Under the motto "Young, colorful and innovative", Anhalt University of Applied Sciences is presenting a diverse hands-on program in Wachgasse in Bernburg from 5 to 7 June 2026. As part of the Saxony-Anhalt Days, various creative workshops will showcase the entire spectrum of the university. The focus will also extend beyond Europe: in the "Building for the World" workshop, visitors can discover construction projects in the Global South and get to know an unusual teaching format throughout Germany.
What does it feel like to manage a construction project in a foreign country? What challenges do they face? And how is the local population involved in planning and implementation? At the Saxony-Anhalt Day, interested parties will have the opportunity to ask these and many other questions directly to students and instructors involved in the international projects.
Students are currently working on the "Juntos on São Tomé" project, a design-build project in West Africa. They are responsible for planning, construction management, financing and obtaining funding. The plan is to construct a single-storey preschool building on the west coast of Africa, which is scheduled for completion in summer 2026. "Our students don't just learn how to construct a building here. They also learn what it means to work in an intercultural team and take on social responsibility," explains project manager Professor Claus Dießenbacher. The cooperation with the Leipzig association Mirador e.V., which has supported the projects for many years, is particularly important.
Photo presentations, film screenings and a haptic model of the planned building provide an insight into the project work. For 19 years now, students at the university have been involved in projects around the world - from kindergartens in South Africa to health stations in Haiti and projects in Nepal. At the Saxony-Anhalt Days, visitors can see how students at Anhalt University of Applied Sciences plan and finance construction projects in structurally weaker regions and implement them themselves in conjunction with the local people.
Further information: www.hs-anhalt.de/saotome
Ten creative workshops on the banks of the Saale
A total of ten creative workshops are waiting to be discovered in Wachgasse. They take up the various topics of Anhalt University of Applied Sciences and invite you to join in. How are new foods created? How is water turned into energy? How do landscape architects work? How can biotechnological processes be represented digitally? We will be exploring these and other questions on the banks of the Saale. We look forward to welcoming you on site.
More information about the workshops can be found at www.hs-anhalt.de/sat26
