Christoph Hofrichter

Christoph Hofrichter studied German and French philology at the Karl-Franzens-University in Graz and has been working at FH JOANNEUM since 2002.
During his studies, he gained teaching experience during a two-year language assistant position in France (La Rochelle and Poitiers) and at language schools and institutions in Austria (including the Language Centre of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz “Treffpunkt Sprachen”, WIFI, Actilingua, Deutsch in Graz). Christoph Hofrichter also worked on the integration of learning content into e-learning platforms at the University of Graz (including for Treffpunkt Sprachen).

From 2008 to 2010, Christoph Hofrichter taught German at the “Qualification course for university entrance” (SBL) at FH JOANNEUM Kapfenberg, and from 2011 to 2012 in Graz.

From 2006 to 2016, he also taught French at the language centre of the Karl-Franzens-University Graz “Treffpunkt Sprachen”.

At FH JOANNEUM, he is working in the International Relations department in the ‘CULTURALIZE’ division, where he is responsible for the extensive German course and cultural programme, since February 2020 also for CAMPUS LinguaNEUM, the language centre at FH JOANNEUM, and since 2022 for the certificate programme ‘German Language Competence Course’ (SDZ).

Christoph Hofrichter has given presentations at the International German Teachers' Conferences (IDT) in Weimar/Jena (Germany, 2009) [‘German as a foreign language at university: preparing for and accompanying studies’ and ‘Designing interactive learning environments’], in Bolzano (Italy, 2013) (‘Individualisation of learning processes’), in Fribourg/Freiburg (Switzerland, 2017) (‘Intercultural and methodological skills’), in Vienna (Austria, 2022) [Poster: ‘The university as a place of linguistic and cultural respect’] and in Lübeck (Germany, 2025) [‘(Innovative) concepts for learning German at universities worldwide’] in a wide variety of sections (see square brackets).

On the topic of internationalisation (at home), he gave a lecture together with Birgit Hernády at the University of Freiburg (Germany, March 2017) at the conference ‘Multilingualism in Society, Politics and Education’ on the topic ‘The university as a linguistic and cultural mediator: the challenges of German as a foreign language’.

In Tehran (Iran, October 2017), Christoph Hofrichter also held a three-day training course entitled ‘IRO Models and IRO services development’ together with Birgit Hernády as part of the EU project INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN IRAN (IHEI) with six Iranian universities.
In Mashhad (IR), he led the one-day workshop ‘Networking & Organisation of international events’ in October 2018, also as part of the EU project INTERNATIONALISATION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN IRAN (IHEI).

Additional training:
Teacher of German and French (2001)
Trainer for adult education (WIFI Graz, 2002)
ÖSD examiner since 2004