Education and training programmes

Would you like to find out more about the purpose, effect and structure of FiduS (Fit through university studies) exercise breaks in seminars and lectures? Would you like to lead exercise breaks at our university yourself and earn some extra money on the side? Then register for the next University Sports training course. Under the guidance of University Sports employees, the training course will deal with the question of why exercise breaks make sense, what needs to be considered when implementing them and what implementation looks like in concrete terms. The training participants will be enabled to lead movement breaks in digital and/or face-to-face (teaching) courses themselves. Numerous practical practice classes will be taught and each participant will lead a break themselves towards the end of the further education programme.

Next training course: 22 October & 5 November 2025 (2x from 15:00-19:00)

Location: Seminar room - university campus (information on registration)

For registration and further information. If you have any questions, please contact fidus(at)hs-fulda.de.

Planning is the starting point for every sports unit. It is largely based on didactic principles. In this seminar, you will be introduced to the basics of a sports session in a way that is related to practice. The aim is for you to be able to structure a session effectively and to know exactly what content and methods you can use for what purpose and how. At the end of the seminar, you should be able to evaluate and reflect on why one sports session was particularly well received by your participants, while another may have been less successful.

Date: 15 November 2025

Location: Campus sports hall, building 54

Assistant: René Lüttig

Fees: Course instructors of University Sports Fulda: free of charge; students/employees of HS Fulda: €20; external participants: €45

Registration and further information

This further education programme is related to practice and focuses on aspects of training planning and design with a particular focus on functional training. You will learn how to integrate functional training into your planning in a meaningful way and what central role it plays in a holistic training approach. In practice, we will develop our own training unit with a functional specialisation. This session will then be carried out and analysed together in the sports hall.

Date: 6 December 2025

Location: 54.101 Physiotherapy laboratory - training therapy and gait analysis (building 54) & seminar room 54.103

Assistant: Madita Bahr

Fees: Course instructors of University Sports Fulda: free of charge; students/employees of HS Fulda: 20,- Euro; external participants: 45,- Euro

Registration and further information

"Low carb for everyone", "drink before you get thirsty", "superfoods as a health booster" or "protein shakes after every workout" - nutrition myths are widespread and often contradictory. In this practical one-day seminar, well-known myths about nutrition, sport and everyday life are addressed, scientifically categorised and either confirmed or debunked. Current trends such as intermittent fasting, detox or the use of sugar and sweeteners will also be critically analysed.

Date: 13 December 2025

Location: Seminar room - university campus (information on registration)

Speaker: Uwe Schröder (German Institute for Sports Nutrition e.V. (DiSE e.V.) on the Medical Campus Peil, Bad Nauheim)

Fees: Course instructors of University Sports Fulda: free of charge; students/employees of HS Fulda: 20,- Euro; external participants: 45,- Euro

Registration and further information

Fulda University of Applied Sciences is characterised by an outstanding commitment to safe and healthy University Sports! This is why the in-house seminars are so popular with participants. You will gain an insight into statutory accident insurance, learn about technical, organisational and personnel-related causes of accidents, manage accident analyses and receive practical prevention recommendations. There will be a safety-related practical sports component in one sport.

Date: 23 & 24 January 2026

Venue: Fulda University of Applied Sciences - room to be announced

Assistants: Unfallkasse Hessen

Fees: For participants from Hessian University Sports facilities, attendance, catering and travel expenses will be covered by Unfallkasse Hessen.

Licence renewal (8 hours): Practical supervisors C popular sport adults/elderly, B "Sport in prevention" and club managers C and B

Registration and further information

Would you like to become part of a motivating team and actively do something for your health in everyday university life? Whether you are a student or an employee - become a FiduS instructor and join us in organising active breaks in lectures, seminars and meetings!

In our practice-oriented training course, you will learn everything about planning and implementing effective exercise breaks. Our experts from University Sports at Fulda University of Applied Sciences will provide you with valuable knowledge that you can use in both face-to-face and online courses.

As a participant, you will receive a comprehensive FiduS practical supervisor handbook, a smart FiduS shirt in the colours of our university and, at the end of the training course, you will be able to lead a FiduS break yourself. Once you have completed the training course, you will receive 4 or 5 euros for each FiduS break you lead.

Next training course: 29 April & 6 May 2026

Location: Seminar room - university campus (information on registration)

For registration and further information. If you have any questions, please contact fidus(at)hs-fulda.de.

Leisure activities for a balanced study programme

Maintaining a work-life-study balance is one of the biggest challenges for a successful degree programme and a happy, healthy time at university. Numerous studies show that many young people become physically, mentally and socially unbalanced when they start their studies (at the latest), and may even become ill and overwhelmed.

Date: 26 November 2025

Location: Seminar room - university campus (information upon registration)

Speaker:  TK expert (Dr Jan Ries - sports scientist, university sports expert and lecturer at various universities)

Fees: free of charge

Registration and further information (registration possible from 06.10.2025)

Digital detox: movement instead of virtual worlds

It is NOT about either/or, but about the balance between virtual worlds and the real/physical world. Finding a balance is the basic principle behind everything we do. Digital media have become an integral part of everyday (student) life. Social networks, digital exchange or digital courses, gaming worlds, knowledge platforms, AI tools, digital self-presentation and much more determine daily routines, learning and working behaviour and leisure activities. Curse and blessing are closely linked - even with this technical achievement.

Date: 14 January 2026

Location: Seminar room - university campus (information upon registration)

Speaker:  TK expert (Dr Jan Ries - sports scientist, university sports expert and lecturer at various universities)

Fees: free of charge

Registration and further information (registration possible from 06.10.2025)