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Projects and Programs of the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe

A shared journey. Our heartfelt thanks.

Thank you for 20 years of exchange, cooperation, and trust! 

We would like to express our heartfelt thanks to everyone who joined us in celebrating BAYHOST’s 20th anniversary – our alumni, partner institutions, scholarship holders, and all our supporters. Your commitment, dedication, and contribution to fostering academic exchange between Bavaria and Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe have made this anniversary a truly memorable event.

Ukrainian-Bavarian-Workshop on Multilingualism

The Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST), the Center for Interdisciplinary Ukrainian Studies “Denkraum Ukraine”, and the Forum Multilingualism and Regionality "FoMuR" at the University of Regensburg will be hosting a workshop on cooperation with Ukraine in the humanities with a focus on multilingualism on October 28.-29., 2025 in Regensburg.

The workshop is aimed at interested lecturers and researchers in Bavarian, Ukraine, as well as other countries.

Please find the current draft of the program here!

Call for Application for the funding year 2026/27

Scholarships of the Free State of Bavaria for graduates from ten countries of Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe in 2025/26. Deadline for first time applications: 1st December 2025 and for applications of extension: 28th February 2026. Further information

Funding programs for Bavaria and the Czech Republic

The Bavarian-Czech Academic Agency is affiliated with the Bavarian Academic Center for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe (BAYHOST) as its own department and acts as the central point of contact for all aspects of bilateral cooperation between Bavaria and the Czechia in the field of higher education and science.
The funding of BTHA encompasses grants for study abroad programs, language courses, summer and winter schools in both countries as well as mobility grants for internships, research travels and excursions; moreover it focuses on support of bilateral academic projects and conferences in Bavaria and the Czech Republic.  Further information about BTHA

at the University of Zagreb

Nikolas Djukić, Executive Director of the Bavarian Academic Centre for Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe, gave a presentation to representatives of the academic community at the South East European Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (SEECEL) on Wednesday, 11 October.
During the meeting, the participants exchanged information on potential new ways of cooperation, primarily regarding the organization of interdisciplinary and international summer schools, stronger networking aimed at the development of scientific and research projects and strengthening academic mobility. Read more

BAYHOST - Coordination office for Ukraine

BAYHOST organizes as part of the Taras Shevchenko Program a coordination office for Ukraine, which bundles support and assistance offers for Ukrainian students and scientists and is available to them as a contact point. Further information

BAYHOST expresses solidarity with Ukraine

BAYHOST expresses solidarity with its partner organizations in science and higher education, grant holders and alumni from Ukraine and condems the Russian attack against Ukraine.
The attack against Ukraine damages the fruitful and friendly cooperation with partner organizations both in Ukraine and Russia that has been growing for many years.
Our thoughts are with the Ukrainian scientists, students, alumni and their families.
BAYHOST will support students exchange and academic cooperation with Ukraine even more strongly in the future.

My New Life in Bavaria. A blog by international researchers

B A Y H O S T - scholarship holder, Julia V. Gerasimova, reports on her personal experiences in Bavaria as researcher and contributes to the Research in Bavaria blog: "My New Life in Bavaria. A blog by international researchers". Read more

Cooperation Proposals to Bavarian Universities

Here you will find information about cooperation requests from universities in Central, Eastern and Southeastern Europe. Further information

Review of the year 2024

BAYHOST & BTHA on the Bavarian Europe Day in Regensburg, April 2024

Follow-up online meetings for the “Ukrainian-Bavarian Conference on Double Degree Programs”, April & May 2024

Bavarian-Hungarian student project on self-driving vehicles, April 2024

Bavarian-Hungarian student project on self-driving vehicles, April 2024

“Unissued Diplomas” Opening of the first exhibition at the Ukrainian Free University in Munich

Working meeting at the University of Regensburg on the project “Hoffnung Europa? Europe concepts and attitudes of students in Southeast Europe”, May 2024

Annual meeting of BAYHOST and BTHA scholarship holders in Nuremberg, June 2024

Workshop on autonomous driving at Széchenyi István University in Györ (Hungary), June 2024

BAYHOST MedTech Workshop at the OTH Regensburg, June 2024

Visit of the General Consul of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the University of Regensburg, July 2024

German cultural standards with a focus on higher education, September 2024

5. MAGIC Workshop MAGnetically Induced Molecular Currents, September 2024

CAIDAS-Workshop “Artificial Intelligence for Software Engineering”, October 2024

„Cooperation with Ukraine in the Humanities” in Budapest, October 2024

Online higher education fair 2024 for studying in Bavaria, October 2024

Innovation in Chemical Sciences – researchers and students from Bavaria at symposium at the University of Zagreb, November 2024

Students from Hungary and Bavaria at the Autonomous Driving Challenge of the VDI, November 2024

Remembering 40 lost dreams - traveling exhibition “Unissued Diplomas” at the OTH Amberg-Weiden, November 2024

Weekend seminar for the annual scholarship holders of the Free State of Bavaria on the topic of “Climate Change and modern Technologies”, November 2024

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