Pro-Noris Prize

The Pro-Noris prize recognises students’ extraordinary commitment to the Nuremberg community.

The Bürgerstiftung Nürnberg awards the prize in cooperation with the Technische Hochschule Nürnberg Georg Simon Ohm to students who make a lasting contribution to the community in Nuremberg through their thesis or other project associated with their coursework. Five thousand euros of prize money is awarded each year, which may be divided amongst up to 5 winning projects. The selection criteria are not focused on the grades or marks associated with the project, but exceptional contributions to community service and improving the city as a community. The evaluation is focused on the innovative and positive effects on Nuremberg that the student projects produce – on the student’s engagement and the realised idea, not the academic performance.

The selection is carried out by a high-profile jury comprising the Lord Mayor Marcus König, the Ohm’s president, Prof. Niels Oberbeck, Ingrid Hofmann (I.K. Hoffmann GmbH), Nils Weber (Chair of the Ohm’s Student Parliament), and Theophil Graband (Bürgerstiftung Nürnberg).

Application phase: 17 December 2024 to 30 March 2025

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Service Learning - Engaged and Educated

For many years, the Nuremberg Institute of Technology has been working with charities, sports teams, museums, and other non-profit organisations, and we would like to develop this collaboration further.


To this end, the Nuremberg Institute of Technology has set up the “Service Learning – Engaged and Educated” contact point to facilitate cooperation with non-profit sector partners. Since January 2021, the contact point has come under the umbrella of LEONARDO – Center for Creativity and Innovation.

Are you a non-profit organisation or community looking for a contact at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology with a view to developing joint projects? Would you like to expand your course to include collaboration with non-profit sector partners? Are you still looking for suitable cooperation partners for a project or for your final thesis?

Your port of call at the contact point is Ms Maren Grimm, who will be happy to answer all of your questions and provide advice if you are considering a partnership with us. The contact point supports the university’s strategy to provide more effective support for issues in the region, and it is also embedded in the guiding principle of the university. The scheme involves students from practically all faculties. We call this strategy “Service Learning – Engaged and Educated”.   

Further information is available here.

Service Learning at the Nuremberg Institute of Technology

Service Learning – Engagiert Studiert

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