Offers for schools

In our open AI workshop, students can experience artificial intelligence firsthand. In an open working atmosphere, they work together with university students on exciting topics in the fields of AI, data science, and robotics. Various laboratories, such as the robotics and business intelligence laboratories, are available for this purpose. Support is also available: professors and researchers at the Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IKI) are on hand to offer advice and assistance. The workshop is ideal for anyone who is curious about AI, robotics, and other future technologies!

Further information can be found via the link below.

In the math and STEM workshop, students can get involved and work on project-based topics in the fields of mathematics, computer science, natural sciences, and technology. They are supported by students and experts in implementing their own project ideas using modern technologies, VR tools, and creative methods. They can also use modern learning spaces with VR technology or our film and podcast studio. Perfect for your own STEM ideas or school assignments.

This offer is aimed at school classes or individual interested students from secondary level I in cooperation with AG Cosh.

Further information can be found via the link below.

We would be happy to support you at your local school careers orientation event.
We participate with an information and advice stand, give short presentations on choosing a degree program, study opportunities at our University or offer target group-oriented group offers on request.

We would be happy to support you with your parents' evening on career and study orientation.
We will give a short, informative keynote speech on topics such as choosing a degree program, study requirements, application procedures or study opportunities at RWU. Afterwards, we are available for individual questions and discussions, with the option of arranging personal consultation appointments for parents and students.

What is it actually like to be a student? What can I expect at RWU? What challenges does studying entail and what does everyday student life really look like?

Our student scouts provide honest, first-hand insights. As students from various disciplines, they give authentic accounts of their everyday life as students, share their experiences and answer questions about studying at RWU. Whether in the classroom, at fairs or at events: The study scouts are available to pupils openly and at eye level.

In cooperation with schools, we offer two-day BEST seminars. The seminars are aimed at upper secondary school students and help them reflect on their own interests, skills, and values—as a basis for making informed study and career choices.

Further information on the BEST seminars.

In this workshop, students learn a lot about themselves. We use different methods to find out what each individual would like to do in the future and where their individual strengths lie.

Number of participants: Maximum of 10 students 
Possible days: Monday to Thursday
Duration: 5 hours

In this workshop, your students will learn methods and questioning techniques from systemic consulting that will support them in the decision-making process. The various phases of decision-making are explained and applied using practical examples. In this way, the students develop confidence in dealing with their own decisions - be it in choosing a course of study or other life issues.

Number of participants: Maximum of 10 students 
Possible days: Monday to Thursday
Duration: 5 hours

We explore methods for decision-making together and apply them in small groups.

Number of participants: Maximum of 16 students 
Possible days: Monday to Thursday
Duration: 5 hours

Today, the application process is predominantly digital - and presents many young people with new challenges. In this workshop, your students will gain practical insights into modern forms of application and learn what really matters:

• What role do platforms such as LinkedIn play - and how do you create a convincing profile?
• How helpful is artificial intelligence in the application process - and where are the limits?
• What do recruiters expect from an application today?
• What typical mistakes should be avoided at all costs?

The workshop provides helpful tips, reflects on digital trends and prepares your students for a contemporary and authentic application.

Duration: 45 minutes

The world of work is changing rapidly: new technologies, new professions; this raises many questions, especially for young people. In this workshop, your students will learn what "future skills" are and why they are becoming increasingly important, how digitalization and artificial intelligence are changing work, education and life and, above all, how they can best prepare themselves today for the challenges of tomorrow.

Duration: 45 minutes

Agile project management with Scrum is a key to success in the modern working world. Our LegoScrum workshop makes this often abstract topic tangible and exciting for students.

After the basics of Scrum have been worked out in advance in a blended learning format or completely analog, they experience in the workshop in a playful way how all the elements work together - including the construction of an impressive Lego city. This hands-on approach not only imparts methodological knowledge, but also ensures enthusiastic feedback and lasting learning success.

Number of participants: 15 -45 students
Duration: 3 hours plus preparation time

In VR presentation training, students can give and train their own presentations in VR. There are various feedback mechanisms. At the end, the students receive an individual reflection with a transcript, fill-in words and many other tips for improving their presentation skills.

Number of participants: 4 - 20 students 
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes to 3 hours (20 minutes of VR time should be planned per person)

Media literacy means more than just consuming content. It's also about fostering your own creativity. In this workshop, your students will learn how an advertising film is created: from the initial idea to the finished clip.

After a brief introduction to camera techniques and insights into commercial production, they will develop their own advertising ideas in small groups and realize them on film. They then edit their own commercial - creatively, independently and with technical support where necessary.

Students need their own smartphone for filming.

