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As of February 2025

2025

January 2025: New study sees H-BRS remain in first place for student satisfaction

First place in general student satisfaction: according to a recent study, the university achieved an average of 3.2 points on a scale of zero (very dissatisfied) to four (very satisfied). The graduates surveyed for the study thus put H-BRS in first place among all universities surveyed in North Rhine-Westphalia.

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2024

November 2024: H-BRS seals strategic partnership with universities in Ghana and Jordan

The university is further expanding its international profile: It has agreed strategic partnerships with the German Jordanian University in Jordan and the University of Cape Coast in Ghana. This puts the cooperation between H-BRS and the universities, which are well known from many joint projects, on a new footing.

November 2024: H-BRS student calculates efficiency of river heat pumps during low water

In his bachelor's thesis, Antonius Mashadhiarto Wiryanto from the Department of Management Sciences analysed whether climate change and low water can influence the use of river heat pumps using the Rhine as an example.

November 2024: Marion Halfmann takes office as President of H-BRS

The economist will officially take over from Hartmut Ihne, who is retiring after 16 years in the position, on 1 November 2024. Over the next few weeks, it will be important for the 56-year-old to engage in dialogue with as many university members and personalities from the region as possible.

October 2024: H-BRS Vice President Michaela Wirtz to become President of Landshut University of Applied Sciences

Professor Michaela Wirtz, Vice President of Transfer, Innovation and Sustainability at the university, has been elected President of Landshut University of Applied Sciences. She will take office in mid-March 2025 as the successor to Professor Fritz Pörnbacher. Wirtz received the majority of votes from the University Council in Landshut after the candidates presented their ideas for the future direction of the university.

October 2024: H-BRS strengthens regional companies with innovation lab

Making small and medium-sized companies from the region fit for the digital future is the objective of a project involving the university, which is setting up an innovation lab for this purpose. Denkschmiede Hennef und Ruppichteroth aims to strengthen knowledge transfer between research and SMEs and promote innovation. The project has A status in the "Regionale 2025 Bergisches RheinLand" structural programme.

September 2024: Culture machine promotes dialogue on art and culture in rural areas

The researchers from the SIKUL project are on the road with the culture machine at cultural events in rural areas. At successive stations, interested people can indicate what they would like to see in their neighbourhood, use a joystick to set which useful contacts they have, or have a punch card punched out to indicate which useful skills they have.

July 2024: Biomedical research at H-BRS strengthened

The DFG is supporting projects by Professors Mike Althaus, Matthias Preller and Jörn Oliver Sass with a total of 700,000 euros. Last year, the DFG had already funded the purchase of four new analysers. The projects focus on knowledge-oriented basic research to better understand common diseases such as type 2 diabetes or high blood pressure, as well as rare metabolic disorders.

June 2024: Angela Fischer re-elected as Chancellor of Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg

Her first term of office ends in March 2025, and her re-election means she will remain in office for a further six years. The Senate and the University Council of H-BRS had unanimously called on the 55-year-old lawyer to stand for re-election. The University Election Assembly chaired by Sylvie Hambloch-Gesinn followed this proposal.

June 2024: H-BRS sets an example for human dignity and democracy

The university is taking a stand against racism, anti-Semitism, hatred and all forms of discrimination by setting an example for human dignity and democracy. Around 150 participants accepted the invitation to a rally in Sankt Augustin.

May 2024: Making labour migration sustainable: H-BRS research team presents solutions

When is a migration story considered a success? Researchers from the Department of Social Policy addressed this question in the "Sustainable Labour Migration" project. They conducted interviews with actors who were organised in international pilot projects in Georgia, Vietnam and Kosovo: migrants, company representatives and state actors from Germany and the respective countries of origin.

April 2024: Robotics team wins RoboCup German Open in Kassel

The robotics team from Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg took first place in the @work league of working robots at the international robotics competition German Open in Kassel. The students beat off stiff competition with their mobile robot, which was further developed at the university.

April 2024: H-BRS founds "Centre for Assistive Technologies Rhine-Ruhr"

In order to adapt digital cognitive assistance systems individually and proactively to people's needs, the "Centre for Assistive Technologies (ZAT) Rhine-Ruhr" is founded, in which Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences works together with the Rhine-Waal and Lower Rhine universities and the University of Duisburg-Essen. The North Rhine-Westphalian Ministry of Culture and Science is funding the project with 2.7 million euros over the next three years.

April 2024: Digitisation Minister Scharrenbach visits the university

Ina Scharrenbach, Minister for Regional Identity, Communities and Local Government, Building and Digitisation of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, takes a look at current research projects at the university. The focus is on digitisation: Scharrenbach finds out about research in the fields of cyber security and consumer informatics.

April 2024: University develops system to detect explosives

In the EU project TeamUP, researchers from 23 European institutions support emergency services in the defence against threats posed by chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive substances (CBRN-E). Part of the project team is the Institute for Security Research at H-BRS, which specialises in the detection of explosives.

March 2024: Library at the Rheinbach campus of H-BRS ceremoniously reopened

The University and District Library at the Rheinbach campus was reopened with a celebration. The library had been closed to the public for almost four years - first due to the coronavirus pandemic and then due to the flood damage in July 2021. The library has been remodelled and is now more beautiful and modern.

March 2024: Reforestation with drones: Project Garrulus enters final project phase

A research team is working on reforesting destroyed forest areas with the help of drones. In the first phase of the project, the computer scientists were able to show that their concept works in practice. The prototype is now due to be completed by the end of 2026, which should make reforestation more efficient and cost-effective - from surveying an area to sowing the trees.

February 2024: H-BRS focuses on digital twins: New laboratory founded

Digital twins can be used to optimise the design of products and processes, and the number of applications is large and continues to grow. The university has founded a laboratory for digital twins together with two partners. The knowledge gained there is intended to benefit small and medium-sized enterprises in particular.

February 2024: Structural change in the lignite mining region: Universities join forces

Six universities of applied sciences in the Aachen, Mönchengladbach and Cologne/Bonn city triangle, including H-BRS, joined forces in 2021 to form the Transfer Alliance Rhineland Mining Region (TARR) in order to use their scientific skills to help shape the transformation. The participating universities have now signed a concrete agreement.

January 2024: University and Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz to cooperate

The university and the Bundeswehr Central Hospital Koblenz are working together in bioscientific research and teaching. Initial joint projects have yielded important findings in the field of rare but serious infections. Further joint projects are being planned.

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2023

December 2023: Wishing tree campaign for children in need

Books, painting materials, a bicycle lock, a basketball, a winter jacket or make-up utensils: citizens have fulfilled over 450 Christmas wishes from children in need. The campaign was organised and carried out by the university.

December 2023: DFG funds establishment of a centre for biomedical research

The university's project is one of ten projects nationwide selected by the DFG for its "Forschungsimpulse" programme. H-BRS will receive around 6 million euros over the next five years. This is the first time that the DFG has funded collaborative projects at universities of applied sciences.

December 2023: Photovoltaic project at the COP28 World Climate Conference

A research project in which H-BRS was involved has made it into the programme of the UN Climate Change Conference in Dubai: Professors Katja Bender and Stefanie Meilinger are presenting the EnerSHelF project virtually. They show how healthcare facilities in developing countries can secure their energy supply with the help of photovoltaics

August 2023: Laboratory equipment for partner university in Ukraine

The partner university was severely damaged in the first phase of the Russian war of aggression and lost a large part of its equipment. Members of H-BRS have collected money and materials. Laboratory electronics and computers are now on their way to Chernihiv.

