Guide to Research and Higher education in Central Germany

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Chemnitz | dessau-Roßlau | dresden | erfurt | Gera | Halle | Jena | leipzig | magdeburg | weimar | zwickau
Guide to Research and Higher education
in Central Germany
The production of this guide was supported by the
governments of Saxony, Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt.
Contents
04
Foreword
05 Overview map of the Metropolitan Region
06 The Metropolitan region
08
The Centres of Research and Higher Education
10 Automobile Engineering/Machine Construction
13 Biotechnology/Life Sciences/Environmental Technology
17 Chemistry/Plastics
20 Nutritional Sciences
23 Information Technology/Media Sciences
26 Logistics
28 Optics
30 Microelectronics
33 Solar Energy
36 Creative Industries/Cultural Studies
39 The Humanities
42 Libraries
46 Universities and Technical Universities
47 Universities of Applied Sciences
50 Colleges of Art and Music
51 Institutes and INNOVATION CENTRES
74 Contact Partners
Guide to Research and Higher Education in Central Germany
Foreword
Dear readers,
Produced by the working group "Business and Sciences," this
updated edition of the guide to research and academia in the
Central German Metropolitan Region provides a comprehensive
overview of the research and higher education sector in Central
Germany. Education, academia and research are becoming ever
more significant as the drivers of social and economic development within Europe.
The Metropolitan Region provides an especially concentrated and
innovative research and education sector, comprising no less than
nine universities, over 25 universities of applied sciences and 100
research institutes and centres. The region has excellent industry
clusters in Microelectronics, Solar Energy, Optics, Machine Construction, Automotive Construction and Chemistry.
The Central German Metropolitan Region currently comprises
eleven towns of the states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia that receive financial and consultative support from the three
state governments.
This common undertaking is held together by a shared commitment to innovation in a time of change. Recognizing the present
social and economic trends as a unique opportunity, we in the
region have joined hands with industry, culture and academia
to realize joint projects in various fields of local government cooperation. In so doing, they are working together to unleash the
full potential of the region.
The working group "Business and Sciences" in the Central German
Metropolitan Region
September 2012
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overview map of the Metropolitan Region
CORE TOWNS
CO-OPERATION PARTNERS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
BRANDENBURG
HALLE
POLAND
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
LEIPZIG
SAALE
ERFURT
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
» WROCLAW
GERA
WERRA
SAXONY
ELBE
CHEMNITZ
JENA
ZWICKAU
HESSE
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
The Metropolitan Region
The Central German Metropolitan Region is an
alliance of ELEVEN cities in Saxony, SAXONY-ANHALT
and Thuringia. TOGETHER WITH to the Capital region
Berlin-Brandenburg, it represents the only Metropolitan region in Eastern Germany. This common undertaking is held together by a shared commitment
to innovation in a time of change. Recognizing the
present course of social and economic change as a
unique opportunity, 20 years after the reunification
of Germany, the start of European integration and
the onset of de-industrialization, the region has recognized its own strengths in change and renewal.
Combining strengths
The Central German Metropolitan Region offers the unique chance to bring together a wide range of interests across administrative borders, thus providing added value for both the participants
and the region as a whole. Increased competition and the trend
towards international integration makes joint positioning, (such
as joint marketing and lobbying) ever-more necessary. Metropolitan regions, understood as functionally-integrated city regions
and drivers of social innovation and economic development, are
becoming increasingly important within this process.
The aim of the Central German Metropolitan Region is to create
a platform on which to effect the integration of regional energies,
potential and communicative processes. Closer collaboration
between government, administration, industry, science and culture
enables quick and flexible action in concrete fields of growth. This
simplifies the exchange of best-practice, enabling a common
solutions-orientated approach to shared challenges. To this end,
the Central German Metropolitan Region acts as a networking
forum and platform on which to concentrate shared interests and
skills so as to communicate them to the outside world. Hosting a
process of close collaboration, this platform enables the interested parties to co-operate in the realization of concrete projects.
Actors include the Industrial Initiative for Central Germany, regional planning associations and inter-state networks of academia
and industry. The various actors of the Central German Metropolitan Region are currently concentrated in five working groups: Industry and Academia, Culture and Tourism, Transport and Mobility,
Supra-Regional Co-operation and Family-Friendly Development.
Open to all interested parties, they rely on voluntary participation
and flexible networking.
Potential in academia, industry and culture
One of the world's oldest locations of industry, the Metropolitan
Region in the heart of both Germany and Europe is one of Eastern Germany’s commercial powerhouses. Providing some of the
most attractive economic conditions in Europe, it combines dynamic growth with a high standard of living. The modern infrastructure, excellent research facilities and a highly-qualified workforce
From the Saxony triangle to the Central German Metropolitan Region
A polycentric Metropolitan region, the former "Saxony Triangle"
developed from the core area of the Saxon regional cities of
Chemnitz, Dresden, Leipzig, Zwickau and Halle in Saxony-Anhalt.