Number of participants: 9 - 12 students
Possible days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Duration: 4 hours

In this creative short workshop, your pupils will combine cinematic craftsmanship with imagination. Using plasticine and a smartphone camera, they will create their own stop-motion clips - from the script to the finished film.

After an introduction to storytelling, they develop their own short story in small groups. They then use clay figures and stop-motion technology to turn this into a film. At the end, each clip is presented - a hands-on experience that promotes media skills and teamwork.

Students need their own smartphone for filming.

Number of participants: 9 - 12 students
Possible days: Tuesday and Wednesday
Duration: 3 hours

We program mobile Lego Mindstorm robots together with pupils. Our goal is a lawnmower or cleaning robot that drives autonomously through a test course and independently avoids obstacles or walls.

Number of participants: 8 - 18 students 
Duration: 90 minutes

What happens when you hit a normal, non-magnetic spoon with a hammer and it suddenly becomes magnetic? Sounds like magic, but it's a fascinating physical phenomenon!

In this workshop, pupils discover that phase transformations do not only play a role when ice melts. Even in the solid state, substances can change with exciting effects: One example is the transition from a non-magnetic to a magnetic phase through mechanical action. It is shown that such processes are not only fascinating, but also have great significance for technology, for example in the production of stainless spring steels or in the development of "invisible" submarines with special magnetic properties that are difficult to detect.

For a good understanding of the content, your students should already have a basic knowledge of magnetic materials and the phase transformation of water.

Number of participants: 5 - 35 students
Possible days: Monday to Thursday
Duration: 45 minutes

Is there a difference between red cabbage and red cabbage and where do these vegetables get their names from? This question will be explored in the workshop "Red cabbage or red cabbage, that's the question!". In the laboratory, natural color indicators are produced from various foods such as red cabbage, red cabbage, radishes or blueberries and their color change is observed by adding acid and lye.

Number of participants: 4 - 10 students
Duration: 60 - 90 minutes

In this workshop, the topics of process and environmental technology will be explained using the nut cream production process as an example. The first step is to look at how nut cream is produced on an industrial scale and where the raw materials come from. The student groups then make their own nut cream. The individual groups can vary the ingredients and at the end of the event there is a "tasting" in which the homemade spread is compared with industrially produced cream and the best spread is crowned. A small "taster" of the home-made nut spread can be taken home.

Number of participants: 4 - 10 students
Duration: approx. 2 hours

How can you reuse 3D print remnants? In our workshop, we not only show your students how to do this, they also do it themselves! Together, we will produce new filament from old 3D printing waste that can be used directly for 3D printing. You are also welcome to bring your own material. Your pupils will learn:

• The challenges involved in recycling plastic
• How students have overcome these
• Exactly how the recycling process works
• And how 3D printing actually works technically

Number of participants: 5 - 15 students 
Possible days: Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons
Duration: approx. 1 - 2 hours

The study of the bone structure of humans and animals is an inspiring example of how we can learn from nature.

As early as the end of the 19th century, groundbreaking research was carried out in this field, which influenced the development of new types of supporting structures for construction and harbor cranes, among other things. In this lecture, these developments will be presented and discussed using historical and modern examples.

Number of participants: 5 - 30 students
Duration: 20 - 30 minutes

Mechanical engineering and automotive engineering are inextricably linked to the design of products. The shape, the "design", determines whether we perceive a product as beautiful, graceful or aesthetic.

During the lecture, the concept of proportion will be explained using the golden ratio and examples from art and technology. The students are actively involved in the event through simple, illustrative exercises and experience how technology and aesthetics interact.

Number of participants: 5 - 30 students
Duration: 20 - 30 minutes

The political measures taken during the coronavirus crisis are still having a significant impact today. On what physical basis did politicians make their decisions? This teaching unit describes the physical description of the infection process and how the effect of measures can be assessed.

Number of participants: 10 - 30 students 
Possible days: Wednesday and Friday 
Duration: 60 - 90 minutes

Formula Student is a student racing competition. Our students build their own electric racing cars and compete with other universities in competitions held around the world. This event gives an insight into the development and construction of great racing cars in student teams.

Minimum number of participants: From 20 students 
Duration: 45 minutes

What distinguishes electric cars from conventional vehicles? How does energy conversion work in an internal combustion engine and in an electric motor? And what is actually behind the term "chassis"?

In the OpenLab: Vehicle Technology, everything revolves around the technology that drives cars. Technology enthusiasts can gain exciting insights into the world of modern mobility. Depending on their interests, the focus is on various topics, from classic drive systems and current developments in electromobility to the technical structure of a vehicle.

