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Happy Holidays
The HNU wishes all students, employees, partners and supporters happy holidays and a healthy, successful year 2024!
The year in facts and figures
Status: 30.11.2023/18.12.2023
153.258
clicks on the YouTube tutorials of the HNU library.
34.324
meetings on Zoom took place: 209,468 participants talked to each other in 11,155,436 minutes on the video communication platform.
29.877
print books were borrowed from the HNU library in 2023.
5.999
customers used the HNU library this year.
5.405
new e-books were added to the HNU library's collection - and 1,330 new print books.
1.277
e-learning courses were completed at HNU in 2023.
161
HNU students have spent a semester abroad.
128
publications by HNU scientists were recorded in the publication database E-Prints in 2023 - 95 of them in the peer review process.
112
International Exchange Students were guests at HNU for one or two semesters.
82
different nationalities are among the HNU students.
59
years old is the oldest HNU student.
37
teams and ideas coached by HNU's Founders Space by the end of November 2023 alone.
25
new employees in science and administration joined HNU in 2023 - including one former HNU trainee who was taken on directly.
17
years old is the youngest HNU student.
14
welcome packages were distributed to newborn children of HNU members in 2023.
7
international universities have joined HNU 2023 as partners.
4
neue Professorinnen und Professoren haben ihre Arbeit an der HNU in diesem Jahr augenommen.
The most successful LinkedIn posts in 2023
1st place
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At the top of the podium for the most successful LinkedIn posts on the HNU Channel 2023: our post about Career Week at HNU.
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Place to be for alumni
There is a group on LinkedIn for HNU alumni and all those connected to HNU - it's worth joining!
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2nd place
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The article about the Graduate Gala 2023 was almost as popular.
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Did you know...?
The cities in which HNU's LinkedIn channel has the most followers besides (New) Ulm are Munich and Stuttgart.
3rd place
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The conclusion of the strategic partnerships also inspired many: the corresponding contribution landed in third place.
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Follower success
This year, HNU's LinkedIn channel broke the 10,000 mark: a remarkable result for a university with around 4,000 students.
The news highlights 2023
News and press releases of the last twelve months
January 2023
February 2023
March 2023
What else was going on
- HNU reaffirms its university partnership with the Finnish Oulu University of Applied Sciences
- 14th issue of the student magazine breitseite is published - focusing on the topic of change
- Prof. Dr. Dany Mayer is appointed Associate Professor at the University of Western Cape in South Africa
April 2023
May 2023
June 2023
July 2023
What else was going on
- HNU alumna receives the University Prize of the Swabian Economy 2023
- Movement-promoting furniture for students is inaugurated in the HNU library
- New teaching and learning location in the field of systems engineering opens in Leipheim
- Prof. Dr. Sylvia Schafmeister becomes the first female dean of the HNU
August 2023
September 2023
October 2023
What else was going on
- HNU welcomes 1,000 new students for the winter semester 2023/24
- Additional study and work rooms are inaugurated in the library
- Prof. Dr. Jens Kolb becomes new Vice President for Transfer and Continuing Education
- HNU honors innovative ideas in the final of the European 3D Printing Challenge
November 2023
What else was going on
December 2023
Campus idyll at the end
Die beliebtesten Instagram-Posts 2023
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Number 1 of the most popular photos 2021 on the HNU Instagram channel: a sunny summer morning on the Wiley campus.
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A photo of the HNU campus also lands in second place: this time the sun is falling into the HNU lake.
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The campus idyll remains: 3rd place on the Insta winner's podium goes to another impression of the HNU campus.