IfE Seasonal School: Twin Transformation & AI in Practice

Course content

• interesting workshops
• exciting lectures
• Hackathon with well-known company and HNU Founders
• make international contacts with students, lecturers and companies
• varied cultural programme

Special focus

The hackathon with a well-known company is at the centre of the course. Together with your team, you will develop practice-orientated use cases and make valuable contacts for your future career.

• Development of conceptual skills: Students are able to understand and apply complex concepts.
• Problem-solving skills: Students are able to develop creative and effective solutions to complex problems.
• Teamwork skills: Students are able to work effectively in various multidisciplinary and intercultural team constellations.
• Creativity: Students can develop creative approaches to solving problems.
• Goal-orientation: Students are able to set clear goals and pursue them systematically.
• Self-organisation: Students can organise their tasks and time effectively in order to achieve their goals.

Participants are responsible for organising and paying for their own travel and accommodation.

Accommodation suggestions for participating students and lecturers (alphabetical order):

• B&B Hotel Neu-Ulm
• B&B Hotel Ulm
• Ibis Budget Hotel Ulm City
• Ibis Ulm City Hotel
• Maritim Hotel Ulm
• Motel One Ulm
• Orange Hotel and Apartments Neu-Ulm
• RiKu Hotel Ulm
• Rioca Apartments Neu-Ulm

Please note that not all insurance policies are authorised for registration at the HNU.

• For most students from EU countries, the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is sufficient.
• Students who do not have an EHIC should take out the private health insurance "MAWISTA Student" with unlimited coverage for the month of their stay at the HNU; Costs: from EUR 25.- / month.

Travelling by train

If you are travelling by train, you should choose Ulm or Neu-Ulm main station (= Hauptbahnhof) as your destination.

From Ulm main station, take bus no. 5 (direction "Wiley" or "Ludwigsfeld") to HNU's bus stop "Hochschule" in Neu-Ulm within 10 minutes. From Neu-Ulm main station, take bus no. 5 (direction "Wiley" or "Ludwigsfeld") to HNU's bus stop "Hochschule" in Neu-Ulm within 5 minutes.

Travelling by plane

The nearest airports to Ulm/Neu-Ulm are Memmingen (1 hour by bus and train), Stuttgart (1 hour by train), Frankfurt (2 hours by train) and Munich (2 hours by train). From these cities you can take the train to Ulm main station (= Hauptbahnhof).

From Ulm main station, take bus no. 5 (direction "Wiley" or "Ludwigsfeld") to HNU's bus stop "Hochschule" in Neu-Ulm within 10 minutes.

You will receive a Campus Card on your first day at the HNU. You can use this card to make payments in the canteen (= Mensa) and cafeteria as well as at the HNU coffee and snack vending machines. The Campus Card will be collected on the last day.

Important note: If you want to top up your card during your stay, you can do this either with an EC card (no credit card accpeted!) or with cash at the respective machines in the canteen (= Mensa). You will find the nearest ATM for cash withdrawals opposite the HNU at Edisonallee 1.