July 2023: University robotics team is RoboCup world champion

The b-it-bots team wins the world title at RoboCup 2023 in Bordeaux, France, in the @work league. It is the third world title for the b-it-bots, which had already been crowned world champion in 2019 and 2009.

June 2023: Research Day

The doors to the laboratories were open, and the institutes and departments presented their current projects at information stands. On Research Day, the university provided insights into its work and the world of science with an extensive programme. The climate crisis and its consequences formed the thematic framework for the lectures and the panel discussion.

April 2023: Redesign of the library at the Sankt Augustin campus

New furniture and a different room layout support communicative learning in groups as well as concentrated work in silence. The redesign followed a concept that emphasises a feel-good atmosphere. The new video studio will also be inaugurated at the opening ceremony in April. Teachers and students can record their own videos there quickly and easily at the touch of a button.

April 2023: NEBULA research project to combat fake news

In a joint research project, several universities are developing methods to automatically recognise fake news with the help of artificial intelligence. The university is contributing its expertise in researching online communication. The technology is intended to serve authorities and organisations with security tasks as well as citizens.

March 2023: State of NRW approves spatial programme for Sankt Augustin

Good news arrives from the Ministry of Culture and Science in March: The state of NRW has approved the space programme for the Sankt Augustin site. This means that the university can start work on the planned new building with around 6,000 square metres of usable space.

March 2023: University founds Institute for Artificial Intelligence

The A2S Institute is based at the Department of Computer Science and will bring together the university's expertise in the fields of artificial intelligence and autonomous systems. The institute will focus on application areas such as logistics, healthcare and agile manufacturing.

February 2023: University and DLR expand their cooperation in safety research

University President Hartmut Ihne and Deputy Chairman of the DLR Executive Board Klaus Hamacher sign an agreement on the establishment of a joint research cluster for the detection of hazardous substances. This will bring together skills and research capacities for the detection and identification of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive hazardous substances.

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December 2022: Research on EU-wide knowledge transfer in agricultural journalism

With the EU-FarmBook project, the European Union aims to promote the EU-wide transfer of scientific knowledge into agricultural practice - to this end, 29 organisations will be working over the next seven years to improve knowledge transfer and network stakeholders. The university is conducting research at an important interface: the communication of research with the (specialist) media as multipliers.

November 2022: Right to award doctorates for universities in NRW

NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes awards the doctoral college of the universities of applied sciences the right to award doctorates at a ceremony. With the independent right to award doctorates, the excellent research work of the HAW is being recognised. "We fought for this step for a very long time," said University President Hartmut Ihne.

November 2022: University researchers honoured for their work on greater security on the Internet

The Stifterverband honours Professor Luigi Lo Iacono and Stephan Wiefling with the Open Data Impact Award 2022. The two scientists have made a dataset freely available that can be used to improve the security of internet accounts. This gives software developers access to data that is currently only available to a few very large internet companies.

September 2022: NRW Science Minister Ina Brandes visits H-BRS

The Science Minister visits the hydrogen and power electronics laboratories and the Biometrics Evaluation Centre to gain an impression of current research projects at H-BRS in the areas of sustainability and digitisation and appoints the members of the University Council for the next five years.

August 2022: Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger praises "ambitious research projects"

The focus of the visit is on sustainability and digitisation - during a tour, the Minister visits the hydrogen and power electronics laboratories and the showroom of the Institute for Visual Computing, among other things.

July 2022: Conversion of the library completed

The new central search Bib-Discover replaces the previous library catalogue and makes it possible to search the entire collection and all digital content in just one step. In addition to the technical innovations, the basement of the library has been redesigned and the learning space enlarged. A revised lighting system and new furniture offer even more space for learning, researching and browsing.

July 2022: University adopts new sustainability strategy

Whether it's a CO2-free campus, new sustainability degree programmes or research into the expansion of renewable energies: The goals set by 2025 are diverse and ambitious.

May 2022: H-BRS creates safety concept for maintenance drones

Researchers at the university have developed a procedure that can be used as a basis for using drones for external safety checks of aircraft in the future. To this end, they have created a system that allows precise risk assessment for different operational scenarios.

May 2022: New rooms for H-BRS at the Steyler Missionaries

Since May, the university has been a tenant on the premises of the Steyler Missionaries in Sankt Augustin. The Management Sciences department has moved into rooms in the former philosophical-theological university and holds seminars and lectures there.

March 2022: H-BRS sets up emergency fund for Ukrainian students

The university condemns the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in the strongest possible terms and expresses its solidarity with the people of Ukraine, the victims of the invasion that violates international law. It is setting up an emergency fund for students from Ukraine at short notice - primarily for Ukrainian H-BRS students in need, but also for prospective students from Ukraine.

February 2022: H-BRS opens studio for computer games

The department opens the "Game Studio", equipped with state-of-the-art technology, including the most popular current games for testing. Students can develop their own games here, add their own soundtrack and test them.

January 2022: Study: Top marks for H-BRS for student satisfaction

The university produces very satisfied graduates: in a new study, it outperforms all other universities in North Rhine-Westphalia in terms of student satisfaction. Overall, universities of applied sciences are rated better than universities in terms of student satisfaction.

January 2022: research project to raise awareness of IT security among hospital staff

When computer systems in hospitals fail, the consequences can be dramatic. In the past, hospitals have repeatedly been targeted by hackers - sometimes with dramatic consequences. This is where the university's new research project MedISA (Medical Centre Employee Centered Information Security Awareness) comes in.

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2021

November 2021: H-BRS and BSI open Biometrics Evaluation Centre

In order to improve biometric systems and make them more secure, the Institute of Safety and Security Research (ISF) at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and the Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) have jointly established the Biometrics Evaluation Centre (BEZ) over the past three years.

November 2021: H-BRS and MPIC improve knowledge transfer

The joint research project "KLUGER Transfer" (Climate-Environment-Health Transfer) between the university and the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz is investigating how knowledge transfer from basic research via a university of applied sciences to society, politics and business can be achieved better and faster. The H-BRS plays the role of a "transfer hinge", translating between theory and practice.

October 2021: Virtual ceremony for graduates

The university bids farewell to two graduating classes with a virtual ceremony. In the past two academic years, around 2,500 students graduated with a Bachelor's or Master's degree. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, however, everything was different than usual: the alumni did not celebrate in person with family and friends, but via streaming in front of their computers - including graduation speeches, improvisation theatre by the Springmäuse and live music by the band 1st Class Entertainment.

September 2021: Symposium: Fundamentals of Medicine and Biotechnology

The digital symposium "New Roles for Ion Channels and Transporters in Health and Disease" will take place in September 2021. The international symposium is being organised by the British Physiological Society with the participation of Professor Mike Althaus from the university's Institute of Functional Gene Analysis.

August 2021: BRS Motorsport takes overall victory in Spain 2021

The student team BRS Motorsport wins Formula Student Spain: the students from Sankt Augustin take overall victory on the Barcelona-Catalunya race track. The design of the new electric racing car is particularly impressive against international competition.

August 2021: University experiment on the space station in space

In August 2021, the Dragon space transporter will be launched to the International Space Station (ISS). In addition to 35 other experiments from Germany, the ISS supply mission also has a joint experiment from the university, the German Aerospace Centre, Saarland University and University College London on board.

August 2021: H-BRS commits to Open Access

The university is committed to free access to scientific knowledge. It has therefore adopted Open Access guidelines and signed the Berlin Declaration. The university is thus part of an interest group of leading research institutions and numerous scientists from around the world.

