UNI:Lokal

The UNI:Lokal is a central and open venue and exhibition space in Kassel's city center.

With this offer in Kassel's pedestrian zone, the University of Kassel aims to strengthen its connection to the city's society. With a varied program of exhibitions and events, citizens are invited to enter into a dialogue about current research topics and to discuss aspects. At UNI:Lokal, prospective students can also find out about the wide range of courses on offer at any time. With the SDG+ Lab, the regional sustainability laboratory of UniKasselTransfer has moved into the premises as the main player.

UNI:Lokal will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays from December 22, 2024 to January 6, 2025. We will be open again from January 7, 2025 and look forward to your visit!

Exhibition "360° Perspectives: Branding for the University of Kassel"

The University of Kassel is launching an advertising campaign in 2025 that focuses on its sustainability focus in teaching and specifically addresses prospective students. The reason for the investment in professional university marketing is the launch of new sustainability-related courses in autumn 2025. With three concise motifs that visualize the reference to ecological, economic and social sustainability, the university is sending a strong message and underlining its commitment to sustainable education and social responsibility. The campaign was developed together with the Hamburg-based communications agency Bureau Bald.

The motifs and the campaign process are on display at UNI:Lokal in the exhibition "360° Perspectives: Branding for the University of Kassel", which will be on display until January 23, 2025.

Exhibition "360° Perspectives: Branding for the University of Kassel": Further information on the campaign

The theme year 2024/25 "Transformations in town and country" starts!

In the second themed year of the SDG+ Lab "Transformations in urban and rural areas", everything revolves around the sustainable design of urban and rural areas - and the interplay between urban and rural areas. After all, a sustainable future needs liveable, climate-resilient and vibrant places as well as good coexistence - in the city and in the countryside.

The opening exhibition is dedicated to questions of living space, green space and transportation planning for urban and rural areas as well as the recurring question of community. Meeting places that invite people to linger and exchange ideas play a central role. The central element of the exhibition spaces is a parking lot, which is immediately repurposed and converted into a so-called Third Place. Here, visitors can delve deeper into the topics and browse through exciting solutions and reference projects.

Open guided tours:
Wednesdays at 1 pm and 4.30 pm (30 minutes, no registration required)

Individual guided tours:
Appointments by arrangement (30-60 minutes)

Workshops for companies, institutions and groups / for school classes & youth groups
60-90 minutes (by arrangement)

Inquiries for individual guided tours and workshops to:
sdgpluslab@uni-kassel.de
(Please state the subject of your request: Request for guided tour/workshop)

SDG+ Lab

Laboratory for sustainability issues
Together, we are tackling the major sustainability issues of our time. From 2023 to 2027, the SDG+ Lab will bring together science, business and society and develop impulses and concrete solutions for a sustainable region of Kassel and North Hesse along the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations.

SDG+ Lab: To the website of the SDG+Lab

Coffee talks at UNI:Lokal

In the coffee talks, scientists from the University of Kassel explain their research - briefly and compactly in 15 minutes. For all those who want to start the evening with an interesting input on current topics - plus a sweet snack and a hot drink free of charge.

Join in the discussion about how we deal responsibly with knowledge, how our inner clock controls us and find out more about the ultimate fate of our universe. This and much more awaits you in the coffee talks.

Wednesdays, 4 p.m.

Coffee talks at UNI:Lokal: All events (Flyer in german)

Series of events on Elisabeth Selbert, equality and the Basic Law

Elisabeth Selbert was one of the creators of the Basic Law. In honor of Selbert and on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the Basic Law, we want to recapitulate in our series of events how the social, economic, political and societal position of women in the Federal Republic of Germany has changed. The series is organized by the department "Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany - Statehood in Transition" under the direction of Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schroeder.

Tuesdays, 4 p.m.

Series of events on Elisabeth Selbert, equality and the Basic Law: All events (Flyer in german)

Events at UNI:Lokal

All events

Opening hours

Tuesday to Friday: 12.00 to 18.00
Saturday 12.00 to 16.00
Closed on Mondays

UNI:Lokal will be closed over the Christmas and New Year holidays from December 22, 2024 to January 6, 2025. We will be open again from January 7, 2025 and look forward to your visit!

Admission to all events and exhibitions is free of charge.

UNI:Lokal

Wilhelmsstraße 21
34117 Kassel