Sale of the BWGV Academy:
University of Hohenheim expands its campus for a new Big Data Lab  [15.11.16]

The Baden-Württembergischer Genossenschaftsverband (BWGV) sells its Academy’s Birkach location / University of Hohenheim expands its competence in Big Data / Student Services Tübingen-Hohenheim creates new residence hall spots for students.


A 10,400 square foot property with 8,300 square feet of floor space for offices, seminar rooms, and residence hall rooms: In the future, the area of the former BWGV Academy Hohenheim in Stuttgart-Birkach will serve to provide space for research and teaching by the University of Hohenheim in computer analysis, processing large amounts of data, and computer modelling of complex systems (X³-Lab).

In addition, Student Services Tübingen-Hohenheim will be creating up to 50 new residence hall rooms. As planned, by selling its building the BWGV will concentrate its educational activities in the future in Karlsruhe-Rüppurr and also help to further strengthen Stuttgart as a center of science. The contract parties have agreed to keep the price confidential.

Signpost to the GENO-academy | Image Source: archive BWGV

Signpost to the GENO-academy
Image Source: archive BWGV

Text: Klebs

Contact for press:

Florian Klebs, University of Hohenheim, Press Center
T +49 711 459 22001, E presse@uni-hohenheim.de

Simon Leimig, Studierendenwerk Tübingen-Hohenheim, Press / Communication
T +49 7071 2973821, E simon.leimig@sw-tuebingen-hohenheim.de

Thomas Hagenbucher, Baden-Württembergischer Genossenschaftsverband e.V., Communication and public relation, T +49 711 222 13 - 27 70, E thomas.hagenbucher@bwgv-info.de


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