July 2021: millions in damage for the university in Rheinbach

After the severe storm in the region, clean-up work has begun at the Rheinbach campus. The water in the basements of the main buildings and the new building, which only went into operation in 2017, is around two metres high and has destroyed the heart of the campus: above all the central heating system, the building management system, the servers and the main distribution board for the power supply.

July 2021: Vice world champion title for b-it-bots at RoboCup World Championship

The university's two b-it-bots teams achieved very good placings at the RoboCup World Championship. The students from Sankt Augustin competed with their robots against teams from all over the world in two disciplines. In the @work league, the young H-BRS team secured the runner-up title, while in the @home league, the students fought off strong competition to take fifth place.

June 2021: Institute for Cyber Security & Privacy commences work

The institute bundles research, teaching and transfer at the university's Department of Computer Science on topics relating to security and privacy in the digital world and has an ambitious programme: It aims to do no less than help shape national and international research into IT security and digital privacy in a sustainable way and provide Bachelor's and Master's students with an outstanding subject-specific education.

June 2021: Strategic guidelines for the university 2021 to 2025

The university's development plan 3 for the years 2021 to 2025 is published. It describes the strategic priorities of university development and is based on the guiding principles of sustainability and social responsibility, digitisation, internationalisation and diversity.

May 2021: Hybrid lightweight structures for the mobility sector

Together with partners from industry and research, the university is developing an energy-efficient and quality-assured process chain for the production of hybrid lightweight structures for the mobility sector at the International Centre for Sustainable Development. The "Next Level Lightweight Production" project, NeLiPro for short, is funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.

May 2021: Founding more successfully with the Start-up-Manufaktur

The H-BRS bundled its start-up support a year ago and is gradually expanding it further. The Start-up-Manufaktur is the next aspect of the concept being implemented, which is funded by the BMWi. The Start-up-Manufaktur serves as a central start-up centre for students and employees of the university. The existing range of services will be significantly expanded in the Start-up-Manufaktur.

April 2021: Lecture series on technology and environmental ethics: Corona in research

The lecture series on technology and environmental ethics in the summer semester of 2021 will focus on the Covid-19 epidemic. Scientists from a wide range of disciplines will present their research fields in relation to corona.

March 2021: EU project SESAME: Research on multi-robot systems

SESAME (Safe and Secure Multi-Robot Systems) is the name of a new project at the Department of Computer Science that focuses on five areas of application: Healthcare, agile manufacturing, the agricultural and food industry and inspection and maintenance. The focus is on multi-robot systems, which consist of interconnected teams of robots that can perform tasks together.

February 2021: Tracking the odour of Covid-19

A double blind test is being carried out for the new "Trackdog" project: Sniffer dogs are to identify which samples laid out contain inactivated Sars-CoV-2 virus material.

January 2021: The first institute for consumer informatics in Germany

An interdisciplinary approach between consumer sciences and information systems is the basis of the Institute for Consumer Informatics, which was founded in January 2021 at the Department of Management Sciences. The aim is to professionalise research and teaching in this field and promote digital sovereignty, consumer protection and sustainability.

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2020

November 2020: On the smartness and learning ability of household robots

At the renowned International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, research associate Alex Mitrevski wins a Best Paper Award in the Cognitive Robotics section. PhD student Mitrevski conducts research in the field of cognitive robotics and supervises the student robotics competition team b-it-bots.

October 2020: Corona autumn at H-BRS

The winter semester 2020/21 is designed as a hybrid semester with a mix of face-to-face and online teaching. After a purely digital start of the lecture period, a mix of face-to-face and online teaching will follow from December. Masks are compulsory on the entire campus, both indoors and outdoors.

October 2020: Research into improved stability of power grids

The LEITNING joint project, funded by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy to research and develop a novel, mobile and multifunctional battery inverter, aims to make it possible to provide a highly available and modular alternating current grid incorporating locally generated renewable energy or to support locally weak power grids.

September 2020: path cleared for H-BRS to join the doctoral college

The University Council and Senate have given the green light for the university to join the NRW doctoral college, which is to be founded as an independent public corporation this year. The NRW Doctoral College replaces the Graduate College of the Universities of Applied Sciences NRW.

September 2020: Initiative H2R - Hydrogen Rhineland presents concept

The H2R - Hydrogen Rhineland initiative presents its concept for a model region for hydrogen technologies to the state of NRW. Numerous partners from the Rheinisch-Bergisch district and the Rhein-Sieg district, including the university, have joined forces in the initiative. The aim is to utilise the by-product hydrogen from the region's chemical industry and, in the medium term, green hydrogen produced regionally and imported via pipelines.

August 2020: sabre fencer Max Hartung becomes a student at H-BRS

Max Hartung is currently the second-best sabre fencer in the world, four-time European champion and world champion. In the 2020/21 winter semester, Hartung will begin a Master's degree in NGO & CSR Management at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg.

August 2020: Once to the moon and back - success at Hack-A-Sat

A photo of the moon brought the FluxRepeatRocket team, made up of the best hackers from Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg, Bochum University and an expert from Stuttgart, prize money totalling 20,000 US dollars. The team came 3rd in the final of the US Air Force Hack-A-Sat, beating five other hacker teams.

July 2020: Virtual and augmented reality for digital teaching

In order to promote the use of virtual and augmented reality in teaching, H-BRS and its three project partners will receive 1.54 million euros over a period of three years. The NRW Ministry of Science and the Digital University NRW are funding the project "AR/VR.nrw - Augmented and Virtual Reality in University Teaching" as part of the "Digital Tools in University Teaching" programme.

June 2020: Cooperation with DLR on civil security research

The DLR Institute for the Protection of Terrestrial Infrastructures and H-BRS conclude a cooperation agreement. In future, the partners want to jointly develop, evaluate and apply networked sensor technology - specifically to monitor critical infrastructures. The collaboration, which will initially run for five years, utilises and strengthens a wide range of synergy effects.

June 2020: Project OIHplus: a revolution in data integration

The Management Sciences department at H-BRS is a consortium partner in the Open Integration Hub Plus (OIHplus) project. The project partners aim to provide small and medium-sized enterprises with an open platform that enables them to easily synchronise their data between any software applications and intelligently analyse centrally available data.

May 2020: Best Paper Award for interdisciplinary team from H-BRS

The Best Paper Award at the international IEEE EDUCON conference went to a team from computer science and technical journalism at H-BRS for the didactic concept behind "technikjournal.de". In their didactic concept for the training portal "technikjournal.de", Karl Kirschner, Katharina Seuser, Susanne Keil and Christine Siefer explain how basic engineering knowledge and technical journalistic expertise are brought together.

May 2020: Two million euros for start-up funding at H-BRS

The university's Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and SMEs will receive a total of around two million euros in funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) for four years as part of the "EXIST-Potentials" programme.

April 2020: H-BRS included in "Magna Charta Universitatum"

The university will be included in the Magna Charta Universitatum in April. The declaration commits universities worldwide to upholding the principles of academic freedom and university autonomy.

April 2020: online semester takes off

Despite the postponed start of the semester due to the coronavirus, the Ministry of Science has expressly given universities the freedom to offer digital courses to students. As a result, digital teaching is getting a powerful boost and H-BRS students will be able to attend the first courses online in the first week of April, which will receive top marks from students for their technical expertise as well as their creativity and imagination.

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2019

December 2019: Family-friendliness permanently confirmed

For the fifth time, the university has undergone the berufundfamilie Service Gmbh audit process. Following the most recent certification, H-BRS can continue to carry the "audit familiengerechte hochschule" certificate.

