HdM organises an International Week annually end of November. We look forward to hosting our partner university colleagues in Stuttgart!
Please find a short aftermovie 2024 here.
HdM INTERNATIONAL WEEK | 24 - 28 November 2025
PROGRAMME 2025
MONDAY, 24 NOVEMBER 2025
17:00 Welcome Drinks in Stuttgart
TUESDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2025
09:00 - 10:00 Registration and coffee, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
09:30-17:00 GAMES DAY
Join us for two exciting days exploring the world of video games from a technical, creative, and cultural perspective. During this game conference speakers from various backgrounds will give insights into their work. You'd like to contribute a talk? Excellent! Please get in touch with the team via email.
10:00 - 11:30 Welcome to HdM, International Hub (Room S004, Cube) - Meet the HdM President, the International Office Team, and Programme Coordinators, get Erasmus documents signed, discuss ideas, and learn about options for your students for their exchange semester at HdM, including our Summer Course, the FMX Partner Day and Minor Programmes
11:30 - 13:00 HdM Campus Tour, International Hub (Room S004, Cube) - get to know our campus and discover what HdM has to offer
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break and Networking, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
14:00 - 17:00 Cultural Programme in Stuttgart
17:30 - 19:00 Get together in Stuttgart
WEDNESDAY, 26 NOVEMBER 2025
09:00 - 10:00 Registration and coffee, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
09:30-17:00 GAMES DAY
Join us for two exciting days exploring the world of video games from a technical, creative, and cultural perspective. During this game conference speakers from various backgrounds will give insights into their work. You'd like to contribute a talk? Excellent! Please get in touch with the team via email.
10:00 - 13:15 Unlock Innovation in just 3 hours Join our InnoStudio - a fast-paced, hands-on Design Thinking workshop that sparks creativity, fosters collaboration, and delivers actionable solutions. In just three hours, you´ll tackle real challenges, generate fresh ideas, and prototype innovative concepts - all in an energizing and inspiring environment. (minimum of 9 participants)
13:15 - 14:15 Lunch Break and Networking, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
14:14 - 15:45 It´s All About International Collaboration! Room: Playpark (P03, Pavillion) During this session, you will get new impulses on international collaboration. If you have interesting insights to share with the community, we would love to hear your presentation. Later, everybody will have the chance for a five-minute pitch on their idea for an international collaboration project and to promote their idea on a bulletin board throughouth the rest of the International Week. If you would like to showcase your project, please bring a flyer or/and a short presentation with all the relevant information (title of your project, project partners you are looking for, location and timeline, a short summary, contact details).
18:30 - 21:00 Networking Dinner
THURSDAY, 27 NOVEMBER 2025
09:00 - 10:00 Registration and coffee, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
10:00 - 15:30 International Day
10:00 - 15:30 Study Abroad Fair, Room S003 (The Cube) and Presentations, Rooms S104/105 (Cube)
Colleagues from HdM partner universities present study abroad options for HdM students (a 20 minutes time slot) and then answer questions at their booth at the Fair.
12:30 - 14:30 Lunch Break and Networking, International Hub (Room S004, Cube)
18:00 - 21:00 Stuttgart Christmas Market
FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2025
09:00 - 17:00 International Entrepreneurship Education Summit
IEES is an interactive conference that unites innovation and entrepreneurship professionals.
FRIDAY, 28 NOVEMBER - SUNDAY, 30 NOVEMBER 2025
17:00 - 17:00 Festival of Innovation
The Festival of Innovation is specifically designed for students and includes coaching and mentoring for developing a business idea intensively over a weekend - whether it originated from a course students took/take or is entirely new. We would love to have your support as a coach or a mentor, or even through a workshop contribution. Please get in touch with Magdalena Weinle.
REGISTRATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL WEEK OPEN IN LATE SUMMER. Subscribe to our International Week mailing list here.
WISH TO BOOK ACCOMMODATION NEAR TO OUR CAMPUS?
We have secured 15 single rooms (including breakfast) at the nearby Hotel Römerhof (approx 10 minutes walk to HdM).
You can book your stay as part of the reserved contingent by 31 October 2025. Please see hotel info and conditions here.