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The University:Future Festival will be back from 22 to 24 June 2026 under the theme Under pressure.
The University:Future Festival (U:FF) is the largest event dedicated to the (digital) future of academic education. As a leading event on digitization in higher education and teaching, it offers guidance, networking, and inspiration. And it is community-oriented and open to everyone! The festival covers a wide range of topics related to AI, architectures, technology, strategy development, skills, didactics, and much more. The festival features over 290 sessions across six physical venues and online. It is aimed at everyone involved in the present and future of academic education: university staff and students; researchers and politicians; civil society and artists.
Under Pressure describes the reality facing universities today: financial pressure, technological transformation, social division and demographic change are just some of the challenges they face. We do not ignore these problems, but place them at the centre of the discussion in order to seek solutions together.
Because pressure can also be fuel: it shapes, accelerates and brings about new things. Pressure tests which ideas and structures are sustainable and which need to be rethought. Pressure situations reveal what makes universities resilient – and we want to make that visible at U:FF.
The University:Future Festival programme is divided into seven tracks. All programme items will take place online and almost all participants will attend online. English-language programme items can be found in Berlin and digitally. The programme for the partner stages in Braunschweig, Essen, Hamburg, Nuremberg and Graz is in German.
The University:Future Festival is a cooperation between Hochschulforum Digitalisierung, Stiftung Innovation in der Hochschullehre and Stifterverband.