December 2019: President re-elected

The University Election Assembly confirmed the President of the University in office by a large majority shortly before Christmas. This ensures continuity, particularly in the updating of the University Development Plan 2021 to 2025. The vote means that Ihne will remain President until 31 October 2024.

November 2019: New library cooperation

Three libraries, one series of events. Bonn University and State Library (ULB), Bonn City Library and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University and District Library (HuKB) have joined forces under the title Library³ . The partners plan to organise one event per year.

November 2019: Chamber's best trainee

Dominique Diehl continues the series of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce's best trainees with an outstanding performance during her training as a biology laboratory assistant. After completing her training, Diehl will begin work at the Max Planck Institute for the Biology of Ageing.

October 2019: SME Index Africa presented

The BRS Institute for International Studies, an affiliated institute of the university, presents the SME Index Africa. It provides small and medium-sized enterprises with a country rating to help them enter the market on the African continent.

September 2019: Teaching and learning labs to be expanded

The university is receiving 300,000 euros from the state for its h-brs.digilab.nrw project. It can now use the money to expand the teaching and learning labs and provide students with state-of-the-art digital tools.

September 2019: Innovation Award for Work in Psychology

Christine Syrek, Professor of Business Psychology, and her co-author from the University of Rostock receive the Innovation Award of the Division of Work, Organisational and Business Psychology of the German Psychological Society. The award-winning work deals with the effect of unfinished tasks.

August 2019: Teaching on two wheels: CSR tour

A group of business administration students visit companies in NRW by bike and talk to them about sustainability and business ethics. They learn about different aspects of Corporate Social Responsibility  in the process. New didactic paths through the joint journey are intended to deepen what they have learnt in the discussion.

August 2019: EU bronze in taekwondo

Business psychology student Martin Stach wins the bronze medal at the European Taekwondo Championships for students. On his return, Ulrike Lüneburg from the Executive Board of the University Society congratulates him. The society has set up a fund to support student athletes from the university in competitions abroad. Stach was the first to benefit from this.

July 2019: b-it-bots win world championship title

As if they had made a run-up in May: After winning the German Championship, the b-it-bots in Sydney now also take the world title in the @work league. In this RoboCup league, the main tasks to be mastered are logistical ones, in which robots have to carry out work in warehouses and production facilities independently.

July 2019: Respect wins

The "Respect!" initiative receives the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis innovation award in the Preventive Measures category. The prize was awarded for the first time in 2019. "Respekt!" addresses various aspects of diversity and sustainability with formats such as workshops, lectures and exhibitions. The events are open to the public.

June 2019: H-BRS now Fairtrade University

Transfair/Fairtrade presents the diploma, meaning that the university can now boast the Fairtrade University label. The initiative for the application came from students, who founded a Green Office at around the same time to support the university on its path to greater sustainability.

June 2019: Visualisation Showroom opened

The Institute for Visual Computing has set up a Visualisation Showroom with funding from the Innovative University Initiative. It provides information and advice to companies and facilitates dialogue. Interested members of the public can also take part in workshops and other hands-on formats.

June 2019: Udo Scheuer new to the President's Office

The long-standing Head of the Centre for Science and Technology Transfer (ZWT) is appointed Vice President Regional Development, Transfer and Innovation on the University Executive Board. He will retain the project management of "Campus to World".

June 2019: Professor Giso Deussen passes away

At the age of 78, Professor Giso Deussen succumbs to the consequences of an accident. Deussen had developed the concept for the technical journalism degree programme and held the professorship for media policy and media ethics until his retirement.

May 2019: b-it-bots German champion

In the @work league of the RoboCup German Open, the university team wins by a large margin and brings the championship title to Sankt Augustin. The service robots in the @home league are also well programmed: they achieve fourth place in the overall standings with robot lady "Lucy".

April 2019: Project office for "Campus to World" project

With a project office, the university is moving closer to the citizens and businesses of Neukirchen-Seelscheid. It is a highly visible step in the pilot project Municipal Innovation Partnerships (KIP), a sub-project of "Campus to World", the winning project in the Innovative University competition.

April 2019: Credit transfer for fundraising work

The university has used the Germany Scholarship as a door opener and glue for cooperation with companies in an exemplary manner. The German University Association awarded the university a recognition prize.

April 2019: Internationalisation successful

In a study by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), the German Rectors' Conference and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on the internationalisation of universities, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg scores well. The Master's degree programmes are the lighthouse here.

March 2019: deposit system instead of disposable cups

The Bonn student union is replacing the environmental sin of disposable cups in its cafeterias in Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach and introducing a deposit and reusable cup, the LogiCUP. Outside opening hours, a machine exchanges cups for a deposit.

February/March 2019: The Graduate Institute (GI) and university take a stand

The planned amendment to the NRW Higher Education Act has prompted the Graduate Institute (GI) and university president Hartmut Ihne, one of the initiators of the GI NRW, to take action. They are calling for the GI NRW to be reclassified as a Research Training Group and for universities of applied sciences to be granted the right to award doctorates independently.

January 2019: Angela Fischer is the university's new Chancellor

The position has been vacant since summer 2017 and was previously held by Deputy Chancellor Barbara Schubert.

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2018

November 2018: Federal Cross of Merit for deserving patron

She was chairperson of the University Council and the University Society (formerly: Gesellschaft der Förderer), she was a member of a committee of experts that accompanied the development of the university and she is a successful entrepreneur: Ines Knauber-Daubenbücher has now been honoured with the Cross of Merit on Ribbon.

November 2018: Teaching Prize awarded

Irene Rothe receives the Teaching Prize, which is endowed with 5,000 euros. The jury recognised Rothe's concept of involving students from several degree programmes in the preparation and implementation of the robot nights for pupils in the group project. They learn and train in interdisciplinary collaboration, project planning and knowledge transfer.

November 2018: Rain of money for the IT infrastructure

The university will receive 1.8 million euros from the state of NRW to renew and expand its IT infrastructure. It will invest the money in three projects that will benefit all parts of the university: teaching, research and administration. The measures are part of the university's digital strategy.

October 2018: ZAF with first tenant

The company Innovatec Gerätebau is the first research partner to move into a laboratory space in the Centre of Applied Research (ZAF) on the Rheinbach campus. Innovatec is bringing along an ultrapure water system for investigating ozone generators, for example.

September 2018: sniffer noses on the Rheinbach campus

Around 300 experts from authorities, research and practice will discuss and speak about the distinctive sense of smell of sniffer dogs at the 4th Odorology Symposium in Rheinbach. The focus will be on how the animals' sense of smell works as well as how they learn, possible training methods and new areas of application.

September 2018: Stammzellnetzwerk.NRW institutionalised

19 universities and non-university research institutions - and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (HAW) is the only one. The Stem Cell Research Competence Network previously supported by these institutions will be transferred to the Stem Cell Network.NRW association.

September 2018: Tailwind for teaching

With a new institute, the university aims to create the conditions to secure the successes achieved in teaching to date and to further develop teaching. The "Centre for Innovation and Development in Teaching" (ZIEL) has now been founded for this purpose.

August 2018: Karate bronze at the World Student Championships

Jenny Warling, also known as Karate Jenny, won a bronze medal for the university at the World Student Championships in Japan. The Luxembourg Master's student (Analytical Chemistry and Quality Assurance) was only able to take part thanks to the university covering her travel expenses.

July 2018: University builds in silver

A representative from the independent testing centre "Zertifizierung Bau" presents the university president and the head of construction and real estate with a diploma for their extension buildings in Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach. This confirms that the criteria of the silver sustainability building rating system have been met.

