During the summer semester 2026, students at THA entered the metaverse as custom-designed avatars—using VR headsets and the Engage VR platform. In this context they discussed the opportunities and risks of AI in immersive worlds.
The two universities LMU and THA are launching the innovative learning project “Avatopia – Where Hope and Democracy Meet.” The project uses AI and virtual reality (VR) to combine historical, political, and aesthetic education.
The virtual exchange for the module “Introduction to Business English and Technical English” is also taking place at the THA in the winter semester 2025/26. Participating universities include IU de Bourges and Université de Lorraine in France, Wro...
During the semester break, we, a group of 13 students from different faculties, had the great opportunity to take part in a new exchange project. To be more precise, it was an AWP French intensive course with our partner university UCO (Université Catholique de l'Ouest) in Angers and Nantes. The ...
On behalf of the consortium, Prof. Dr. Gruber presented the Erasmus+ funded project “Augmented Reality Instructional Design for Language Learning (ARIDLL)” at the EuroCALL Conference 2024. Augmented reality (AR) augments reality with digital elements and can promote the understanding of abstract or difficult-to-grasp concepts as well as learners...
AI-supported foreign language learning and virtual reality at the Media Scouts Convention 24 at the THA
The study exchange between the I.U.T Bourges and the University of Augsburg, which took place in March 2024, was a complete success and offered the participating students a variety of exciting and instructive experiences.
In the international Healthy-Home competition, the work of students from the E2D study program was convincing and won first and third place.
Students of the study programs Energy Efficient Planning and Building and Energy Efficiency Design were on a one-week excursion to Romania, in the Bukovina region, together with Professor Susanne Runkel and supervisor Sabina Marhao. The topic of the excursion was the preservation of traditional b...
The Alte Schmiede project was awarded the Augsburg Future Prize 2021 along with five other prize winners. The award ceremony by Mayor Eva Weber and Sustainability Officer Reiner Erben took place in the Golden Hall with 200 invited guests.
At the end of April, a first networking meeting for the dual students of the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering took place in the park of the Silbermann Villa. In a small group with plenty of room for exchange and suggestions for improvement, the students got to talk with Dean Prof. Ch...
How does sustainable construction work? Twenty interested schoolgirls from grades 7 to 9 explored this question on April 28 as part of Girls'Day/Boys'Day at the Faculty of Architecture and Civil Engineering.
For years now, the month of November has been a time for Franco-German exchanges at the THA. This year was no exception: from 24 November to 1 December, a group of 17 students from Augsburg's twin city Bourges visited us with their lecturer and got to know the city from its best side.
In August 2023, ten students from Augsburg University of Applied Sciences were able to take part in an unforgettable study trip to China under the guidance of Chinese language lecturer Dr Tianshu Lü - an intensive course on Chinese language, cultu...
Augmented reality has the potential to make language learning more engaging, interactive and effective. The international workshop as part of the project "Augmented Reality Instructional Design for Language learning (ARIDLL) took place on Septembe...
As part of the AWP course "Study Trip to Belfast", a group of 15 students from all faculties set off with Prof. Svea Schauffler at the beginning of August to explore Northern Ireland's history and culture on site.
From April 17-22, an exciting international project took place in the Business Spanish 6 / Spanish 11+12 course: Spanish lecturer Francesca Angrisano took 8 of the 22 course participants to Barcelona to the partner university Universitat Abat Olib...
