Information for Guests

Information for guests

The Bauhaus.Atelier | Info Shop Café is the central contact point for guests of the university. In the former Brendel Studio next to the Main Building, student employees offer information, a café invites you to linger and numerous souvenirs and products from the university can be discovered in the shop.
On the following sites you will find important information in advance, the opening hours of the buildings and further links to plan your visit to us.

UNESCO World Heritage Bauhaus Weimar

The State Bauhaus Weimar marks an important epoch in the more than 150-year history of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. This is where the Bauhaus was founded by Walter Gropius in 1919. Learn more about the founding sites at the university, which include the Main Building and the Van de Velde Building. Together with the Bauhaus sites in Dessau, they were inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1996.

Bauhaus Walks

Experience the historic Bauhaus and the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Weimar today. Students from the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar will guide you through the founding sites of the Bauhaus on the Bauhaus Walks, explaining the history and present of the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. You can visit all three Weimar Bauhaus sites as part of the Long Bauhaus Walk.
For an individual tour, we recommend the "Where is Walter?" app.

Welcome

We are delighted that you are interested in the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. On this page, we provide you with links and information on finding your way around campus. If you are looking for information about a specific topic or individual, please use our search function in the upper right-hand corner.

Bauhaus-Universität Weimar

With its four faculties for Architecture and Urbanism, Civil Engineering, Art and Design, and Media—our university is unique in Germany. Oure goal ist to shape the future and to transcend disciplinary boundaries—through experimentation, openness, creativity and internationality. It is with this mission that we research, teach and study at the historic founding site of the Bauhaus and, inspired by its ideas, have borne »Bauhaus« in our name since 1996.

Located in the cultural town of Weimar, the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar with its eventful past comprising more than 150 years of compelling history, today exist in an experimental environment, friendly atmosphere and through all those who study, teach, research and work here.

News from the University

You want to stay up to date? Know what's going on at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar? In the Bauhaus.Journal Online you will find interesting daily news from all areas of the university. It is supplemented by the Bauhaus.Journal, the university's printed magazine, which highlights longer-term developments.

You can find out even more on our social media channels. Whether you follow us on Twitter, Facebook or Instagram, we would be delighted if you did.

Events

There is a lot going on at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Numerous events such as exhibitions, conferences, performances, but also lectures and information days bring students, teachers, staff and the public together on various topics. Our Calendar gives you a quick overview of the current events at the university. You can find annually recurring events as well as reviews of past events under Annual Events.

Partner and Alumni

You feel connected to the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar, maybe you even studied here yourself? Do you want to work with us, get involved and contribute yourself, or just refresh contact with your former fellow students? Then get in touch and support us, for example through our Career Service, the »Freundeskreis der Bauhaus-Universität Weimar« or the Alumni Office. We look forward to talking to you.