July 2018: Interjections on social policy

Under this heading, the Department of Social Policy and Social Security is organising a lecture series. Off the beaten track in social policy, the external speakers will present new and unconventional socio-political perspectives.

June 2018: Science Region at Villa Hammerschmidt

The science region, and therefore the university, will be presenting itself to the public at the open day at the Federal President's official residence in Bonn. The central theme is sustainability, for example using renewable raw materials, electromobility or car sharing.

June 2018: Field test for freight inspections in the port

The port of Rotterdam is the setting for the final field tests in the multinational EU project C-Bord. The scientists at the Institute for Security Research in Rheinbach are testing five new or improved detection methods for inspecting sealed containers in particular.

June 2018: Institute founded in the natural sciences

With the Institute for Functional Gene Analytics (IFGA), the university has another research facility. The central tool used by researchers at the IFGA is next generation sequencing (NGS) in DNA analysis. The IFGA's staff includes not only scientists, but also computer scientists.

June 2018: Redrockets get off to a flying start

Just a few months after it was founded, the university's hacker team competed in the international "Capture the Flag" tournament MidnightSun in Stockholm and immediately took second place. Reinforcements for the team are very welcome, as the RedRockets are anything but a secret organisation.

April 2018: Knowledge transfer and labour market orientation

A project funded by the DAAD with around 600,000 euros and involving four German and two Kenyan universities is planning reforms to achieve a stronger vocational and practical orientation in the courses offered by Kenyan universities. This should give graduates better opportunities on the labour market. Intensifying knowledge transfer is also an aspect of the project.

February 2018: Ars legendi award for chemist

Professor Klaus Lehmann from the Department of Natural Sciences receives the prestigious Ars legendi Faculty Award from the Stifterverband für Chemie. He owes the award to his students, who encouraged him to apply in the first place because they are convinced by their professor's teaching ideas and didactics.

January 2018: BildungsMehrMut initiative gets patron

Educational equity and a university-wide network are the goals of the BildungsMehrMut initiative, founded by Professor Elvira Jankowski and Manfred Bretz, research associate. It supports students who are the first in their family to study in a variety of ways. The NRW Ministry of Science has now taken over the patronage.

January 2018: Campus to World: Municipal Innovation Partnerships sub-project launched

Together with the municipality of Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, the university wants to develop a model for how the positive effects of the university can radiate even further into rural areas. If possible, the strategies of the pilot project should serve as a kind of template for other municipalities in structurally weak regions in order to increase their attractiveness.

January 2018: New university buildings inaugurated

After the blue ribbon was cut by the State Secretary, university president, district administrator and mayor, the new building at the Sankt Augustin campus - already the second extension - was also officially inaugurated. A new building was also erected at the Rheinbach campus and celebrated with a New Year's reception in January. A total of around 36 million euros was invested.

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2017

October 2017: New Bachelor's degree programmes

International Management, Sustainable Engineering and Sustainable Social Policy are the names of the new Bachelor's degree programmes, which are also registering high numbers of applicants. The Department of Social Security Studies is taking account of the expansion of its study programme and changing its name to "Social Policy and Social Security".

October 2017: Partner of the World Climate Conference

With the exhibition "Green Pieces", the university, together with the Jablonsky Collection, is the official climate partner of the World Climate Conference COP23. The vernissage also provided the setting for the presentation of the IZNE's Responsibility and Sustainability Award. The artist Hilla Jablonsky expressed her concern about the endangered environment in a series of large-format paintings back in the early 1980s.

September 2017: Voluntary Year in Science

For the first time, the university is offering an FSJ in science, technology and sustainability to a high school graduate at the university. The FSJ student works in the research group on inborn errors of metabolism and learns basic laboratory skills. He also gains insights into bioscientific degree programmes and careers.

September 2017: University hosts university championship

Around 60 students from all over Germany take part in the German university championship in the ten-kilometre road race in Siegburg. The university's cooperation partner is TV Kaldauen. At the same time, the first NRW championship in this discipline takes place as well as the HIT City Run in several categories.

September 2017: New University Council appointed

Six leave, two stay, six come - that means continuity as well as new impetus. The new University Council members are lawyer Sylvie Hamblock-Gesinn, Rainer Otto (Wirtgen Group Holding) and university professors Simone Bürsner, Karin Hummel, Klaus Deimel and Pete Kaul. Andrea Niehaus (Deutsches Musum Bon) and Jakob Rhyner (Vice Director of the United Nations University in Europe) remain in office.

July 2017: Change in the university management

Barbara Schubert takes over as Chancellor until the position is filled. Michaela Schuhmann, in office since 2013, was voted out of office by the University Assembly.

July 2017: "Campus to World" wins

With the award for its "Campus to World" concept, the university is not only allowed to use the "Innovative University" label. It will also receive around nine million euros from the federal-state programme for a total of nine sub-projects over the next five years. During this time, it will completely restructure its science and technology transfer and continue to open up to citizen science.

June 2017: Land of Ideas: University is an "Excellent Place"

With the EPICSAFE project, the university is one of this year's winners of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's innovation competition. EPICSAVE is a so-called serious game that enables prospective emergency paramedics to train for rare but life-threatening cases in virtual reality.

May 2017: Cyber Security Learning Lab opens

Under the umbrella of the Fraunhofer Academy, the university and the Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE) are opening the Cyber Security Learning Lab, which focuses on high security and emergency response. It offers training in the fields of detecting, analysing and responding to cyber attacks.

March 2017: Skills for SMEs

The university has been awarded the contract for one of several nationwide SME 4.0 competence centres. It will develop the topic of "Usability" - split across four locations - for the North region. The competence centres are intended to support medium-sized companies on the path to digital transformation.

March 2017: University with a role model character

This designation is awarded to the university in the current start-up radar. The ranking by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft (Donors' Association for the Promotion of Sciences and Humanities in Germany) puts H-BRS in 8th place among medium-sized universities and universities of applied sciences in Germany and in 3rd place among universities of applied sciences. The radar looks at the anchoring of start-up activities and the promotion of start-up activities.

January 2017: Butyric acid again

Another attempt to sabotage the Company Day failed, as the perpetrator may have been disturbed. Exhibitors and organisers were happy that the odour nuisance was limited and the career fair could go ahead.

January 2017: Fellowship for digital teaching

Professor Marco Winzker is the first person at Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg to receive funding from the NRW Ministry of Science and the Stifterverband as a "Fellow for Innovations in Digital University Teaching" for a period of one year. His remote lab enables laboratory experiments to be carried out from a PC at home.

January 2017: Professor Reiner Clement passes away

The entire university was shrouded in sadness and dismay when it learnt of the death of its Vice President Reiner Clement. He succumbed to his short, serious illness at the age of 58. Clement had already joined the university in 1996 as Professor of Economics.

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2016

December 2016: Paul G. Plöger Scientist Director of b-it

A change of leadership at the Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology (b-it), the joint facilities of the University of Bonn, RWTH Aachen University and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute Centre Schloss Birlinghoven. Professor Paul G. Plöger succeeds Professor Kurt-Ulrich Witt. The university runs its Master's degree programme in Autonomous Systems under the umbrella of b-IT.

November 2016: Africa Conference

The third Africa Conference at the Sankt Augustin campus is also all about entrepreneurship and business development in Africa. The event offers a unique platform in Germany for exchange between companies and universities from Germany and Africa, as well as between companies themselves.

