HIT 2024: Studying at the pulse of time

Combining sustainability and medicine with business and technology, shaping the mobility of the future and further developing AI. This and much more await young people who decide to study at THI. At the University Information Days (HIT), they were able to gain a comprehensive overview of the Bachelor's degree program at THI. At both locations, interested parties were given all the relevant information about the THI's degree programs and insight into student life on campus. Students, professors, the student advisory service, and the student associations were available as contact persons.

In his welcoming address, THI President Professor Walter Schober emphasized: "We are launching innovations here for a future worth living. Our students benefit from this because our teaching addresses highly topical research issues." The THI not only qualifies students professionally but also supports them in developing their talents and personality.

A special highlight this year: a look into the future. The experts from the Bavarian Foresight Institute did not consult a crystal ball but were supported by an AI. There is not one future, but many. At the HIT in Ingolstadt, the AI tools ChatGPT and Midjourney visualized what the future, or rather "futures", could look like. While ChatGPT provided the keywords for the future, Midjourney molded the keywords into a picture of the future. This picture of the future could also be "taken along" digitally. The student advisory service was then able to immediately provide tips for further study orientation and specific program recommendations for the university information day.

A live broadcast from an operating theatre at Ingolstadt Hospital demonstrated how medicine and technology work together. There, a surgeon was stitching up a wound with the help of a so-called robot. In such a case, the doctor could theoretically be sitting at a console in the USA and operating in a crisis area. The visitors in the lecture theatre were even allowed to handle special medical equipment.

In Neuburg, the focus was on construction as well as sustainability and environmental management. Visitors were able to get a first-hand impression of the facilities and study experiences during "walk and talk" tours of the campus. The professors also provided information about the German and English-language degree programs offered in Neuburg.

In the foyer, the International Office, the Campus for Continuing Education, and THISuccessAI, among others, provided insights into their range of programs. Sonja Bedington, Head of the International Office, encouraged prospective students to go abroad: "Think outside the box. THI has 160 partner universities worldwide - take advantage of this opportunity." Visitors were able to experience research up close in the building materials laboratory. There, the scientists demonstrated experiments.