Reaching agreement in 2005, the mayors of the five cities drew
up a joint action plan based on close co-operation, with the aim
of competing successfully in international markets. The same
year saw the start of a project of collaborations with further
towns and cities in Thuringia and Saxony-Anhalt, collaborations
which are still going strong today. Since 2006, the Metropolitan
Region has been augmented by the members of the ImPulsRegion Erfurt-Weimar-Jena and Gera. 2007 saw the participation
of Magdeburg and Dessau-Roßlau in the various bodies and
organizations of the Metropolitan Region.
The network of 11 cities in 3 federal states is well-established. Jena,
representing the Thuringian towns and Magdeburg, representing
the interests of Dessau-Roßlau, advanced to full membership at the
end of May 2009. Taking the opportunity to cement the alliance
of the three states, the mayors of the Metropolitan Region agreed
on the new name of Central Germany. Gera and Dessau-Roßlau
achieved full membership on 1 January. As a result, the Central
German Metropolitan Region now consists of the following voting
members: The cities Chemnitz, Dessau-Roßlau, Dresden, Gera, Halle,
Jena (representing the interests of the cities Erfurt and Weimar, the
ImPulse-region), Leipzig, Magdeburg und Zwickau.
The technology park Weinberg Campus in Halle is the
second largest technology park in East Germany.
make the Metropolitan region an excellent location for industry.
Close collaboration in networks and research clusters between
industry and R & D has produced a number of innovations. One
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focus of the current project work concentrates on presenting the
region as an innovative location with efficient and competent
networks involving research institutes, academia and industry.
are well-connected. The Leipzig and Erfurt train networks integrate the Metropolitan Region into the European rail network and act
as important hubs for regional rail traffic.
The region is rich in culture and history. The monuments of
baroque architecture and the art treasures of Dresden; the
modernist architecture and industrial heritage in Chemnitz; the
traditional woodcarving practices of the Erz Mountain region;
the Francke Foundations in Halle an der Saale; the influence
of Bauhaus practices in Dessau and Weimar and the classical
heritage of Goethe and Schiller in Weimar; and Leipzig, combining
the heritage of Johann Sebastian Bach with a modern Exhibition
Centre and a flowering of contemporary art, represent only a few
examples of this legacy. Combining tradition and innovation, the
region has maintained its ties with the past, whilst opening up
new fields in Design, Media, Art and the Creative Industry. This
is completed by a range of breath-taking areas of outstanding
natural beauty such as 'The Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz,'
Europe's most northerly area of wine growing; The Erz Mountains,
the Saxon Switzerland; the Thuringian Forest and the Central
German Lake Landscape.
High-speed rail links to a number of other important German
cities such as Berlin (c. one hour travel), Hamburg, Frankfurt and
Munich, as well as offering a number of international night train
services. Dresden´s Central Station connects the Metropolitan
Region to Eastern Europe and beyond. Services run to Prague in
only two hours. The international airports Leipzig/Halle, Dresden
and Erfurt-Weimar guarantee a rapid connection to many European destinations.
In the heart of Europe
Located in the heart of Europe, the Central German Metropolitan
Region is easy to reach via road, rail, air and water. On the border
to Eastern Europe, it plays a vital role in the transfer of knowledge, information and goods. Once a station on the historical Via
Regia, today it is transected by a number of motorways, including
the E40/ A4 from the Netherlands, through the ImPuls-Region
Erfurt-Weimar-Jena, Gera, Chemnitz and Dresden and leading on
to Kraków. The A2 connects the northern area of the Metropolitan
Region with Hanover and the Ruhr area to the West and Poland
to the East via Berlin. The North-South E51/A9 runs through the
area, connecting Berlin and the Baltic Sea area in the North to
Munich, Austria and Italy. These and other motorways also ensure
that the important towns and cities of the Metropolitan Region
The Elbe and its tributaries, the Midland canal and the Elbe-Havel
canal are integrated in the European river network as well as a
number of Baltic Sea and North Sea harbours. The Magdeburg
water bridge is also of especial significance in this respect.
The Centres of Research and Higher Education
Chemnitz
TOWN OF MODERNISM
Chemnitz has undergone radical changes in recent years. Long dominated by grey concrete structures, the architecture of the town
centre has been subject to a radical and prize-winning revamp
over the last twenty years. The traditional strengths of Chemnitz
lie in its economic power and the close links between industry and
academia. As a "town of modernism," the name Chemnitz stands
for the influences of cultural and architectural modernism, manifested in a number of monuments to its industrial past. Modernity
as a principle - constant development, dynamism and innovation has shaped the design and character of the new town centre. With
a population of some 240,000, Chemnitz is the fourth-largest city
in East Germany. A leading centre of industry, it numbers amongst
the most rapidly-growing cities in the country. Growth is led by the
Automobile Supplies Industry and Machine and Plant Engineering.