November 2016: Company Day cancelled

It stinks early in the morning in Hochschulstraße. On the eve of the Company Day, an unknown person spread butyric acid in the main building in Sankt Augustin. In agreement with the regulatory authorities, the university cancels the Company Day. All courses were cancelled for three days, and the dining hall, cafeteria and parts of the building remained closed.

October 2016: New natural sciences Master's degree programme

"Materials Science and Sustainability Methods" is the name of the Master's degree programme that starts in the winter semester. It builds on the bachelor's degree programme "Chemistry with Materials Science" and combines this with the necessary sustainability aspects, such as lifespan, resource conservation and renewable raw materials.

October 2016: Rain of money for teaching

The Pro-MINT-us project receives further funding from the Teaching Quality Pact. 5.7 million euros will flow into the STEM subjects of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology in particular. Pro-MINT-us is all about improving study skills in the introductory phase of studies.

June 2016: Honorary doctorate for EMT professor

The Ukrainian Chernihiv National University of Technology awarded Professor Roustiam Chakirov from the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism (EMT) an honorary doctorate. The award recognises Chakirov's achievements in German-Ukrainian research cooperation in the field of renewable energies and electromobility.

May 2016: Respect for Diversity

The event series "Respect! Time for diversity, time for sustainability" provides the framework for the signing of the Diversity Charter by University President Hartmut Ihne.

April 2016: University builds again

Commencement ceremony at the Sankt Augustin campus. Both here and in Rheinbach, the university is building a second extension after 2005. The special feature at both locations is the designated space for a Centre of Applied Research (ZAF). Scientists from the university work on research and development issues together with external partners under the same roof.

March 2016: Robot colleague works hand in hand with human colleague

The federal government and industry are jointly providing around half a million euros for "beyondSPAI". Professor Norbert Jung is researching the safety of critical areas in human-robot interaction and is focusing on the intelligent linking of different sensor technologies.

February 2016: The TREE Institute is founded

The university is bundling topics relating to technical sustainability in its new Institute for Technology, Resource and Energy Efficiency (TREE). As a central scientific facility, TREE works across departments and disciplines.

January 2016: Computer science students nominated for Cebit Award

Sebastian Stenzel and Tobias Hagemann are among the three winners of the Cebit Innovatione Award 2016. Their development "Cryptomator" is an open source development for encrypting and storing data in any cloud or, if required, on a memory card.

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2015

December 2015: University Council with new chairperson

Bonn-based entrepreneur Dr Ines Knauber-Daubenbüchel is unanimously elected chairperson of the University Council, succeeding Professor Rupert Gerzer. Professor Jakob Rhyner, Vice-Rector of the United Nations University (UNU) in Germany, becomes her deputy.

November 2015: Green light for female professors

The equal opportunity commissioner has launched an equal opportunity programme. In four workshops, women with doctorates from science and industry are given the tools they need to become professors.

October 2015: Open-mindedness and tolerance

The Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg has signed the Bonn Declaration for Open-mindedness and Tolerance. The entire Bonn science region is committed to the cross-border and international exchange of ideas and people, which is a sign of vibrant science.

October 2015: Degree programme in social protection systems

The Master's degree programme "Analysis and Design of Social Protection Systems" is starting. It is the first in Germany to deal with social security systems in emerging and developing countries as well as in the European Union.

October 2015: Innovation Award for Clean Water

Professor Gerd Knupp is honoured with the university's Innovation Award for his research project "micrOzone". Together with the Rheinbach-based company Innovatec Gerätetechnik and the Institute of Solar Research at DLR, he has developed a new system for sterilising water or water-bearing system components.

September 2015: "bio innovation park Rheinland" founded

The association founded by universities, companies and the cities of Meckenheim and Rheinbach is intended to function as a platform for green innovations. It focuses on the sustainable production of food as well as resource efficiency and climate protection.

June/July 2015: Dual career

Two students from the university have been nominated for international competitions: Yanna Schneider (Business Psychology) and Sebastian Bachmann (Business Informatics). Schneider will be competing in taekwondo at the Universiade in South Korea, while Bachmann will be wielding the foil at the World Fencing Championships in Moscow.

May 2015: Change in the University Council

Jakob Rhyner is Vice-Rector in Europe at the United Nations University (UNU) and Director of the Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS). And now also a member of the H-BRS University Council. Rhyner succeeds Dr Eckart John von Freyend, who is stepping down as a member of the University Council for personal reasons.

May 2015: Breaking the Vicious Circle between Poverty and Ill-Health

The International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) is collaborating with five African universities on a research project aimed at breaking the vicious circle between poverty and ill-health. The aim is to develop evidence-based recommendations for action for social and economic policy makers.

May 2015: Best Engineering Centre

100,000 euros is the prize for the Sankt Augustin students' good ideas in teaching to achieve better academic success. The Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism (EMT) scored highly in the VDMA competition with its "4+1+4+1+4+1" model.

March 2015: Foundation of HAfM

The Higher Education Alliance for SMEs (HAfM) is founded in Berlin. Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is one of the seven founding universities. The alliance is intended to form the basis for a structured, stable and lasting partnership between universities of applied sciences and SMEs.

January 2015: New Vice Presidents take office

The President's Office around University President Hartmut Ihne is complete. On 1 January, the following will join the university management: Chancellor Michaela Schuhmann and, in alphabetical order, Vice Presidents Jürgen Bode (International Affairs and Diversity), Reiner Clement (Innovation and Regional Development), Margit Geißler (Research) and Iris Groß (Teaching and Studies).

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2014

December 2014: H-BRS receives seal of quality for internationalisation

The HRK audit "Internationalisation of universities" attests that Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg already has well-functioning internationalisation services and cites the International Office and the language centre as examples, as well as notable projects and degree programmes.

December 2014: Textbooks honoured by German UNESCO Commission

Two textbooks by Professors Reiner Clement, Wiltrud Terlau (both Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg) and Manfred Kiy (Cologne University of Applied Sciences) are honoured by the German UNESCO Commission as individual contributions to the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development. These are the textbooks "Angewandte Makroökonomie. Macroeconomics, Economic Policy and Sustainable Development with Case Studies" and "Sustainability Economics".

November 2014: Africa Conference at the Rheinbach Campus
The "Universities, Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development in Africa" conference at the Rheinbach Campus is aimed at academics, business representatives and other stakeholders interested in the interplay between education, business and economic development. More than 200 guests from 23 countries, including around 80 African countries, attend the conference.

September 2014: HuKB participates in Rhein-Sieg-Onleihe
The University and District Library (HuKB) participates in the public library service and thus increases the stock of all types of electronic media available for loan.

June 2014: Recertification as a family-friendly university
The university has held the "family-friendly university" certificate continuously since 2007. After 2010, it is now recertified for the second time for the next three years.

February 2014: Universities sign target agreements
The Ministry of Science and the public universities of applied sciences in NRW sign the so-called target and performance agreements. The agreement, which is valid until the end of 2015, includes agreements on the universities' research priorities and new part-time study programmes.

January 2014: Good performance in the "Start-up Radar"
As number 4 in Germany among medium-sized universities (5,000 to 15.000 students) on the start-up radar of the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft, H-BRS is a "role model university".

January 2014: State approves new university buildings
The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia approve the expansion of the university's space programme by around 5,400 square metres. The new buildings in Rheinbach and Sankt Augustin are scheduled for completion in 2016. The total volume of the undertaking, including land acquisition and initial furnishings, is estimated at around 34 million euros.

