Children's University

Kinder Uni Ravensburg-Weingarten 2024/2025

What is the Children's University?

How do pictures learn to walk, where do atoms come from and can a robot tidy up my room? If these and similar questions from the world of science and research interest you and you are between 9 and 12 years old, then the Ravensburg-Weingarten Children's University is the right place for you. Experience science up close and discover topics that you would never have thought were scientific. RWU will introduce you to exciting topics from the fields of technology, social issues and economics.

You'll sit in real lecture halls, get hands-on and, for example

  • build a small motor
  • fold a bishop's mitre from a napkin
  • experiment with magic tricks.

The Children's University academic year always starts in October and ends in July. During this time, you can take part in nine exciting lectures by professors from RWU Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, University of Education Weingarten and Ravensburg Cooperative State University.

Registration

You can register in October on the official website of the Children's University. If you want to take part in the Children's University, you will need a pass for €10. This allows you to attend all nine lectures and you will receive a stamp in your ID card after each lecture to confirm your participation.

Benjamin Stähle hält eine Vorlesung über Roboter an der Kinder-Uni mit vielen Kindern.

Further information

Ravensburg-Weingarten Children's University

Lectures by professors of the RWU

On this page you will find our lectures for the academic year 2025/26. Our lectures take place in a lecture hall of our university and in the Spieleland, always start at 3 p.m. and last 45 minutes each.

DateFriday, November 14, 2025, 3 p.m.
VenueRWU Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Doggenriedstr. 70, 88250 Weingarten
H-building, lecture hall H 061, link to directions

Laughter is contagious and makes us happy, but why is that? In this exciting lecture, we will explore the world of emotions together. We will find out what emotions are, how they arise and why they are so important to us. We discover how we can better understand and influence our own feelings and those of others.

 

Prof. Dr. phil. Josefine Denzin
Professor of Business Psychology
Business psychology, work & organizational psychology, leadership, people & culture, human resources, AI
  • Building B
  • Room Gebäude B, B119
josefine.denzin@rwu.de

DateFriday, June 19, 2026, 3 p.m.
PlaceSpieleland, Am Hangenwald 1, 88074 Meckenbeuren

At first glance, science and magic seem to be two completely different things. But if you take a closer look, you soon discover that science can learn a lot from the art of magic and that magicians were once what scientists are today. Together, science and magic can show us how the world really works.

 

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Pfeil
Embedded Systems, Sustainability Seminar
Dean of Studies, Advisor Electrical Engineering and Information Technology and E-Mobility and Green Energy, Sustainability Officer, Advisor Electrical Engineering and Embedded Systems (Master)
  • Building H (main building)
  • Room H 231
markus.pfeil@rwu.de

DateFriday, July 10, 2026, 3 p.m.
VenueRWU Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences, Doggenriedstr. 70, 88250 Weingarten
H-building, lecture hall H 061, link to directions

What do hackers actually do? Why are some passwords so easy to crack - and how can you protect yourself from fraudsters on the internet? In this lecture, you will find out how computers and cell phones stay secure, what a real cyber attack looks like - and what you can do to protect yourself. You can join in the puzzles, try things out and learn how to become a cyber hero!

 

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christoph Andriessens
Software engineering, web engineering, cloud computing, information security and secure systems, IT management and IT strategy
Information Security Officer

Further information

Overview of all lectures
Contact & People

Contact person

Dipl.-Betriebsw. (BA) Judith Schützbach
Zentrale Stunden-, Raum und Prüfungsplanung
  • Gebäude H (Hauptgebäude)
  • Room H 117
judith.schuetzbach@rwu.de