23 June 2026 – HTW Berlin – University of Applied Sciences today welcomed a delegation from the DAAD programme “Germany Today”. The guests were 23 representatives from universities in Canada and the United States. The visit to Campus Wilhelminenhof focused on international cooperation, innovative teaching concepts, applied research and new forms of transatlantic university cooperation.

The “Germany Today” programme run by the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (German Academic Exchange Service, DAAD) gives university representatives from North America insights into Germany’s higher education and research landscape. The 2026 tour is entitled “Building Transatlantic Partnerships: Research, Innovation, & Academic Exchange with Germany”. From 21 to 26 June 2026, it takes participants to Berlin, Leipzig, Jena and Fulda, among other places.

“We are delighted to welcome this high-ranking DAAD delegation to our University. “The visit gives us an excellent opportunity to showcase HTW Berlin as a University of Applied Sciences with strong international networks,” explained President Professor Dr Annabella Rauscher-Scheibe as she welcomed the DAAD delegation. She noted that the model of Universities of Applied sciences (UAS), is still not widely known internationally. For the delegation, today’s visit was their first to a University of Applied Scieneces. Vice-President Professor Dr Birgit Müller added: “With innovative teaching and applied research, more than 160 partner universities worldwide and numerous international degree programmes, HTW Berlin attracts students and researchers from around the world. It is no coincidence that we are part of a European University Alliance, the flagship of the EU research strategy for universities.”

The university then presented its priorities in cooperation, internationalisation, innovative teaching and research. A tour of Campus Wilhelminenhof illustrated both the historical development of the site in south-east Berlin and the academic diversity of the university: from engineering and computer science to business, law, design and culture. One highlight of the tour was the 60-metre-long wall collage in the courtyard, which documents 400 years of the site’s history — from the “Schöne Weyde” (meaning lovely pasture) to today’s university campus. The collage was created as an interdisciplinary project by culture and design degree programmes. Alongside the prominent restored KWO logo, the many works of art on campus attracted particular interest among the participants.

As part of a poster presentation, HTW Berlin presented selected international activities. Topics included HTW Berlin’s involvement in the European university alliance EUonAIR, international summer schools and the English-taught Bachelor’s programme Cyber Security and Business. The visit concluded with a networking lunch in the refectory. The delegation then continued to the DAAD in Berlin-Mitte, where a German-American round table was held.