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2013

December 2013: Dr Michaela Schuhmann becomes Vice President
In December, Dr Michaela Schuhmann takes up office as the new Vice President for Business and Human Resources. She will initially be appointed for a period of six years. Michaela Schuhmann thus assumes responsibility for the administration and economic management of the entire university.

November 2013: Premiere for Research Day
For the first time, the university organises a Research Day and invites the public to attend. In December 2013, scientists from all departments will present their research work at the Sankt Augustin campus.

October 2013: First children's university in the Rhein-Sieg district
Under the motto "Green, green, green are all my questions", the first children's university in the Rhein-Sieg district is being launched. H-BRS and Alanus University are running the pilot project for the first time in the 2013/2014 school year. The events are fully booked - the children are enthusiastic.

May 2013: Second term in office for President Ihne
President Prof. Dr Hartmut Ihne is confirmed in office by the Senate of the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences with a large majority.

April 2013: Farewell to Chancellor Hans Stender
In April, the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences bids farewell to founding Chancellor Hans Stender with a retirement ceremony at the Sankt Augustin campus.

January 2013: National Code
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg joins the "National Code for Foreign Students at German Universities".

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2012

November 2012: Rhine-Sieg District Archives online
Thanks to a cooperation between the University and District Library and the Rhine-Sieg District, the Scientific Library of the Rhine-Sieg District Archives is available online.

October 2012: Teaching Award
For the first time, the university organised a "Day of Teaching" and awarded a teaching prize. Prof. Dr Ursula Konrads received the award.

September 2012: New degree programmes
Interested students can study Business Psychology at the Rheinbach campus from the winter semester. This degree programme is only available at a few universities in Germany. The Master's degree programme in Analytical Chemistry and Quality Assurance also started at the Rheinbach campus at the same time with the first students.

September 2012: Opening of the Institute of Visual Computing
The Institute of Visual Computing (IVC) emerged from the University Research Focus of the same name. The institute focuses on the interactive visual processing of information for many applications, such as interactive (learning) environments, image synthesis and augmented reality.

August 2012: University Council continues its work
The current University Council was fully confirmed in office and will continue its work for another five years. The old and new University Council consists of four external and four internal members: Prof Dr Tobias Amely, Prof Dr Rupert Gerzer (chairperson of the University Council), Prof Dr Elvira Jankowski, Dr Eckart John von Freyend, Dr Ines Knauber-Daubenbüchel, Prof Dr Gerd Knupp, Prof Dr Karl W. Neunast and Dr Andrea Niehaus.

February 2012: Master's degree programme "Technology and Innovation Communication" at the start
Academically address topics from communication, innovation, technology and business and combine communicative expertise with technical know-how: The AQAS-accredited degree programme leading to a Master of Science degree increases journalists' opportunities on the job market and opens up a completely new field of work.

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2011

December 2011: Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and Cologne Chamber of Skilled Crafts cooperate
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg and Cologne Chamber of Skilled Crafts have signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen the business location in the fields of science and technology, research, production and services and thus secure it in the long term. The aim is to create sustainable structures between science and the skilled trades that will enable more intensive cooperation.

December 2011: International Welcome Centre opens
Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg began expanding the International Office in October 2010 and set up the International Welcome Centre at the start of the 2011/2012 winter semester. This is a service and meeting centre for international students and visiting academics.

October 2011: Membership of the European University Association (EUA)
The university becomes a member of the European University Association (EUA). This organisation is made up of universities and universities of applied sciences from 47 European countries and offers them a unique forum for cooperation on teaching and research issues. At the same time, the organisation represents the universities to politicians and advises them on relevant policy issues.

Winter 2010/2011: Cooperation with ENSCBP Bordeaux
The cooperation with ENSCBP Bordeaux (Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie, de Biologie et de Physique) begins in the winter semester. Students from both universities use new media to practise communication and negotiation skills in English in order to promote intercultural skills.

January 2011: Two new facilities
Having already been formally founded, the Graduate Institute and the International Centre for Sustainable Development (IZNE) begin work on 1 January 2011. Prof Dr Rainer Herpers is Director of the Graduate Institute, while Prof Dr Wiltrud Terlau is responsible for the IZNE.

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2010

November 2010: Opening of the Institute for Detection Technologies
The Institute for Detection Technologies is opened on the Rheinbach campus. Over the coming years, new detection research methods will be developed under the direction of Professor Dr Gerhard Holl, who holds the EADS endowed professorship.

November 2010: University development plan
In mid-November, the University Council approves the university's goals up to 2015 as presented by the President's Office. Among other things, these set out the university's strategic direction in the areas of internationalisation, research, teaching and funding.

October 2010: Research priorities
"Security research" and "visual computing" will be the focus of applied research at the university in future. In a special meeting, the President's Office names these topics as University Research Focuses. The university wants to strengthen its research profile and is investing almost four million euros over the next five years.

October 2010: International Office
The International Office begins its work. It combines the former International Office and a new Welcome Centre. This is an important step towards implementing the university's internationalisation strategy.

May 2010: Additional funding wanted
The university sets up a fundraising position. The aim is to open up funding opportunities for research projects, among other things, in order to supplement the declining funding from public sources.

March 2010: Professor Klaus W. ter Horst retires
He came to the university in 1995, the year it was founded, as the founding dean of the Sankt Augustin Department of Business. Since then, he has steered the fortunes of the department, later also as elected Dean.

Spring 2010: Two new Master's degree programmes in Management Sciences
The Department of Management Sciences is launching two part-time Master's degree programmes: Innovation and Information Management and Controlling and Management.

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2009

Winter 2009/2010: Tuition fee foundation established
In agreement with the students, a portion of the tuition fees paid serves as a contribution to the new foundation. Among other things, scholarships are to be awarded from the foundation.

November 2009: Anniversary of the HuKB
The University and District Library Bonn-Rhein-Sieg has now been in existence for ten years following the merger of the former University Library with the non-fiction library of the Rhein-Sieg district. The merger has become a model for success.

November 2009: Initiation of a cooperation with the University of Cape Coast/Ghana
The partnership is intended to be the starting point for further development policy activities at the university. An initial agreement is signed during a visit by a university delegation to Ghana.

Autumn 2009: University is a partner of the Bonn Sustainability Portal
The Bonn Sustainability Portal is an information exchange for sustainability. The university is a founding member along with seven other institutions.

Autumn 2009: Two international Master's degree programmes begin
The NGO Management degree programme is launched at the Rheinbach campus, for which there was already lively interest during the planning stage. No wonder, as hardly any other region is home to as many non-governmental organisations as Bonn.
International Media Studies is the other new Master's degree programme, which has Deutsche Welle and the University of Bonn as partners alongside Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg.

Summer 2009: b-it-bots become world champions
Robot Johnny beat the strong competition in the RoboCup@Home league. He was able to find his way around a new environment, fetch a drink from the dining room and serve it to a guest. In doing so, Johnny recognised the mood of his counterpart and reacted accordingly.

Summer 2009: Foundation of joint institute with FH Aachen
The idea of a joint institute developed from the joint "Polymer Materials" competence platform. In June, the new "Institute of Applied Polymer Science" and the joint Master's degree programme "Applied Polymer Science" are contractually sealed.

Spring 2009: The President's Office is complete
In addition to the President (Prof. Dr. Hartmut Ihne), there is also a Vice President. Hartmut Ihne), there are Vice Presidents for Research and Transfer (Prof. Dr Volker Sommer), Internationalisation and International Cooperation (Prof. Dr Wiltrud Terlau), Teaching, Studies and Continuing Education (Prof. Dr Manfred Kaul) as well as Innovation and New Financing Instruments (Prof. Dr Reiner Clement) and the Chancellor. Reiner Clement) and the Chancellor Hans Stender.

