The universities of the Bundesbank and the Chinese central bank have maintained a partnership for more than two decades. In November, this was extended again until 2025. Rector Erich Keller signed the agreement with the People’s Bank of China School of Finance in Beijing.

In September, a team of professors from the University of Toulon visited the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg. They discussed future cooperation activities and exchange opportunities for students.

At the end of July, a delegation led by the Governor of the Bank of Namibia visited the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg. Discussion focused on topics relating to the current interest rate policy of the European Central Bank and European banking supervision.

A four-person delegation from the Central Bank of the Philippines in Manila visited the University of Applied Sciences on 17 May 2023. The guests, all staff members from the central bank’s human resources department, were particularly interested in the question of how the Bundesbank recruits its new staff. 

“Isn’t that...?” When an unannounced guest entered the audience in the middle of a lecture on Central Banking and the Conduct of Monetary Policy, the roughly 60 students in the advanced study course at the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg could not believe their eyes.

Where is inflation coming from? And where is it going? These questions were addressed by Isabel Schnabel, Member of the Executive Board of the European Central Bank, in a speech at the University of Hachenburg.

For the first time in his role as Bundesbank President, Joachim Nagel visited the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences and spoke to students, lecturers and representatives from the banking sector and the political world about decision-making processes in European monetary policy.

Jens Ulbrich holds a virtual guest lecture for students and lecturers at the Bundesbank's University of Applied Sciences as part of its series of “fireside chats”.

25 students from the Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg took part in the international programme “AiTalents” and learned a lot about the challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence and machine learning. At the end of the programme, two students even came away with high-value prizes. 

At an event hosted by the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences, the Second Deputy Governor of Banque de France, Sylvie Goulard, spoke about the role of central banks in a changing world. Though largely a virtual event, it sparked a lively debate.