Dessau-RoSSlau
COMBINING INNOVATION WITH TRADITION
Dessau-Roßlau provides space and vision for the future. Thanks
to the combination of a number of outstanding factors such as
its central location, state-of-the-art infrastructure and a network
of research and development institutions, established industrial
and trade associations, a high quality of life and a highly-qualified
labour pool, this region numbers amongst some of the most
innovative in Europe.
Magdeburg
CATHEDRAL TOWN AND CENTRE OF RESEARCH
With the state capital Magdeburg establishing itself as a prime
location of innovative industrial development, logisitcal competence and application-oriented research and development, the rest
of the region has seen the development of a number of leading
institutions of academia. Today, the Otto-von-Guericke University
of Magdeburg and the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied
Sciences have developed a reputation as attractive centres of
education far beyond the state borders. The Magdeburg branches
of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Max Planck Society and the Leibniz
Association are amongst the leading institutes of their kind worldwide. These institutions employ researchers from throughout the
world, especially in the excellence and research foci Neurosciences,
Dynamic Systems and Automotive Technologies. The research institutions both contribute to the dynamic development of the city
and provide a number of highly-skilled and attractive jobs.
Jena
LOCATION OF HIGH-TECH PRODUCTION AND SCIENTIFIC
RESEARCH
Jena plays host to a number of high-tech firms such as Zeiss,
Jenoptik, Schott and Analytik Jena. The city’s success comes from
applying the knowledge and skills of its highly qualified staff. A
quarter of the workforce in Jena holds a university degree - the
second highest proportion in Germany. Industry and Academia co-operate in a number of networks working in a range of
fields: Optical Technologies, Medical Technology, Life Sciences /
Analytics / Bio analytics, GreenTech / Photovoltaics, Software /
E-Commerce and Precision Technology. Jena provides the perfect
setting for the research of 4,500 scientists, many of whom work
at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena and the Jena University of
Applied Sciences. The almost 26,000 students learning at both
centres of higher education contribute to the character of what
is a very young city: a third of inhabitants are under the age of 27.
The Bauhaus city, once the cradle of the German Enlightenment,
saw the revolution of Design, Architecture and the Aircraft Industry and remains a centre of new ideas today. Climate Change
Adaptation, Product Design Development and the development
of Pharmaceuticals and Vaccinations are among the areas of
scientific research pursued in Dessau-Roßlau.
Gera
THE TOWN OF OTTO DIX
With a thousand-year history and a population of 100,000, Gera
is one of the commercial, industrial and cultural centres of East
Thuringia. The internationally-renown painter Otto Dix (18911969) was born here and his house of his birth is soon to be
transformed into a new centre of art, a fitting tribute to his life
and work. Further museums and galleries, Thuringia's largest
multi-disciplinary theatre, a number of festivals, concerts and the
"Cavern Bienial" in the labyrinth under the old town make this city
a highly attractive place to live. Companies working with Optics,
Precision Mechanics, Plastic Technologies, Machine Construction,
the Automobile and Supply Industries and Environmental Technology provide a balanced economic platform with a secure future.
All the companies located in Gera appreciate the highly qualified
employees and engineers living in the region. The University of Cooperative Education Thuringia and the SRH University of Applied
Sciences Gera rank amongst the many institutions in the region
providing a practice-oriented programme of study.
Halle (Saale)
SPECIALIZING IN RESEARCH-RELEVANT PROJECTS
With its population of c. 232,000, Halle is much more than just the
largest city in Saxony-Anhalt. Located in a market area with a total
population of 1.7 million within a 50 km radius, the city benefits from
its central location in the heart of Europe and the state-of-the-art infrastructure serving it. The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina is also located in this city on the Saale. Halle is part of number
of international networks, hosting internationally-leading research
institutions such as the Max-Planck Society the Fraunhofer Gemeinschaft, Leibniz Association and the Helmholtz Association. Combining
a number of innovative foci (Bio and Nano Technology, Environmental Technology, Materials Sciences, Materials Research and Active
Ingredients Research, Medical Technology and Solar Technology), the
Technology Park Weinberg Campus, the second largest of its kind in
East Germany, is an excellent location for research and development.
