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Im Rahmen des Programms „Künstliche Intelligenz in der Hochschulbildung“ der Gemeinsamen Wissenschaftskonferenz (GWK) werden von Bund und Ländern in einem Zeitraum bis 2025 bis zu 133 Millionen Euro zur Verfügung gestellt. Unter den UAS7-Hochschulen erhalten die Technische Hochschule Köln sowie die FH Münster eine Förderung. Die ausgewählten Projekte sollen beispielsweise die Kompetenzen der Studierenden im Bereich Künstliche Intelligenz fördern oder verstärkt in die Studienprogramme integrieren.

Die HM führt als „Leading Partner“ ein Konsortium von insgesamt acht internationalen höheren Bildungseinrichtungen, um im Projekt EUAccel Strategien zu entwickeln, die die Start-up-Kultur und Co-Creation in Europa fördern und damit Innovationen beschleunigen. 

April 2021 was an intense month of learning and cross-cultural interaction for students of the course Different Approaches to Corporate Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility in the US and the EU at the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin). Students joined selected counterparts from the University at Albany in the US for a month-long interactive online course that placed international collaboration at its heart.

The course Air Pollution Control, part of the UAS7 Virtual Academy, was a transatlantic cooperation between Bremen University of Applied Sciences and the University at Albany. The key goals of the joint course were to engage students in solving real-world air pollution problems through project-based learning. In doing so, they learned to foster collaboration, relationships and networks with fellow international students and their instructors.

Students from several engineering and computer science programs at Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences and at University at Albany conduct experiments on artificial intelligence and develop their own products for the Internet of Things. They exchange ideas in transatlantic teams and give each other feedback on their project ideas.

Since the UAS7 Virtual Academy is a joint project between several institutions, it seeks to bundle and harmonize competencies as much as possible in order to build capacity and ensure that the project has a trickle-down effect throughout the universities and beyond. Experts on evaluation, quality management, and intercultural competence from all participating German universities joined forces to create a joint evaluation tool (questionnaire) for students, in order to measure the impact of the projects.

The mid-point in the Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht Berlin (HWR Berlin) and University at Albany (UAlbany)‘s COIL project on corporate governance and corporate social responsibility was marked with a rather unique session that led to students reflecting on a range of cultural and legal aspects.

Back in February 2021, Professor Mechthild Schrooten from the Bremen City University of Applied Sciences (HSB) and Professor Rita Biswas from the University at Albany (UA) started a joint transatlantic teaching project as part of the UAS7 Virtual Academy. On April 12th, the third joint session took place, which was a highlight of the course for teachers and students alike.