Dies academicus 2025

Ceremonial act

10 a.m. in the Otto Rettenmaier Audimax

The University opens its traditional dies academicus with the academic ceremony.

Welcome

University President's Office

Welcome address

• University Council
• Universitätsbund
• Mid-level faculty
• Graduate Council
• Student Union Executive Committee (AStA)
• Student Parliament

Keynote speech

"Democratic change in the digital sphere"

Prof. Dr. Jeanette Hofmann is a German political scientist at Freie Universität Berlin, founding director of the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society (HIIG), and head of the research group "Politics of Digitalization" at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. She is also a Principal Investigator at the Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, where she leads a research group on technology, power, and governance. Her research interests include digitalization and democracy, AI and society, digital regulation, and internet policy. She is a member of various academic committees and is actively involved in policy advising and promoting an inclusive digital society.

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Awards and scholarships

1:30 p.m., Otto Rettenmaier Audimax

Students and talented early career researchers from the University of Hohenheim receive prizes and scholarships for outstanding performance.

• Hohenheimer Lehrpreis
• Preis des Universitätsrats für besonderes studentisches Engagement
• Studienpreis des Universitätsbundes Hohenheim e.V.
• Wissenschaftspreis des Universitätsbundes Hohenheim e.V.
• Prof. Dr. Walther Bolz Preis
• Professor Wild-Award
• Johannsen Bioeconomy Award
• HUTTER Young Researcher Paper Award
• NatureLife Nachhaltigkeitspreis
• DAAD-Förderpreis
• Herzog-von-Württemberg-Stipendium
• Julius-Paul-Stiegler-Stipendien
• Dr. Hermann Eiselen Stipendien
• Helmut-Aurenz-Stipendien

Champagne reception

Champagne reception for award winners, donors and relatives
Foyer in the Otto-Rettenmaier-Audimax

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Palace, inner courtyard

Student booths

12 noon – 12 midnight

Go to the inner courtyard to experience the vibrant cultures of the University of Hohenheim. Hohenheim students offer a wide range of culinary delights and refreshments from all regions of the world at many booths. At the information booths you will learn a lot of interesting facts about student projects and academic life at the university.

Traditional tapping of the keg

4:00 p.m.

A member of the President's office officially opens the festival in the courtyard by the traditional tapping of the keg.

Party in the Palace inner courtyard

7:00 p.m. - 12 midnight

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