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dresden
CITY ON THE ELBE AND STATE CAPITAL
Long serving as the royal residence of the Wettin dynasty, today
Dresden is one of the most attractive Baroque cities in Europe
and an attractive town in which to live. Steeped in a rich tradition
and nestling in the Elbe valley, the "German Florence" has developed into a modern city attractive to new residents through both
its cultural heritage and its future as a location of science and
industry. In addition to its rich cultural scene, the city also boasts
a high-quality, internationally-recognized and well-networked
research landscape. Consisting of the universities and a wide
range of institutions, Dresden can point to expertise in a number
of future-oriented fields such as Micro-electrics, Nanotechnology
and Biotechnology. A Children's university, the Night of Science
and the Senior Academy also ensures wider participation in
cutting-edge research.
leipzig
EXHIBITION TOWN, ART CITY, CENTRE OF SCIENCE
Leipzig is a modern Science City. Some 50000 people - professors
and students, researchers and staff - work in the science sector.
Leipzig's reputation as a Science City rests on deep foundations:
the 600 year old University of Leipzig, the second oldest university
in Germany; Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, the Academy
of Visual Arts, the University of Music & Theatre, "Felix-Mendelssohn Bartholdy" and the Leipzig Graduate School of Management.
It is also the location of the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and
Humanities in Leipzig, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research, three Max Planck Institutes, three institutes of the
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association and two institutes from the
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. Leipzig is also a modern location of technology. This is underlined by the wide range of university courses
provided in the fields of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Real Estate
and Resource Management, Electro-technology and Information
Technology, Machine and Energy Technology as well as Media and
Communications Technology.
Zwickau
THE CITY OF THE AUTOMOBILE AND ROBERT SCHUMANN
Zwickau has managed to combine its long manufacturing
tradition with the environment of a modern location of industry.
The home of a number of household names such as Horch, Audi
and Trabant, Zwickau provides a family-friendly atmosphere and
a high standard of living. Establishing Zwickau as an attractive
location of industrial development with its high quality of life and
family-friendly atmosphere, the local government has succeeded
in attracting a number of leading companies such as Volkswagen,
who, with its regional Head Quarters in Zwickau, has established itself as one of the largest manufacturing companies in the
Germany's Eastern states. The University of Applied Sciences
Zwickau provides a constant stream of highly-qualified engineers
for the labour-hungry industries of the region. In addition to its
excellent working environment, Zwickau also caters for leisure
time with developments such as the largest certified "1a shopping
town" in Germany.
Erfurt
A MODERN STATE CAPITAL FULL OF HISTORY
“The site of Erfurt is optimal - a city must be here.” as Martin
Luther said. His judgment is confirmed by the range of industry
which has been attracted to the state capital of Thuringia. An
up-and-coming location of the logistics industry, a centre of
children’s media and Hi-tech hub: all of these labels fit to this
most versatile of cities. At the same time, it is a tried-and-tested
location of Machine and Plant Construction, Horticulture and the
Foodstuffs Industry. The potential of the city has attracted the
University, the Universities of Applied Science and a number of
research institutions. Also key to Erfurt’s success is the efficient
concentration of knowledge and resources achieved in bodies
such as the KinderMedienZentrum or the work of the Hi-tech
cluster. The nature of the city itself makes it attractive as a place
both to work and live.
Weimar
A city of culture and learning
The range and quality of institutions of academia and research
available in Weimar is comparable only to that of a metropolis. The
city of culture in the heart of a series of Thuringian towns acts as
an inspiring location for a number of companies and institutions
of research and development. The presence of the Universities of
Applied Science, the Bauhaus University Weimar, the Liszt School
of Music Weimar, the Institutes of Materials Research, Media and
countless institutes of research and humanities libraries all create
an innovative, interdisciplinary atmosphere. Weimar, the so-called
“town in a park” provides its inhabitants with an excellent quality
of life. The range of culture offered by the town, its diversity of
secondary schools – ranging from a grammar school focusing on
music to an international school – and the highest concentration of
children in the state make Weimar especially attractive for young
families and young professionals alike.
locations of Automobile Engineering/Machine Construction
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
NORDHAUSEN
BRANDENBURG
HALLE
POLAND
LEIPZIG
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
MITTWEIDA
GERA
ILMENAU
SAXONY
SAALE
CHEMNITZ
FREIBERG
JENA
WERRA
ZWICKAU
HESSE
PLAUEN
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
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Chemnitz
• Chemnitz University of Technology
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft:
- Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
- Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS)
• Institute for Mechatronics e.V.