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2008

December 2008: Senate decides to change the name of the university
On 18 December 2008, the Senate of the university decided to change the name of the university. On 18 December 2008, the Senate of the university decided to change its name from "Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences" to "Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg" with effect from 1 January 2009 with only one vote against.

November 2008: First President of the University
Prof. Dr Hartmut Ihne has been President of Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg since 1 November. In his "Inaugural Lecture", he formulates important key points for the further development of the university.

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2007

August 2007: University Council begins its work
In August, Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg is the first university of applied sciences in North Rhine-Westphalia to introduce its University Council. The members receive their certificates of appointment from NRW Science Minister Andreas Pinkwart and come together for the constituent meeting. At this meeting, Professor Dr Rupert Gerzer, Head of the Institute of Aerospace Medicine at the German Aerospace Centre (DLR) in Cologne, is elected chairperson. The chairperson will appoint the future President of the University and will be his or her superior.

Autumn 2007: Conversion to Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes completed

In the winter semester 2007/2008, the first students in the Department of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Technical Journalism will begin their Bachelor's degree programmes. This completes the changeover from Diplom (FH) to Bachelor's and Master's degrees for the entire university.

Spring 2007: Awarded the basic certificate "Family-friendly university"
The university has implemented numerous measures to promote family-friendly working and study conditions for its students and employees. On 26 March 2007, it was awarded the basic certificate "audit family-friendly university".

Winter 2007: The third target agreement is here
The state of NRW and Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg sign new target agreements for the period up to 31 December 2010. The focus is on measures for academic success and the promotion of entrepreneurial thinking among students. The University of Applied Sciences wants to further raise its profile by promoting business start-ups by students and graduates. The Ministry of Science and the university also agree to analyse the impact of the measures in terms of success and profile building and to position itself as a "university with good, individualised student advice counselling". There are also plans to institutionalise the alumni club and to be certified as a family-friendly university by the Hertie Foundation.

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2006

October 2006: Open Day at the Department of Computer Science to mark its anniversary
The open day offers an almost breathtakingly exciting programme for all interested parties: a motion tracker for monitoring, web portals to support races at the Nürburgring, technical simulation games, a system for cross-language searches that also speaks Japanese, robots that play football and much more.

June 2006: 100 international faces and their stories
Students from more than 80 different countries study at the University of Applied Sciences. The 100 Faces - My taste of home project is launched to show the diversity of cultures. German students photographed and interviewed their foreign fellow students in Rheinbach and Sankt Augustin.

May 2006: Technical journalism top of the university rankings in the  magazine Karriere
The university receives top marks for its technical journalism programme. It is the second best university in North Rhine-Westphalia and ranks fourth out of 50 degree programmes nationwide, according to the results of the 06/07 university ranking by Karriere magazine.

March 2006: Department of Economics in the top group in Wirtschaftswoche's university ranking
In the evaluation, the university was ranked sixth nationwide together with the Wiesbaden University of Applied Sciences. In a national comparison, this corresponds to third place behind the Universities of Applied Sciences in Münster and Cologne.

March 2006: NUK start-up prize for students at the university
With their ‘Smoothie Project’, the three students Marco Knauf, Inga Koster and Nicolas Lecloux win one of the main prizes in the largest start-up competition in the Cologne region. The project soon evolves into the company ‘true fruits’.

January 2006: 11 short films vie for the ‘Palm of Sankt Augustin’
At the first H-BRS film festival, the ‘FH-Shortcuts’, students on the Technical Journalism course show short films that they have made during the winter semester in Media Technology. Eleven production teams will be competing against each other with their films.

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2005

October 2005: 10th anniversary of the University of Applied Sciences
The Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg was founded on 1 January 1995. Although Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences was founded on 1 January 1995, it was not until October of the same year that the new university really came into operation with 30 students each at the Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach campuses.
An anniversary celebration was organised in the summer to mark the tenth anniversary. The university band TheBIGlive, which came together under the name "Aktionstheke" on the initiative of the founding rector, and a large football tournament provided the right atmosphere.

February 2005: Moving into the extension buildings
The newly built extension buildings at the Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach campuses are occupied. In Sankt Augustin, the BusinessCampus GmbH moves in alongside the Rectorate, Administration and the Department of Economics. The building in Rheinbach primarily houses the laboratories of the Department of Natural Sciences and a branch of the BusinessCampus.

Spring 2005: Second agreement on objectives is signed
The continuation of the first agreement on objectives, which was negotiated three years ago between Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences and the Ministry of Science of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, confirms that the university is on the right path to sharpening its own profile. In addition, the agreement with the state provides the framework for further development. For example, the University of Applied Sciences will apply for further research focuses and competence platforms as well as activities to attract applicants and promote the internationalisation of degree programmes, especially in Rheinbach.

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2004

Autumn 2004: Over 4,000 students for the first time
The University of Applied Sciences had long since reached its original target of 2,500 students. With more than 4,000 students in the 2004/2005 winter semester, the University of Applied Sciences breaks the sound barrier. The University of Applied Sciences owes this steady increase to the unbroken interest in the subjects of business, computer science, engineering and the business informatics degree programme introduced in 2003.

Autumn 2004: Business Campus Rhein-Sieg GmbH
The Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences (FH), the Rhein-Sieg-Kreis (RSK) and the Kreissparkasse (KSK) Cologne have joined forces to form BusinessCampus Rhein-Sieg GmbH to support young companies that are entering the market with new ideas or technical innovations. The joint company promotes the founding and development of new companies from the area surrounding the University of Applied Sciences. This includes the two business start-up centres at the Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach locations.

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2003

Summer 2003: Third campus
Hennef is added as the third campus. Together with the Federation of Institutions for Statutory Accident Insurance and Prevention (HVBG), the University of Applied Sciences establishes the Social Insurance degree programme.

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1995 - 2002

Autumn 2002: Foundation of B-IT
Foundation of the "Bonn-Aachen International Center for Information Technology" (B-IT) with the scientific facilities of Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

Spring 2000: New name
Change of the university name to Bonn-Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

Autumn/winter 1999: Completion of the new buildings
The new buildings at both locations of the Rhine-Sieg University of Applied Sciences are occupied.

From winter 1996: New degree programmes
1996: Applied Computer Science in Sankt Augustin
1997: Chemistry in Rheinbach, Electrical Engineering in Sankt Augustin
1998: Materials Engineering in Rheinbach, Mechanical Engineering in Sankt Augustin
1999: Technical Journalism in Sankt Augustin
2000: Biology in Rheinbach
2001: Start of the switch from Diplom to Bachelor's degree programmes, introduction of the first Master's degree programme in Computer Science
2003: Social Insurance

Winter 1995: Teaching
The university is initially regionally anchored in two cities on the left and right banks of the Rhine: in Sankt Augustin and Rheinbach. The Sankt Augustin campus starts teaching immediately and is initially located in the TechnoPark of GMD Forschungszentrum Informationstechnik GmbH. In Rheinbach, a building in the city park will provide temporary accommodation. New buildings for the university of applied sciences are being planned. Teaching begins in Rheinbach and Sankt Augustin with one degree programme each in economics.

January 1995: Foundation of the university
The Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg was founded on 1 January 1995 by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia as the Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences. It is part of the "Agreement on equalisation measures for the Bonn region", which was concluded in 1994. Its special mission: to promote structural change in the region, create new training opportunities and contribute to the structural development of the economic area through practical projects and cooperation with industry.

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