HighN

From 2016 to 2020, Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences collaborated with 10 other universities on the HOCH-N consortium project. The project was launched by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) to further embed sustainability at universities. HOCH-N brings together experts with many years of experience in the fields of sustainability and education for sustainable development at universities. The results include a cross-university mission statement for a sustainable university, as well as guidelines for promoting and implementing sustainable development in the areas of sustainability reporting, governance, teaching, research, operations, and knowledge transfer.

The DG HochN supports the implementation of UNESCO’s “Education for Sustainable Development by 2030” program and is committed to the whole-institution approach. It also pursues the overarching goal of ensuring that sustainable development at universities—in line with the Sustainable Development Goals—becomes a visible and effective expression of their work in research, teaching, operations, governance, knowledge transfer, and reporting.

The DG HochN is intended to provide a solid foundation for the impact of the HochN, Virtual Academy for Sustainability, and netzwerk n projects, as well as other regional and local initiatives, and to further expand a sustainable higher education landscape.