Dessau-RoSSlau
• WTZ - Wissenschaftlich-Technisches Zentrum für Motoren- und
Maschinenforschung Roßlau gGmbH
• Anhalt University of Applied Sciences
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• Dresden University of Applied Sciences
• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Association:
- Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
- Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research
• Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI PKS)
- Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)
- Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS)
- Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (IZPF), Dresden branch
Acoustic Diagnosis and Quality Assurance (EADQ) Dresden
- Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM)
- Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology Dresden (IWU)
- Applications Centre for Processing Machinery and Packaging
Technology (AVV)
Erfurt
• CiS Institut für Mikrosensorik GmbH
• Anwendungszentrum Mikrosystemtechnik (AZM)
• Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gGmbH,
Erfurt branch (IMMS)
Freiberg
• TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Gera
• Berufsakademie Gera (University of Cooperative Education –
Staatliche Studienakademie Thüringen)
• SRH University of Applied Sciences Gera
Halle
• Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
• Burg Giebichenstein University of Art and Design
• Fraunhofer Institut for Mechanics of Materials Halle (IWM)
• Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics
• International Max Planck Research School for Science and Technology of Nanostructures (Nano-IMPRS)
• Schweißtechnische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Halle GmbH
• Innovations- und GründerZentrum Fügetechnik (IGZ)
• The TGZ Technology and Founders‘ Centre GmbH
Ilmenau
• Ilmenau University of Technology (TU)
• Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme (IMMS)
Jena
• Friedrich Schiller University Jena (FSU)
• Jena University of Applied Sciences
• Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)
• INNOVENT e.V. Technology Development Jena
• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering (IOF)
• Günter Köhler Institut für Fügetechnik und Werkstoffprüfung GmbH
Leipzig
• Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
• Forschungs- und Transferzentrum Leipzig e. V. an der HTWK Leipzig
• Leibniz Institute of Surface Modification Leipzig (IOM)
• Kunststoff-Zentrum Leipzig (KuZ)
Magdeburg
• Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg
• Steinbeis Transfer Center Construction, Tribology and Prototype
Engineering Prototype Engineering)
• Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences
• Max Planck Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
• Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF)
• Experimental Factory
• IGZ Innovations- und Gründerzentrum Magdeburg GmbH
• IKAM GmbH Institut für Kompetenz in AutoMobilität
Mittweida
• University of Applied Sciences Mittweida
Nordhausen
• Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
Plauen
• DIPLOMA Hochschule Studienzentrum Plauen
• Textile Research Thuringia –Vogtland e.V. (TITV Greiz)
Weimar
• Institut für Fertigteiltechnik und Fertigbau Weimar e. V. (IFF)
• Forschungsinst. für Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau Weimar e. V. (FITR)
• Materialforschungs- und Prüfanstalt (MFPA)
Zwickau
• University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
- IfK - Institut für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik
- IfP - Institut für Produktionstechnik
- IEM – Institut für Energiemanagement i.G.
- ITL – Institut für Textil- und Ledertechnik
• FES GmbH Fahrzeug-Entwicklung-Sachsen / Auto-Entwicklungsring
Sachsen GmbH
• FTZ Forschungs- und Transferzentrum e.V.
Automobile Engineering/Machine Construction
Tradition as the Springboard to Modernity
Automobile Engineering and Machine Construction have a long tradition in the Central German
Metropolitan Region, especially in the Chemnitz /
Zwickau area, but also in Halle, Leipzig, Dresden and
Erfurt. Automobile manufacturers can take advantage of the presence of regional manufacturing
industries which develop and produce many of the
components required for automobile production.
The close ties between industry and research also
bring considerable advantages to this end.
More than 50 university-based and other institutions of dedicated
research, plus numerous companies, currently participate in such networks. Of special significance in co-ordinating such efforts is the Saxony
Automotive Supplier Network (established by the State of Saxony);
automotive Thüringen e. V. (founded by a number of regional firms) with
its membership of more than 100; and the expertise of the SaxonyAnhalt-based automotive supplier MAHREG, which acts to facilitate
targeted co-operation between industry and academia. The basis for such
work is the long tradition enjoyed by Machine Construction in the Central
German Metropolitan Region. This history reaches as far back as 1703
and the foundation by Johann Esche of the first German factory for the
construction of special machines to be used in the sock and underwear
industry. Today, the region remains at the cutting edge of innovation. The
companies in the region are characterized by their high degree of flexibility, facilitated by considerable investments in manufacturing plant and
research. A significant part in this process is the contribution of the institutions of education and research, which also have a long tradition. Those
academic institutions in Saxony focussing on Machine Construction have
been leaders of their field for the last 170 years. With its eight research
institutes in Saxony, the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft has developed Saxony
into one of its centres of operations in Production Engineering and New
Materials. Industrial research is also well catered for - the Department of
Mechanical Engineering at the Chemnitz University of Technology and
the Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
have developed into a centre of research into Production Engineering.
