The International Office’s Welcome Center supports international researchers who come to HSBI. Thanks to the assistance provided by Maximilian Köster, Daniela Milanez Silva from São Paulo made it through the organisational jungle of offices, banks and telephone companies – and was thus able to quickly devote herself to her actual topic: the technical investigation of fungi used as natural pesticides.

She is creative, good at networking and has expertise in her special subject that only few early researchers have. Co-supervised by HSBI, the doctoral project submitted by Linda Muskat shows enormous potential. Her topic: How are insect pest control agents designed that are completely biodegradable? Her companion throughout the project: a fungus called Pandora.

Hainan Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (BiUH) is the first university established from abroad that constitutes an independent legal entity in China. Teaching will start in the winter semester 2023/2024. The study programmes offered at BiUH are based on the concept of work-integrated studies at HSBI. In the long run, up to 12,000 students will complete their bachelor’s and master’s degree studies here. Prof. Dr. Jürgen Kretschmann, former president of TH Georg Agricola and renowned China expert, was appointed President of BiUH.

Invited by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), US and Canadian universities became acquainted with HSBI’s teaching, research and transfer in Bielefeld. The guests were highly interested in the close connection of application-oriented studies and practice. Representing the close research cooperation between HSBI and Bielefeld University, the CITEC was one of the locations that the delegation visited.

The International Week takes place at Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts (HSBI) for the fifth time – with a record number of participants: around 100 guests from 30 countries enrich the programme with lectures, workshops and information sessions. From 8 to 12 May, the university welcomes international guests.

At HSBI’s Faculty of Social Sciences, students participate in a virtual exchange programme. Together with their Swedish and Bulgarian fellow students, they discuss the global orientation of social work and benefit from the international cooperation. In May, the group will visit the Swedish university town Gothenburg together.

Fachhochschule Bielefeld (Bielefeld UAS) has a new name. From now on, it will be called Hochschule Bielefeld – University of Applied Sciences and Arts, or HSBI for short. Its logo and corporate design will get a new look, too. The new URL will be hsbi.de. Enquiries to the old Internet or e-mail addresses will be forwarded automatically to the new addresses. On the day of the name change, HSBI’s President, Prof. Dr. Ingeborg Schramm-Wölk, answered the media’s questions.