Direct teaching and communication level between professors/lecturers and students; High degree of attendance at the university, own workstation in the studio; Strong practice orientation, teamwork; content focuses on current and future fields of activity: Revitalisation, redevelopment of existing properties; Energy efficiency, resources, sufficiency; Reflective, creative use of digital tools/BIM. Promotion of creativity, subject-related, methodological and cross cultural skills; Wide range of excursions, and lecture and discussion series. Successful participation in university competitions

Successful acquisition of research funding and participation in the Solar Decathlon 2014 together with Rhode Island Institute of Design and Brown University, USA. Interdisciplinary workshops and summer schools with: China: Southwest Jiaotong University, Chengdu; Tsinghua University Shenzen; India: School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi; Indonesia: Institut Teknologi, Bandung; Jordan: German-Jordanian University, Amman; Lithuania: Technical University, Vilnius; the Netherlands: Academie voor Baukunst, Groningen; USA: Rhode Island Institute of Design, Providence

Departmental library on location with 9,100 specialist architecture books, 32 specialist journals, reading places and mentoring support. Auditorium for events of up to 180 persons, lecture rooms, exhibition areas, model-building workshops, 3D printers, digital cutting plotter, VR set, photo laboratory and CAD pools with 100 workstations for Mac / 100 AP PC.

Reconstruction of the large synagogue in Erfurt /virtual reality project; DigiwertBau/BIM; Interdisciplinary (architecture and civil engineering), cross-university (Bauhaus University, Weimar), practical relevance via 7 consortium partners from the private sector, integration of student "ambassadors"; Bauhaus meets VR; Interdisciplinary (computer science, communication studies, architecture) and cross-university (University of Erfurt), practice-oriented (implementation project), testing of new teaching formats, immersive learning

The teaching staff, staff and students at the architecture faculty have a high level of commitment. A jointly developed quality system combined with very collegial interaction creates a special team spirit at the architecture school in Erfurt. Regular retreat sessions for the continuous improvement of teaching and the enhancement of organisational processes. Students and staff are involved in the processes. Compact Week as a special didactic feature.