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A new course at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen is starting. In research and development, THMteams create innovations for industrial practice. The university is expanding its international cooperation network, thereby opening up additional opportunities for students to study abroad. A graduate's thesis receives a prize. A new professor has started work. The THM invites you to public lectures. Here you will find news from teaching, research and university life as a whole.

 

The exhibition "House of Diversity - Architecture for a Democratic Urban Society" can still be seen in the Museum of Gießen until May 25, 2025.

How can a place to be designed that not only represents democratic values, but also actively creates space for participation, encounter and development? This question dealt with the THM architectural students as part of a design task. The results can still be seen in the Museum of Gießen until May 25th.

Read more: Students show “House of Diversity” in the Museum of Gießen


Interest in the train engineering course has grown steadily over the ten years. For the winter semester 2024/25, Prof. Dr. Martin Pächer 75 "Erstis" in Friedberg.

Practical and interdisciplinary: This probably applies to hardly any other course at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) as in rail engineering. Practice and theory have been interlinked in Friedberg for ten years - many of the lecturers come from companies and students also gain practical experience in addition to their theoretical knowledge.

Read more: More than enthusiasm for trains


In the interview, the President, Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems, the new department head Stefan Schnoklake, who started his service on October 1st, 2024 at the THM .

Prof. Dr. In this video, Matthias Willems points out three events that will take place at the THM in the coming weeks and to which all interested parties are cordially invited.

 

Read more: News from the presidium


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A new face at the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen : Prof. Dr. Timo Kachel the business department as an expert in the field of controlling.

Read more: Expert for controlling at the THM


THMPresident Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems (from left to right), laudator Prof. Hubert Jung, Nora Koch, Martin Klein, Hannah-Sophie Tscherney, Maximilian Löw, Carolin Marx, Jonas Jannik Rosenau, laudator Prof. Dr. Stephanie Hanrath, Peter R. Manolopoulos (CEO Schunk Group) and Dr. Reinhold Wolf (deputy chairman of the Ludwig Schunk Foundation).

The Ludwig Schunk Prize is awarded annually to young talents of the THM , which are characterized by outstanding study achievements and extraordinary voluntary work. This year, six young women and men are happy about the price.

Read more: THMgraduates receive Ludwig-Schunk Prize


 THMPresident Prof. Dr. Matthias Willems (3rd VL) welcomes: Ilona Roth (VL), Oliver Schneider, Pia Meier, Oliver Brückmann and Peter Manolopoulos.

Prof. Dr. Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen THMMatthias Willems welcomes five new members: Oliver Brückmann, the managing partner of Brückmann Elektronik GmbH, is now also part of the university council as well as Peter Manolopoulos, chairman of the company management and CEO of the Schunk Group. Pia Meier brings her expertise as HR Manager and member of the management at Seidel GmbH & Co. KG. Ilona Roth is part of the University Council and Oliver Schneider, as deputy chair of the Sparkasse Gießen , complements the committee as managing director of Römheld GmbH Friedrichshütte.

Read more: THMPresident welcomes five new members of the university council


Several Degree Courses of the THM score in the CHE high school ranking.

Degree Courses energy technology as well as the dual bachelor- Degree Courses electrical engineering and engineering mechanical engineering of the Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen (THM) have achieved a particularly good result in the current ranking of the Center for Higher Education (CHE) and the weekly newspaper.

Read more: THM- Degree Courses scores in the CHE high school ranking


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The university's own programme perTHM accompanies promising young scientific young people to professorship at a university for applied sciences. With Prof. Dr.-ING Nadine Wills-Stroh, the first graduate has taken up her teaching at Business Administration and Engineering department in Friedberg.

Read more: On THMpaths to a professorship


The events of Prof. Holger Rohn, Sustainability Officer of the THM, will also be moderated in this semester.

How powerful your own consumer decision on manufacturers and thus also on the living conditions of countless people affects, the Ring lecture "Responsibility Future" of the THM highlights in the summer semester. Three open discussion rounds shed light on sustainability in supply chains, in the textile industry and through repair and circular economy. It starts on May 14th.

Read more: Produce, consume and live more sustainably