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Closer cooperation agreed with the University of Toulon

© Benedikt Stahl

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.

Closer cooperation agreed with the University of Toulon
Canadian students visit Hachenburg

© Christof Wolf

Students from Canada visited the Bundesbank’s University of applied Sciences in Hachenburg for the first time since the pandemic. The visit was part of the guests’ multi-week round-trip to various European institutions.

Canadian students visit Hachenburg
“Seeing how the Bundesbank does it” – the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas visits the University

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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.

“Seeing how the Bundesbank does it” – the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas visits the University
Surprise visit in Hachenburg

© Alexandra Lechner

“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.

Surprise visit in Hachenburg
Vatican financial supervisors visit the university

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The Holy See conducts its financial business through its own financial institution, the Istituto per le Opere di Religione (a.k.a. the IOR) – and because the Vatican has a financial institution, it also has a financial supervisory authority. From 24 to 26 April 2023, a senior delegation from ASIF, the financial supervisory authority of Vatican City, visited the university for an exchange of knowledge and experience.

Vatican financial supervisors visit the university
High-level Vietnamese delegation visits Hachenburg

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A delegation from the State Bank of Vietnam visited the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg on 14 April 2023. The visit centred on the educational and methodological design of the “Central banking” dual study programme and how digitalisation and sustainability are being integrated into the course.

High-level Vietnamese delegation visits Hachenburg
“We will do everything in our power”

© Thorsten Schneider

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.

“We will do everything in our power”
Bundesbank President Nagel visits the University

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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.

Bundesbank President Nagel visits the University
Chief economist Jens Ulbrich holds talk on monetary policy strategy review

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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”.

Chief economist Jens Ulbrich holds talk on monetary policy strategy review
Hachenburg students win prizes at AI boot camp

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.

Hachenburg students win prizes at AI boot camp
Live video link with Paris

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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.

Live video link with Paris
Conference on Polish-German economic relations with participants from Hachenburg

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At a conference on German-Polish economic relations, participants discussed the opportunities and risks associated with digitalisation for the two neighbouring countries. Lilli Zimmermann, a professor at the Bundesbank's University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg, and recent graduate Sofia Semik presented the results of their own research project.

Conference on Polish-German economic relations with participants from Hachenburg
German-Chinese university partnership to continue

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The partnership between the universities of the Bundesbank and the People's Bank of China will continue until 2023, based on a new cooperation agreement signed by the two universities in October 2020.

German-Chinese university partnership to continue
Why the Czech Republic wants to keep the koruna

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For the first time in months, a public event was held at the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg, in compliance with coronavirus rules. Marek Mora, Deputy Governor of the Czech central bank, discussed how his country and his institution view a possible adoption of the euro.

Why the Czech Republic wants to keep the koruna
International Week in a virtual format for the first time

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Once a year, the Deutsche Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences organises an “International Week”, which is geared in particular to students at the institution’s partner universities. This week is dedicated to lectures on central bank topics.

International Week in a virtual format for the first time
Virtual Hachenburg Dialogue on fintech firms

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Guest speaker Alex Bierhaus, CTO and Managing Director of COMPEON, a full-service provider platform for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Virtual Hachenburg Dialogue on fintech firms
The International Monetary Fund’s Financing Role in Preventing and Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises

© Arno Swillus

Ms. Katharine Christopherson and Mr. Wolfgang Bergthaler held a guest lecture at the Deutsche Bundesbank University of Applied Sciences on the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Financing Role in Preventing and Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises.

The International Monetary Fund’s Financing Role in Preventing and Resolving Sovereign Debt Crises
Hachenburg students visit Beijing

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Tsinghua University in China was the destination of a two-week visit by students from the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences in Hachenburg.

Hachenburg students visit Beijing
Hachenburg represented at the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems

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Representatives from the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences travelled to Mexico in August to attend the 25^th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2019), where they presented a paper on success factors in project management.

Hachenburg represented at the 25th Americas Conference on Information Systems
Conference on monetary unions in Buckingham

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Upon invitation by the Institute for International Monetary Research, Uwe Schollmeyer, a lecturer at the Bundesbank’s University of Applied Sciences, took part in a two-day conference on “The Economics of Monetary Unions: Past Experiences and the Eurozone”. The conference was held on 21 and 22 February 2019 at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom.

Conference on monetary unions in Buckingham

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