientific methods, the group is making it possible to understand how nature, landscapes, and habitats are evolving and reshaping themselves.

Niels Cremer and Tom Kemter received an honourable mention at the Rimowa Design Prize ceremony on Tuesday, 13 May 2025. Their »Standalone« redesign of the traditional crutch won over the jury. The Produktdesign (Product Design) students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar received a total of 10,000 euros in prize money for their design.

The Lernraum.Bauhaus Symposium and eTeach Annual Conference 2025 are focussing together on the future of teaching and learning, as well as the question of how this can be spatially shaped. The joint event, titled »Spacing – Lernen zwischen Räumen.«, will take place from 24 to 26 September 2025 at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Contributions may be submitted until 1 June.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will open its doors on Saturday, 24 May 2025 from 9 am to 3 pm for the annual Open Campus Day. What is the right degree programme for me? How can I finance my studies? What can I expect in Weimar and on campus? These questions and others will bye answered by Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and Studierendenwerk Thüringen staff in the foyer of the Mensa am Park at Marienstraße 15 starting at 9 am. Guests will be provided with general and subject-specific information on studying.

The fourth event in this series looks at the past: There is no future without history.

On Wednesday, 7 May 2025, the Senate confirmed the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar’s new Vice Presidents. Prof. Dr. Guido Morgenthal will hold the office of Vice President for Projects and Research for the next three years. During their session, Senate members voted strongly in favour of President Prof. Peter Benz’s proposal. Prof. Dr. Timon Rabczuk, the previous Vice President, resigned from the position due to personal reasons. During the session, the Senate bid farewell to Prof. Rabczuk and President Prof. Peter Benz thanked him for his commitment over the past two years. With the appointment of Prof. Morgenthal, the Presidential Board is again complete.

Wie wurde Städtebau im Nationalsozialismus zum Instrument von Macht, Ausgrenzung und Krieg? Welche Rolle spielte er im Vergleich zu anderen autoritären Regimen in Europa zwischen 1933 und 1945? Antworten auf diese Fragen gibt eine neue, umfangreiche Publikation, die am 16. Mai, 18 Uhr, im Bauhaus-Museum Weimar der Öffentlichkeit vorgestellt wird.