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EU provides a two-million euro funding for the international university project THRIVE to speed up on healthcare innovations. In this two-year project, 14 partners from nine European countries aim to translate healthcare research findings more quickly into workable and socially effective innovations.

At the invitation of HSBI’s Bielefeld School of Business, international and national experts from politics, business and science gathered at the fifth BiCAB Conference to discuss the importance of shaping the exchange between science, business, politics and society. They also talked about how this exchange can be further strengthened.

About 90 guests from 36 countries are staying at HSBI until 22 May as part of the International Week, enriching the faculties and campus locations with international and intercultural courses, presentations, workshops and activities. With just under 100 activities, this year’s programme has set a new record.

The English-taught study programmes at Gütersloh Campus have got off to a successful start: 100 out of a total of about 570 students have enrolled in an English-taught study programme. Some of the international students now got to know Gütersloh better on a guided tour.

It is the first cooperation between Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences (HSBI) and a Japanese university: with Niigata University, HSBI’s Bielefeld School of Business has gained a new cooperation partner for scientific and student exchange. The student exchange has already started: Takaaki Hagiwara will be the first Japanese exchange student to study at HSBI for one year. His focus: sports economics. His passion: football.

Since April, Phd student Vrinda Dave has been researching at HSBI’s Bielefeld School of Business on self-help groups for women in socio-economic crises. She makes comparison between self-help groups in India and Germany. One of her first results: Empowering women is a priority in both countries to strengthen society and the economy. Dave’s stay was made possible by the New Horizon Fellowship for researchers from the Global South who conduct research on gender and equality issues. She is the fourth scholarship holder in this programme and thus a guest at HSBI.

The new executive director plans to focus on strengthening the connections between North American and OWL universities and intensifying contacts with companies on both sides of the Atlantic.

HSBI’s Bielefeld School of Business invited national and international policymakers, business experts and academics to the fourth BiCAB Conference to discuss how Artificial Intelligence will shape the future of business and politics.

Treasure Njimbong Jing from Cameroon is one of the first students to study the English-taught Industrial Engineering programme on HSBI’s Gütersloh Campus. She uses her own YouTube channel to inform about her life as a student in East Westphalia-Lippe – for example, to encourage prospective students worldwide to consider studying at HSBI. The application period for the English-taught programmes at HSBI will start soon. Please find more information here!

For the seventh time, HSBI’s International Week offers a platform for international and intercultural exchange: Until 16 May, more than 100 guests from 35 different countries enrich teaching and research activities of all faculties at HSBI with courses, presentations, workshops and projects.