Projects

UAre@OTHAW - Scholarship Program for Refugees from Ukraine

The UAre@OTHAW project was realised at OTH Amberg-Weiden as part of the DAAD funding programme "Future Ukraine – Scholarship Programme for Refugees from Ukraine at German Universities".

The project was coordinated by KOMO (OTH AW Competence Centre Bavaria – Central and Eastern Europe). During the project period from January 2023 to July 2025, a total of five Master's students and ten Bachelor's students received a monthly scholarship. This financial support enabled the recipients to continue their studies despite the difficult circumstances resulting from the Russian war of aggression.

The scholarship holders also benefited from individual support, language courses, coaching and access to new networks. This enabled them not only to expand their technical and language skills, but also to develop new perspectives for their personal and professional future.

OTH Amberg-Weiden remains committed to cooperation with Ukrainian universities and supports students and teachers in other projects, such as the DAAD funded project Tandem UA-DE.

The scholarship holders have embarked on impressive paths and given a lot back to the university through their commitment. Some of them have organised several information events for prospective students from Ukraine and continue to support them in their goal of studying in Germany. 

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Übergabe der Stipendienurkunden 2023 und 2024

DAAD programme "Eastern Partnerships"

Partnerships with universities in Central and Eastern Europe, South-Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia

The DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) programme “Eastern Partnerships” aims to consolidate existing partnerships and initiate new long-term partnerships between German universities and universities in the target region, as well as to achieve broad-based cooperation in teaching and research. In this way, the programme contributes to the internationalisation of German and foreign universities.

The OTH AW Competence Centre Bavaria – Central and Eastern Europe (KOMO) has been implementing projects in this programme since 2022. It works closely with Prof. Dr. Matthias Lederer from the Weiden Business School.

Project "Creative Software Engineering" 2025 - 2027

Duration: 1 January 2025 - 31 December 2027

Partners:
- CHUN National Yuriy Fedkovych University in Chernivtsi (Ukraine)
- WBU University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic)
- UNIZG University of Zagreb / FOI Faculty of Organisation and Informatics in Varaždin (Croatia)
- ASPIRA Technical University in Split (Croatia)
- UNIEL University “Aleksandër Xhuvani” in Elbasan (Albania)

Project activities:
- Annual five-day seminar on “Creative Software Engineering” at OTH Amberg-Weiden
- Residency scholarships for visiting professors and students from partner universities
- Mobility programmes for OTH students for stays at partner universities

Project “Cross-Border Process Management” 2022 - 2024

Duration: 1 January 2022 - 31 December 2024

Partners:
- CHUN National Yuriy Fedkovych University in Chernivtsi (Ukraine)
- WBU University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (Czech Republic)

Project activities:
- Annual five-day seminar on ‘International Projects - Processes & Change Management’ at OTH Amberg-Weiden
- Residency scholarships for visiting professors from both partner universities and students from Ukraine

Photo impressions 2022 - 2025

Project week 2024

The video was created by OTH student Ivan Aleksandrov.

Interadis - International Students Adaptation and Integration

Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule OTH Amberg-Weiden is part of the Erasmus KA2 project "Interadis" (International Students Adaptation and Integration) - together with eight Ukrainian universities as well as an Italian, a Lithuanian and a Dutch university. The cooperation is supervised by the KOMO (Competence Centre Bavaria - Central and Eastern Europe) of the OTH Amberg-Weiden in collaboration with the International Office.

Focus: Internationalisation of higher education institutions

Duration of the project: 15.11.2020 - 14.11.2024
Project coordinator: Netherlands Business Academy, Niederlande
Project co-coordinator: KROK Universität, Ukraine

More Information to the Project

INTERADIS - Presentation at Staff Week

One intensive week, two countries, three cities and three university locations - that was the German-Czech Staff Week 2024, which OTH Amberg-Weiden organised together with the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen for the fourth time at the beginning of June.

18 representatives from 12 European universities in seven countries experienced a varied programme in Pilsen, Weiden and Amberg. The focus was on exchanging experiences, making contacts, learning from each other and gathering ideas for their own work in International Offices or as Erasmus coordinators.

The project team from the Ukrainian KROK University, Galina Bogachenko and Andrii Lotariev, presented the Erasmus project INTERADIS, which is being implemented by eight Ukrainian universities together with European partners, including the OTH Amberg-Weiden, despite numerous challenges. Report

Students Visit at the OTH Amberg-Weiden

From 21 April to 5 May 2024, 18 students from eight Ukrainian universities visited OTH Amberg-Weiden as part of the INTERADIS project. At the beginning of their stay, they were welcomed by the President of the university, Prof. Dr Clemens Bulitta, and the team from the Competence Centre Bavaria - Central and Eastern Europe (KOMO). The KOMO team had put together an interesting and varied programme and looked after the participants during their two-week stay. The aim of the programme was for the students, many of whom were abroad for the first time, to get to know another country and its language, culture, people and university system, to take home valuable intercultural experiences and also to discuss ideas for the integration of international students with those responsible at OTH Amberg-Weiden.

The young people from Ukraine attended both OTH campuses, English-language lectures and workshops. An A1 German course taught them the basics of the German language, which they were able to put into practice at the Weiden Spring Festival, on excursions to Regensburg and Nuremberg or over lunch with German students. During a World Café with the International Office team, the students discussed ways of supporting international students throughout the entire student life cycle. A workshop organised by the university's Green Office sensitised them to topics such as sustainability and climate protection. Finally, the participants received certificates for their successful participation in the German course. After two eventful weeks and with countless adventures, valuable experiences and contacts with new friends in their luggage, the 18 young people set off on the very long journey home to Ukraine.

Comments from the participants:

  • "This project was a wonderful experience for me, I’ve learned a lot of things and changed my views in some ways. The schedule was comfortable and the German course was incredible, I’m very thankful for all the work that OTH has done to welcome us."
  • "I got to know a lot of good people. I have improved my English significantly and learned a lot about German culture and everyday life."
  • "I am grateful to this program for helping me get out of my comfort zone, learn German, tighten my English, and make new acquaintances."


Press:

Study Visit at OTH Amberg-Weiden

From July 24 to 28, 2023, 37 Ukrainian professors and university employees visited the university at the Amberg site. The diverse and extensive program provided the participants with a valuable opportunity to learn about the acquisition, integration and support of international students.