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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

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

Our sponsors:

The U!REKA Week is funded by the Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (BMFTR) and the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

U!REKA Week for...

Researchers and teaching staff:

Administrative staff:

Students:

Contact U!REKA Week

Hanna LeonhardCoordinator U!REKA European University
Building 1, Room 004

Contact Hack(athon)

Dr.
Lyudmila Lyubenova
Building HoST, Room 4. OG
Fax : +49 69 1533-62160
U!REKAID: 15470
last updated on: 10.20.2025