• Project Office of the Saxony Automotive Supplier Network
www.amz-sachsen.de
• automotive thüringen e. V.
www.automotive-thueringen.de
• Kompetenznetz MAHREG Automotive
www.mahreg.de
• Verbundinitiative Maschinenbau Sachsen (VEMAS)
www.vemas-sachsen.de
• FASA Zweckverband zur Förderung des Maschinen- und
Anlagenbaus Sachsen-Anhalt
www.fasa-ev.de
• Automotive Cluster of East Germany
www.acod.de
• IAW Industrial and Automotive Region of West Saxony e. V.
www.iaw-2010.de
• Exzellenzcluster "Lightweight Structures and Polymer
Technology" (MERGE)
www.strukturleichtbau.net
The Verbundinitiative Maschinenbau Sachsen, established by the State of Saxony in 2003 has since proven
itself as a reliable partner for companies and research
institutes in Machine Construction and Plant Engineering.
Together with its project managers, the Fraunhofer IWU
and the Kompetenzzentrum Maschinenbau Chemnitz/Sachsen e.V, the Verbundinitiative has strengthened innovation
and played an important part in increasing exports from
Saxony to Russia and India.
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locations of Biotechnology/Life Sciences/Environmental Technology
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
KÖTHEN
BRANDENBURG
NORDHAUSEN
POLAND
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
LEIPZIG
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
HERMSDORF
ILMENAU
SAXONY
SAALE
JENA
WERRA
RUDOLSTADT
HESSE
GERA
MITTWEIDA
CHEMNITZ
FREIBERG
ZWICKAU
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
Biotechnology/Life Sciences/Environmental Technology
Dessau-RoSSlau
• Federal Environment Agency
• ATI Agentur für Technologietransfer und Innovationsförderung GmbH Anhalt
• BioPharmaPark Dessau
• Zentrum für klinische Studien Dessau (ZKSD)
Chemnitz
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR)
• Max-Planck-Institut für Molekulare Zellbiologie und Genetik (MPI CBG)
• BioInnovationsZentrum (BIOZ)
• Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden - CRTD
• Max Bergmann Center of Biomaterials Dresden
• The Biotechnology Center of the TU Dresden (BIOTEC)
• Center of Innovation Competence B-Cube
• OncoRay - Center for Radiation Research in Oncology
• The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V.
• Helmholtz Association German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases
• The Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants: Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural and
Fruit Crops, Dresden-Pillnit
• Paul Langerhans Institut Dresden
Erfurt
• Erfurt University of Applied Sciences
• Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Gartenbau Erfurt
• The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ)
Freiberg
Gera
• SRH University of Applied Sciences Gera
Halle
• The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
- Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
- Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe
• Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
• Max Planck Society:
- Research Unit for Enzymology of Protein Folding
- International Research School for Science and Technology of
Nanostructures (Nano-IMPRS)
- Institute of Microstructure Physics
• Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM)
• Bio-Centre Halle GmbH
Hermsdorf
• Fraunhofer Institut (IKTS)
Ilmenau
• Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology (IDMT)
Jena
• Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena (FSU)
- Graduate School Jena School for Microbial Communication (JSMC)
• Friedrich Loeffler Institut (FLI)
- Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology e. V. (HKI)
- Institute for Age Research – Fritz-Lipmann Institute e. V. (FLI)
• Max-Planck Society (MPG)
- Institute for Chemical Ecology (MPI-CE)
- Institute for Biogeochemistry (MPI-BGC)
• medways e.V
• University Clinic Jena
• JenAge, Jena Centre for Systems Biology of Ageing
• Innovent e.V. Technology Development Jena
• Günter-Köhler-Institut für Fügetechnik u. Werkstoffprüfung
GmbH (ifw Jena)
• Center of Innovation Competence (CIC) SEPTOMICS
Köthen
• Institut für Energie- und Umwelttechnik Köthen e. V.
• M + R Mess- und Regelungstechnik GmbH
• Institut Medizin & Technik e. V.
Leipzig
• The University of Leipzig
• Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT)
• Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
• Fraunhofer Institute for Cell Therapy and Immunology IZI
• Saxon Institute for Applied Biotechnology e. V. (SIAB)
• The Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
• BIO CITY LEIPZIG, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine
Magdeburg
• The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN)
• Max Planck Institute for the Dynamics of Complex Technical Systems
• Centre for Neuroscientific Innovation and Technology GmbH (ZENIT)
• InnoMed e.V. Network for Neuromedical Engineering
• HUMAN Gesellschaft für Biochemica und Diagnostica mbH
• IfAK Institut für Automation und Kommunikation Magdeburg e. V.