Alternatively, a general tour of the vehicle technology laboratory is also possible, with many illustrative examples, experiments and room for questions.

Duration: 30 - 45 minutes

Guided tour of the laboratory for chemistry, physical chemistry and environmental analysis. Devices such as high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) are clearly explained and shown in action. Your students will learn how these technologies are used in research and practice.

Number of participants: 5 - 20 students 
Duration: 30 - 60 minutes

As part of an escape room game, students discover the topic of measurement technology in a playful way. The measurement technology laboratory at Faculty T is transformed into an escape room. Within 60 minutes, the participants have to recreate 5 exciting measurement experiments in order to prevent the lab from being permanently locked. An exciting story about Professor Kaliber and a thief, as well as treasure chests with combination locks, increase the puzzle fun.

Number of participants: 3 - 6 students
Possible days: Monday and Tuesday afternoons
Duration: 90 minutes incl. introduction and debriefing

Pupils expand their existing knowledge of computer science in the exciting field of web development. To do this, the students create their own (dynamic) website. Depending on their previous knowledge, HTML, CSS and JavaScript are taught.

Number of participants: 10 - 25 students
Duration: 2 - 4 hours

Pupils expand their existing knowledge of computer science in the exciting field of web development, using AI to create simple dynamic websites. The focus is on the use, functionality and challenges of artificial intelligence in programming.

Number of participants: 10 - 25 students 
Duration: 2 - 4 hours

Actually, they are completely different, you would think. Science is serious and magic is just entertainment. But if you look closely, perhaps not. Science tries to understand the processes in the world. If we understand exactly how the world works, then we can invent new technical devices that do things that were previously impossible. Magic shows us things that are actually impossible and challenges us to question our explanation of the world. The workshop aims to show what science actually is, how it works and how it helps us to separate the right from the wrong. We will try to understand what magic is all about and how magicians amaze us and why we often learn something important about the world. During the workshop, the students will prepare and perform their own scientific experiment as well as learn and perform a magic trick.

Maximum number of participants: 30 students
Duration: 30 minutes to 4 hours

Pupils expand their existing knowledge of computer science in the exciting field of AI. They learn about the functions, challenges and opportunities of generative AI.

Number of participants: 10 - 25 students
Duration: 2 - 4 hours

Podcasts are more popular than ever. More than half of 18 to 24-year-olds listen to podcasts regularly because there is practically everything from captivating to informative to funny. And anyone can become a podcaster. In the workshop, we will show your students how they can easily produce podcasts with a cell phone: In small self-selected teams, they will try out everything step by step, from technology to storytelling and recording to post-production. The podcast topic is freely selectable.

Students need their own smartphone to record the podcasts.

Number of participants: 5 - 20 students
Possible days: Friday or during the semester break
Duration: 4 hours

How does a thermostat stay at the right temperature? Why doesn't a Segway tip over? And how does cruise control ensure that a car drives smoothly?

Behind this lies control engineering, which deals with the automatic control of technical systems. In this introduction, students are given an understandable introduction to the basics: What exactly is a control system? What is the difference between control and regulation? And why is control engineering so important, not only in industry but also in everyday life?

Illustrative examples from technology and life are used to show how complex systems can be controlled stably, efficiently and reliably.

Further information on Control and process technology.

Duration: 45 minutes

This workshop invites students to explore the exciting topic of diversity and get to know different dimensions of diversity. The aim is to promote a deeper understanding and appreciation of the diversity that we encounter in our everyday lives, at school and in society. Exciting methods, discussions and reflection exercises are used to promote awareness and an appreciative approach to diversity.

Duration: 90 minutes

School, exams, leisure time stress, sometimes everything just gets too much. In this workshop, your students will find out what stress actually is, how it affects the body and mind and, above all, what they can do about it. They will learn simple methods to deal better with pressure, clear their heads and regain balance. And all without complicated theory.

Duration: 90 - 120 minutes 
Possible days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

How are diet, exercise and well-being connected? Why do we feel full of energy on some days and rather tired and listless on others?

In this workshop, your students will learn how healthy nutrition, appropriate exercise and the female cycle are connected. They will learn how to better adapt their diet and exercise to their own bodies and discover what helps them to feel better and perform better in everyday life.

Duration: 90 - 120 minutes 
Possible days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

What does it mean to be ill yourself or if someone close to you is affected? Whether chronic illness, acute illness or mental stress: illness is part of life and affects many people directly or indirectly.

In this workshop, your students will deal openly with the topic of illness: How can they deal with their own worries or insecurities? How can they support others in difficult situations? And where can they find help if they need support themselves?

