Hof University of Applied Sciences

Established in 1994, Hof University of Applied Sciences is a public university with 3,700 students across four locations in Upper Franconia, Bavaria. The main campus is in Hof, a city of 45,000, and there are specialized facilities in Münchberg for textiles, in Kronach for digital entrepreneurship, and in Selb for design. This regional university offers bachelor's and master's programs in business, computer science, engineering, and interdisciplinary sciences, with a particular focus on textile technology, renewable energy, and water management. It maintains notable partnerships with Indian universities, which is unusual for a small German university.