Magdeburg
Mittweida
• Kurt-Schwabe-Institut
Nordhausen
• Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, The August Kramer
Institute for Energy, Material and Land Resources
Plauen
Weimar
• Forschungsinst. für Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau Weimar e. V. (FITR)
• Centrum für Intelligentes Bauen (CIB)
• Knoten Weimar – International Transfer Centre for Environmental Technology GmbH
Zeitz
• Industriepark Zeitz/ Tröglitz
Zwickau
- Faculty of Health and Nursing Studies
• Fresenius University of Applied Sciences (Departments of Health
and Chemistry / Biology)
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Young Vegetables with a big Future
Biotechnology has become a key a key driver of economic success
and medical progress and is set to influence the most important
innovations of the coming decades. The sector also plays an important role in the Central German Metropolitan Region. Since the
1990s, this sector has outperformed all others in using offensives
and victories in competitions to establish a profitable regional network. All eight of the main biotechnological fields are represented
in high quality along all stages of the regional value creation chain.
Intensive networking and collaboration facilitated the development
of a number of internationally-recognized systematic problemsolving approaches and which secure the future of the sector. In
addition to the clusters in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia,
the inter-state Life Science Central Germany Cluster has also
been established. Seeking to increase the visibility of the cluster
and thus secure its financial future, a number of supra-regional
collaborative projects have been established in order to secure
sufficient labour and increase the marketability of the region as a
whole. The cluster initiative Biotechnology / Life Sciences provides
assistance and support to the following foci of research in SaxonyAnhalt, Thuringia and Saxony:
• Bioinstruments • Protein Engineering • Neurosciences • Plant Biotechnology • Diagnostics & Analytics
• Drug Discovery
• Regenerative Medicine
• Industrial Biotechnology
Intensive basic research is being pursued in more than 50 centres
of research and five universities. The implementation of research
innovation is facilitated by fast and effective technology transfer
into industry. Whilst Saxony-Anhalt has developed into a centre
of Plant Biotechnology (green), the focus of the Saxon companies and research institutes lies on the medical applications of
Biotechnology (red / white), Regenerative Medicines and Molecular Bioengineering. Thuringia has specialized in Bio-instruments
(white/grey) and research into new procedures for diagnostics and
therapy in Ophthalmology.
• www.cluster-biotechnologie.de
• www.biomitteldeutschland.de
• www.biosaxony.com
• www.medways.eu
• Beutenberg-Campus Jena e. V.
www.beutenberg.de
The Beutenberg-Campus Jena e.V. acts as the focus of the
excellence network of all research, operator and start-up centres
established in Beutenberg (TIP Jena and BioInstrumenteZentrum),
combining the interests of ten research institutes and two technology centres, themselves serving more than 50 firms. All with
the aim of generating added value through optimal synergies.
IQ Innovation Prize for New Cancer Therapies
The Halle/ Saale-based Scil Proteins GmbH won the Wirtschaftsinitiative Central Germany IQ Innovation Prize 2011
for their new Affilin Technology for the targeted diagnosis
and effective treatment of a number of cancers. The Biotechnology Company has developed new protein molecules
capable of localizing and combating cancer cells more
effectively than previous therapies.
Biotechnology centres / Incubators
Space for ideas
Startups, investors and entrepreneurs all find ideal conditions to establish Biotechnology centres and unfold their ideas in the Central German
Metropolitan Region. Plenty of clean rooms, S2/S3 laboratories, radionuclide laboratories, glass houses and experimental plants are all available
in sufficient quantity. For example, the Bioinstrument Centre provides
well-equipped Physics, Chemistry and Biochemical laboratories, offering
scientists and researchers with the best possible conditions to master
the initial challenges facing the expansion of an independent firm.
• Bio City Leipzig (20.000 m2)
Regenerative Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, White
Biotechnology
• BioInnovationsZentrum Dresden (11.000 m2)
Drug Discovery, Medical Biotechnology, Service
• Bio-Zentrum Halle (9.800 m2)
Drug Discovery, Protein Engineering, Service
• Technology and Founders’ Centre Halle (16.900 m²)
Micro and Aanoanalytics, Nanostructured Materials
• Biotech Start-up Centre Gatersleben (2.500 m2)
Plant Biotechnology
• ZENIT Magdeburg (5.100 m2)
Neurosciences, Medical Technology
• BioInstruments Centre Jena (7.000 m2)
Bioinstruments, Sensor Systems, Diagnostics and Analytics
• BioPharmaPark Dessau
An integrated location of knowledge with a Biopharmaceutical
specialization
Biotechnology/Life Sciences/Environmental Technology
Financed within the scope of the Federal Excellence Initiative, the Dresden International Graduate School for
Biomedicine and Bioengineering (DIGS-BB) at the TU
Dresden provides excellent conditions for those wishing to
pursue doctoral studies. This graduate school has the goal
of training the world's best young scientists in the areas of
Cell Biology, Biomedicine, Biophysics and Bioengineering.
