U!REKA Week 2025
U!REKA Week will take place at Frankfurt UAS from 24 to 28 November. During this week, we want to bring U!REKA to life with lectures, exhibitions and workshops. Our goal: to work together on topics, get to know each other and network.
Target group: students, lecturers, researchers and staff at Frankfurt UAS and U!REKA universities.
Program highlights
- U!REKA Job Shadowing Program for staff members from our U!REKA partners (registration closed)
- U!REKA Guest Lectures from teachers of our U!REKA partners (registration closed)
- Urban Circular Hack(athon) for students on 24 and 25 November. Register here
- U!REKA Day (registration tba)
In addition:
- City tour, visit to the Adlerwerken and to the Frankfurt Christmas market
- Fairtrade breakfast and karaoke night
- Open workshops and exhibitions
Programme
09:30-18:00
Students: UrbanCircularHack(athon) | registration necessary | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
12:30-13:30
Open U! Lunch | Cafeteria
13:30-14:30
Job shadower: Welcome event with campus tour
13:30-16:30
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Navigating Day One for Student Success" | registration necessary
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
09:00-15:30
Students: UrbanCircularHack(athon) | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
09:00-09:30
Job Shadowing: Welcome by the Vice President for Research, Transfer, and Internalization, Prof. Dr. Susanne Rägle
10:30-12:00
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Challenges in the Classroom" | registration required
11:00-12:00
Get-Together U!REKA Student Council
12:30-13:30
Open U! Lunch | Cafeteria
13:30-17:00
Meeting U!REKA Student Council
13:30-15:30
Workshop: Motivation and Resilience in study | registration required
14:30-15:30
Final presentation UrbanCircular Hack(athon) | Building 10, Johannes-Uthoff-Halle
17:00
U!REKA BIP Experiences - Students share their personal stories
18:00
Exhibition Opening: U!REKA Lab: Urban Commons
20:00
Karaoke night | Café 1
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
U!REKA Day
9:00-13:00
Keynotes:
- Interoperability, Channa van der Brug, Stifterverband / University Forum for Digitalization
- Best Practice: Interconnected Campus, Christian Hoppe, UNITE! / Technical University Darmstadt
U!REKA Gallery Walk
Parallel workshops:
- Teaching and research in U!REKA
- World Café
- U!REKA engagement of all stakeholder groups
All programme items: Registration required
13:00-14:00
Open U! Lunch | Cateria
15:00
- Guided city tour through Frankfurt' new old town | Registration required
OR
- Guided tour of the historical site “Adlerwerke”, Frankfurt (factory concentration camp, 1944-1945) | Registration required
17:00
Visit to Frankfurt’s traditional Christmas market
9:00-11:00
Fair trade breakfast and keynote | Registration required
9:00-12:00
Company visit: Continental AG | Registration required
10:30-12:00
UAS Council connect: Exchange between the student councils of UAS and U!SC
12:30-13:30
Open U! lunch | cafeteria
13:30- 15:00
U!REKA Student Council meeting
13:30-16:30
Lecturers: Workshop "Teaching in English: Fine-Tuning Your Impact in the Classroom" | Registration required
15:00-18:00
Visit of the KulturCampus Bockenheim (New European Bauhaus project) | Registration required
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
09:00-10:00
U!REKA English Café: Everyday Sustainability: Small Steps That Make a Difference | online (registrations via Email)
11:00-12:00
Job Shadowing: Wrap-up
12:00
Open U! lunch | cafeteria
All day
Individual job shadowing programme
Map and directions
The campus of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences is located in the north of Frankfurt at the station Nibelungenplatz (UAS) and can be reached by public transportation or by bike. Parking spaces at the institution of higher education are limited.
This map (PDF file) will present an overview of all buildings on the campus, including the barrier-free accesses and elevators.
Further information: Directions and map
