The term sustainable is everywhere, but what does it actually mean? Science Day 2025 at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will be exploring this question and invites guests to an interdisciplinary exchange in the Oberlichtsaal on 21 May.

The third edition of the event series centres around artificial intelligence (AI). The possibilities offered by artificial intelligence AI seem incredible, even magical. Digitalised aspects of life are developing at lightning speed – AI seems omnipresent and omnipotent. This brings up questions that refer to the fundamental relationship between technology and society and can only be answered from an interdisciplinary perspective, a task that guests will attempt during the event.

Die Ausstellung »Charlotte Sehmisch. Meisterin der Filzkunst« würdigt vom 12. Mai bis 5. Juli 2025 in der Universitätsbibliothek der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar das außergewöhnliche Werk der 2024 verstorbenen Künstlerin, die als Pionierin innovativer Filztechniken international Anerkennung fand. Ihr künstlerisches Schaffen wird erstmals in seiner ganzen Bandbreite präsentiert – von plastischen Wandreliefs über avantgardistische Mode bis hin zu experimentellen Oberflächenstrukturen.

Die Gründungswerkstatt neudeli der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar hat erneut vielversprechende Gründungsideen ausgezeichnet. Sechs Teams und Einzelgründer*innen konnten sich in der 21. Runde des Startup-Programms neudeli Fellowship gegen starke Konkurrenz durchsetzen und starten nun in die nächste Phase ihrer Projekte.

Career Services invites Bauhaus-Universität Weimar students, graduates, and alumni to the Career Networking Fair at the Mensa am Park on Wednesday, 14 May 2025. The hybrid event will offer numerous opportunities to speak directly to potential employers both in person at the event or beforehand online.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar welcomed new employees on 23 April 2025 at the »NEW@BAUHAUS - Welcoming New Employees« spring kick-off event. Alongside employees who have started working at the university since October 2024, the event also included new trainees for the first time.

In der Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sind gute Bilder heute wichtiger denn je. Ohne diese geht fast nichts mehr. Denn ein Bild sagt mehr als tausend Worte – oder braucht es inzwischen sogar Videos, um gut zu kommunizieren? Über die Visualisierung von Projekten und Forschungsthemen möchten wir in unserem nächsten Table Talk mit Ihnen ins Gespräch kommen.

Spring marks the beginning of the summer semester: The Presidential Board hosted the annual reception on 23 April. The focus of the event was on welcoming both »new« and »old« employees and kicking off the new semester – this time in an unconventional setting.

Whether it’s a chatbot, language assistant, or automatic text generation – artificial intelligence is being used in many areas. But how can we prove whether a text was written by a human or generated through a computer programme? Are invisible watermarks the solution to identifying authorship? The new »Lantmark« research project, which began at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar in early April 2025 and is being funded through the BMBF with nearly 1 million euros, is hoping to answer these questions.

The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) is funding the English-taught »Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering« (NHRE) Master's degree programme at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with nearly 850,000 euros. This funding will go towards full scholarships for students from developing and industrialising countries and annual grants for tutorials until 2032. Scholarship recipients acquire the technical skills required for planning, construction, and redeveloping in high-risk areas. Once students have successfully completed the programme, they are expected to bring their knowledge back to their home countries as international experts and contribute to sustainable development.

Wie kann der Erfurter Anger als zentrale Lebensader der Innenstadt neu gedacht werden? Mit dieser spannenden Leitfrage startet am 24. April 2025 das Semesterprojekt »Die neue Mitte Erfurt – der Erfurter Anger« der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. In Kooperation mit dem Dezernat Kultur und Stadtentwicklung der Stadt Erfurt widmen sich Studierende der Urbanistik in den kommenden Monaten den aktuellen Herausforderungen und Zukunftsperspektiven dieses bedeutenden Stadtraums.

Two projects with connections to the Faculty of Media at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar were honoured last week at the Laval Virtual 2025 in France, the most important European event for virtual, augmented, and mixed reality.

The second part of the event series will focus on a variety of questions about the future of our democracy. Democracy did not simply appear out of nowhere and it is not a guaranteed success. For the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, the experiences of National Socialist, the GDR, reunification, and the post-reunification period all shaped and influenced the understanding of democracy, as was demonstrated in the last elections. How should universities deal with this? How should the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar deal with this?

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar is introducing the »European Urban and Planning Studies« (EUPS) double degree programme taught in English at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism.« Students will have the opportunity to join the EUPS degree programme as part of the established European Urban Studies Master's degree programme, which, upon successful completion, awards students with a double degree from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar and the Blekinge Institute of Technology in Karlskrona, Sweden.

On Thursday, 3 April 2025, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar presented its six-semester annual theme programme to kick off the summer semester. The current annual theme, »Beyond Now ⸺ Environment«, focussed on projects and partners that explore the interaction between living beings and their material and immaterial environments through research, teaching, science, and art.

The Wind Tunnel Lab was lit up in purple, pink, and green for the opening of the »BEYOND NOW ⸺ Environment ⸺ Technology ⸺ Human« annual theme event at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Vice President for Social Transformation, Dr. Ulrike Kuch, presented the focal point for 2025 in her welcoming speech and emphasised the importance of the impact research and teaching have on society.

The Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will begin its first annual theme series, »BEYOND NOW⸺ Environment ⸺ Technology ⸺ Human« in the 2025 summer semester. The »Beyond Now ⸺ Questions on the Future of Society« event series is an essential part of the annual programme. It is intended to highlight current social issues and combine regional, national, and international perspectives.

From masonry made out of »Mikrowellenstroh« (microwave straw) and snail slime, to self-healing intelligent concrete – the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar was represented at this year's industrial trade fair in Hanover with four world premières from the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering. The exhibits were on display from 31 March to 4 April 2025 at the joint »Forschung für die Zukunft« stand, which brings together pioneering research projects from the states of Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.