Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen (HOCH-N)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung

HOCH-N

Project duration 2016 - 2021
Stapel der Printausgaben der HOCH-N Leitfäden

Photo: Hannah Schlags

HOCH-N Guidelines

Being a central result of the project the field-specific Guidelines gathered the findings and good-practice examples. Let yourself be inspired.

rotes Fenrglas vor blauem Himmel

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HOCH-N-Roadmap

Get to know more about the vision for a sustainable higher education landscape till the year of 2030 and help shaping it. (in German only)

Illustration Wabenpuzzle

Photo: Marie Seeberger

HOCH-N-Wiki

As an interaktive networking plattform the "Wiki" gathers the results of HOCHN and pursuing ideas. Inform yourself about current developments and share your own experience. (in German only)

aufgeschlagener Kalender auf einem Tisch

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The new DG-HOCH-N

The association "Deutsche Gesellschaft für Nachhaltigkeit an Hochschulen e.V." functions as a follow up of HOCHN. 

Illustration einer Pusteblume

Photo: Charlotte Hintzmann

Review of the project

Learn more about the HOCHN Project and its objectives.

Holzlandkarte

Photo: HOCH-N

Further results of the project

Here you find further results of the project.

The HOCH-N project

Which contribution to sustainable development can higher institutions make in the fields of sustainability reporting, governance, teaching, research, operations and transfer? How can a common understanding of sustainability and transformation be developed? How does sustainable development succeed through the whole institution? The project Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions: develop – network – report (HOCH-N) focused on these and other question as well as the development of a nationwide higher education network. It has been funded by the federal ministry BMBF under the registration number 13NKE007.
Westflügel des Hauptgebäudes ESA

Photo: UHH/Dingler

Hamburg Sustainable Development Summit 2017 - HSDS

The first "Hamburg Sustainable Development Summit" (HSDS) took place at the Universität Hamburg from September 26 - 29, 2017. The program featured workshops, interactive sessions and innovative, engaging methods focusing on "Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions". Topics included: Governance, Reporting, Education for Sustainable Development, Campus and Urban Planning and Student Engagement. This interdisciplinary congress brought together the German HOCH-N project (Sustainability at Higher Education Institutions), the COPERNICUS Alliance and the European Postgraduate Sustainable Development Symposium as well as many other engaged persons in the field of sustainable development. Get insights via the HSDS Liveblog!

HOCHN-Sustainability Map

Being the center of sustainable higher education landscape the HOCHN-network has extended through whole Germany and was represented at every fourth higher education institution. It connected all involved People and Institutions, developing, networking and reporting in the project.
This Map shows all representatives of the project at its last status. (in German only)

The HOCHN-network has been awarded by the German UNESCO-Commission (DUK) in the context of the UNESCO Global Action Programme (GAP) on Education for Sustainable Development (ESD).
Picture: DUK/BMBF