The Faculty of Engineering (FIW) at the University of Duisburg-Essen is actively involved in knowledge transfer and thus creates a bridge between academic research and practical application. The close link between science and industry is not only a key strength of the Faculty, but also a traditional feature of German engineering.

We understand transfer as a dynamic process in which research results, technological innovations and creative ideas find their way from the laboratories and institutes into industry and society. This happens in a variety of ways - from joint research projects and technology transfer to business start-ups.

There are many transfer paths - from the idea to the application:

In publicly funded projects, researchers from the faculty work closely with companies, public institutions and other research organisations. These collaborations not only create innovations, but also make a direct contribution to solving social challenges. An overview of current research projects can be found here.

The systematic transfer of scientific findings into marketable products is supported by the university's technology transfer programme. Researchers receive advice on patenting and commercialisation as well as access to a network of industrial partners. The University of Duisburg-Essen has a central technology transfer centre that bundles various services. Applications are supported here, for example, by the two co-creation labs Product Innovation and the Place Beyond Bytes.

The Faculty's wealth of ideas regularly leads to successful spin-offs. In collaboration with the Centre for Start-ups & Innopreneurship (GUIDE), students and researchers are supported on the path from idea to company foundation. The aim is to transfer innovations into the economy and strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit. Anyone interested in founding an idea is welcome to contact us by e-mail .

The faculty is actively involved in knowledge transfer in order to present complex scientific findings in an understandable way and to disseminate them to society. Science communication plays a key role in this - current research topics are made accessible to a wide audience in lectures, workshops and public dialogues. Centrally organised, there are various offers for knowledge and technology transfer: Link

Current news from our faculty can be found on the faculty's LinkedIn-Account  or under the mainpage "News".

The involvement of external partners in teaching and learning formats enables students to establish contacts with practice at an early stage. In addition, the faculty offers extra-occupational continuing education programmes that transfer current scientific findings directly into professional practice. For example, the institutes affiliated with the faculty have a wide range of practice partners who are actively involved in teaching at FIW.

The faculty makes its expertise available to political decision-makers and social actors. It makes a valuable contribution to evidence-based decision-making in business, politics and society through expert reports, studies and specialist lectures.

The faculty also makes its high-quality research infrastructure, such as laboratories, large-scale equipment and specialised software solutions, available to external partners. This makes a valuable contribution to promoting innovation. One example is the Interdisciplinary Center for Analytics on the Nanoscale (ICAN) in the NanoEnergieTechnikZentrum (NETZ), which bundles research into functional materials for energy applications.