Duration: 90 - 120 minutes 
Possible days: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday

This workshop takes a look at the German healthcare system, its economic
framework and what care will look like in the future. We will discuss how good the German system really is in international comparison and what exciting career opportunities there are and will be in the social and healthcare sector.

Duration: 45 - 60 minutes 
Possible days: Monday, Thursday and Friday

At RWU, there are also degree courses in the field of social work and health, for example social work, applied psychology, nursing or health economics. Communication plays a central role in these subjects and also in the subsequent professional fields.

In this workshop, your students will deal with various communicative situations and learn important communication techniques. Of course, there is also room for them to ask their own questions, whether on the subject of communication or on the study programs in the field of social work and health at RWU.

Number of participants: Maximum of 20 students
Duration: 3 hours

In this lecture, your students will learn how the nursing profession has developed from its origins to the present day and what significance monks, monasteries and offenders have had in this professional field. Together, we will explore the current social image of the nursing profession and what impact this has on the further development of the profession. In a short workshop, they will also learn what significance Instagram and the like could have for patient care in the future.

Students need their own smartphone to take part in the workshop, as interactive elements are integrated into the event.

Number of participants: Maximum of 30 students
Possible days: Monday to Thursday
Duration: 90 minutes to 6 hours

Conflicts can arise anywhere, be it in friendships, at school or at the sports club. In this lecture, your students will learn why conflicts arise in the first place, what forms they take and how they can recognize conflicts early on. Because if you understand how conflicts arise, you can deal with them better and perhaps even avoid them altogether. Conflicts can be defused and turned into cooperation through targeted action.

Duration: 90 minutes

Mental health problems in children and adolescents have risen sharply in recent years, not least due to multiple crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine and the climate and energy crisis. Depression, eating disorders and suicidal tendencies in particular have doubled, which has had a dramatic impact on the quality of life of the young people affected (e.g. COPSY study, BELLA study, HBSC study). Psychological bestsellers such as "The Anxious Generation" by J. Haidt illustrate this trend.

Teachers are increasingly confronted with these psychological crises and often find it difficult to offer normal lessons. However, schools in particular, as an important social institution and an important living space where children and young people spend a large part of their day, offer the opportunity to counteract such crises. By promoting resilience, schools can help to reduce psychological stress or even prevent it in the first place.

The lecture will present practical strategies for dealing with acute crises. It will also explain which content-related and structural changes are necessary to make schools as a system more resilient to crises in the long term, alongside pupils and teachers. Resilience should become an integral part of the curriculum and teachers should act as role models (model learning) in order to create a resilient school.

Duration: 90 - 120 minutes

In this workshop, students deal with the importance of strategic management. Using a concrete example, they learn how a company can find the right strategy for its products. The focus is on participation and developing their own practical ideas.

Number of participants: 5 - 40 students
Duration: approx. 30 - 60 minutes

Using Apple as an example, we will look together at the interplay between psychology, technology and management. We will learn how customer expectations are the basis for technical solutions and get to know the psychological tricks of marketing. We will also consider which strategies a company can use to ensure its success.

Number of participants: 5 - 40 students
Duration: approx. 90 minutes

In this lecture followed by a workshop, your students will learn the basics of business psychology. Exciting and concrete application examples will be used to show how psychological thinking influences economic decisions and where the limits of rational decision-making lie. To ensure that your students can understand and classify the content well, we recommend that they already have a basic knowledge of psychology, for example by taking the elective subject "Psychology".

Number of participants: 5 - 40 students
Possible days: Monday and Wednesday afternoons
Duration: approx. 30 - 60 minutes

In this lecture, the psychological principles of purchasing decisions are explained and illustrated using examples from the students' everyday lives. To ensure that your students can understand and classify the content well, we recommend that they already have a basic knowledge of psychology, for example by taking the elective subject "Psychology".

Number of participants: 5 - 30 students
Possible days: Monday and Wednesday afternoons
Duration: 90 - 180 minutes

How is information created from data and how can new knowledge be derived from it? In this workshop, students experience first-hand how eye tracking works: Data is recorded, evaluated and interpreted using eye movements. This reveals how our brain works when we see, read or make decisions and how exciting insights can be gained for research, technology and everyday life.

Number of participants: 10 - 30 students
Duration: 60 - 90 minutes

Our campus rallies offer varied exploration tours of the university campus, each focusing on different topics and subject areas. This allows your students to playfully discover different fields of study and gain exciting insights into everyday student life.

During our library tour, your students will learn how to conduct targeted research, which media and resources are available and how the library supports everyday study life. They will receive valuable tips for successful learning and working.