TU Ilmenau cooperates with German Youth Hostel Association

The TU Ilmenau and the youth hostel welcome children and young people coming to Ilmenau for a few days or even for several weeks on various occasions - a cooperation was obvious. The just signed cooperation agreement between the university and the youth hostel association defines the forms of cooperation: The TU Ilmenau supports the Ilmenau youth hostel in the planning of class trips and free time, especially in the organization of scientific-technical events, project days and weeks and in events for the study orientation of young people interested in studying. And the youth hostel makes its entire infrastructure available to the university for its events - rooms, grounds, equipment and technology - and provides catering for the children and young people. The participants in events and projects of the TU Ilmenau do not only benefit from accommodation and catering in the youth hostel. Through the cooperation, the TU Ilmenau would also like to promote the international exchange of pupils, students and also young scientists from all over the world and thus strengthen their intercultural competence. Perhaps the most important goal of the cooperation for the university: to arouse enthusiasm for science and technology among children and young people, to motivate them to engage intensively with the STEM subjects of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences and technology, and thus possibly to inspire them to study at TU Ilmenau.

Corona pandemic permitting, the next event of the TU Ilmenau will be three project days of the Gymnasium Ruhla on the topic "Fascination of Mechanical Engineering" at the youth hostel Ilmenau in March. When the TU Ilmenauinvites students to the next Summer University from July 17 to 22, 20 female students from all over Germany will stay at the Ilmenau Youth Hostel and gain insights into the various departments of the TU Ilmenau. And when schoolgirls in grades 10 to 13 set off on the CampusThüringenTour, the only one of its kind in Germany, and embark on an orientation tour of eight Thuringian universities, they will live in the Ilmenau Youth Hostel for a week during their stop at the TU Ilmenau.