Institute for Internationalisation (ifi)

• Coordinating, pooling and supporting international activities and projects that promote the internationalisation of Kempten University of Applied Sciences and its facilities

• Encouraging interdisciplinary and cross-faculty interaction, notably to maximise synergies

• Developing and supporting particularly interdisciplinary and international research plans and programmes; sharing research internationally; disseminating research output and promoting its scientific and practical transfer

• Organising and running summer and winter schools, conferences, seminars, symposia, etc.

• Managing Kempten University’s international network of partners in liaison with the faculties, and expanding the network

• Fostering the next generation of internationally focused scientists and academics

• Information about current research programmes
  For our members and academics interested in international research, we maintain an overview of current research programmes. We would be happy to assist you with planning international research. Why not get in touch with us?
   
• Newsletter for our members
  Information about our campaigns, events and offers is distributed to our members and other interested colleagues in our newsletter.
   
• Lectures, professional development, conferences
  We organise lectures, professional development events and conferences on research topics at our university according to current interests.

We offer international lecturers attending our university a workplace in the ifi office. Please contact us well in advance to reserve it for your guest’s visit. We will then provide a desk and laptop for them in the ifi office (A406). The request form is available in the university’s forms collection at <Hochschule intern – Wiki> Apply for a guest lecturer’s workstation. The member of university staff overseeing the visit should complete this form and send it to us. We have produced an Info pack for guest lecturers to familiarise them with our university. We can issue your guest with a key to the ifi office and, if required, a visitors’ CampusCard.

We can issue your guest with a key to the ifi office and, if required, a visitors’ CampusCard. Please contact us in advance at ifi(at)hs-kempten.de. After we have confirmed the dates, please take the completed form to the Centre for General Elective Studies and Languages (Mensa – M103), where you can collect the office key and CampusCard from Dr Märlein or Mr Walter. To ensure the process runs smoothly for everyone, please apply at least seven days in advance.

We perceive international networking as a huge opportunity. Our summer and winter schools offer international students a chance to get to know our university and the local region, engage with a current topic and make many new friends. This is a great springboard for spending a semester abroad with us further down the line. We offer our own students in Kempten to join in and work in these international, interdisciplinary groups and get to know not just other cultures but also a variety of different approaches. It’s a wonderful opportunity to gain an initial insight into international collaboration prior to perhaps also deciding to study abroad for a while.