The Thuringia Research Prize for Applied Research
2009 was shared. One half was awarded to by Dr. Ute
Möllmann and Dr. Vadim Makarov from the Hans-Knöll
Institute Jena / Research Center of Antibiotics Moscow for
the development of a "new active agent against highlyresistant Tuberculosis," which is also effective against
previously resistant pathogens.
Symbioses the Weinberg Campus Technology Park
(Halle) Researchers from the Martin Luther University
Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and BioSolutions Halle GmbH are
working hand-in-hand at the Weinberg Campus Technology
Park on research into and the production and marketing of
Betulinic acid. This natural substance, which develops in the
bark of sycamores, could come into use in the treatment
of malignant Melanoma. The Weinberg Campus of the
Technology Park was awarded the status of "Location of
Ideas" in 2007.
Environmental Technology
Growth as the basis of a healthy eco-system
In addition to its status as a top location for the renewable energies industries, the Central German Metropolitan Region is also
developing into a centre of Environmental Technology and Materials Research. 2006 saw the organization in Jena of a federallyfunded innovation forum focussing on Nano-based Environmental
Technologies seeking to promote the concentration of resources
in Central Germany. The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental
Research - UFZ plays an important role in this research in Saxony
and Saxony-Anhalt. Established in 1991, it now employs some
1000 staff at its branches in Leipzig, Halle (Saale) and Magdeburg. The UFZ conducts research into the causes and effects of
the complex and far-reaching changes in the environment with
the aim of finding ways to achieve a balance between economic
and social development in order to protect the foundations of our
life in the long term.
The Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, founded in Thuringia in 1997, has a similar significance. This institution focuses on
research into the reactions of ecosystems and biogeochemical
cycles to the ever-changing conditions of climate, land-use and
biodiversity. This requires a previously-unknown level of interaction
between the various scientific disciplines, a close collaboration
between modelling and observation and between theoretical and
experimental research. In addition to its administrative function,
the Federal Environment Agency in Dessau-Rosslau also conducts
research, setting itself the aim of early-recognition of damaging
influences and developing the corresponding solutions. To this
end, it conducts both its own independent research and commissions international teams to do so. The Agency has adopted an
ambitious trans-disciplinary approach.
Deutsches BiomasseForschungsZentrum (DBFZ), Leipzig
Founded in February 2008 as a non-profit company with limited
liability run by the federal government. The DBFZ was commissioned to answer technical, economic and ecological questions
surrounding the energetic exploitation of biomass. Conducting
practice-based research in the areas of Bioenergy Systems, Biogas Technologies, Biofuels, Biomass Combustion and Thermo-chemical Process Engineering, it provides consulting services both to
private companies and public agencies. The experts of the DBFZ
also participate in a number of committees and commissions.
www.dbfz.de
Excellence cluster "From Cells to Tissues to Therapies"
at the TU Dresden: The excellence cluster was a winner of the
first round in the Federal Excellence Initiative. The Dresden-based
concept is an extension of the Center for Regenerative Therapies
Dresden - CRTD already selected for funding by the Deutsche
Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) in 2005. A particular feature of the
CRTD is its status as the first research centre in Germany focussing on adult stem cells.
www.crt-dresden.de
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locations of Chemistry/Plastics
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Chemistry/Plastics
Chemnitz
• Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
• Centre for Microtechnologies
• The Technology Centre Chemnitz GmbH
Jena
• Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
• Innovent e. V. Technology Development
Dresden
• TU Dresden
- Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
• The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V. (IPF)
• The Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI CPfS)
- Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS
- Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM)
- Applications Center for Processing Machinery and Packaging
Technology (AVV)
• Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Leipzig
- Institute of Surface Modification Leipzig (IOM)
- Institute for Tropospheric Research Leipzig (IfT)
• Kunststoff-Zentrum Leipzig gGmbH
Freiberg
Halle
• International Max Planck Research School for Science and
Technology Nanostructures (Nano-IMPRS)
• Halle Technology and Founders’ Centre GmbH
• Süddeutsches Kunststoff Zentrum (SKZ), Zentrum für
Faserverbundtechnik
Merseburg
• Merseburg University of Applied Sciences
• Polymer Competence Centre Halle-Merseburg
Plauen
Rudolstadt
• Thuringian Institute of Textile and Plastics Research e.V
Weimar
• Bauhaus University Weimar
• Forschungsinstitut für Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau Weimar e. V. (FITR)
• Centrum für Intelligentes Bauen (CIB)
Zwickau
• Fresenius University of Applied Sciences
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An Exemplary Cluster
Established at the beginning of the twentieth century, the Chemicals industry in the Central German Metropolitan Region is
currently located in the so-called 'Chemical Triangle' Bitterfeld /
Wolfen, Buna-Leuna / Schkopau-Piesteritz. Decisive developments
in European Chemistry are pioneered here. The expansion of the
production facilities in the DDR resulted in extensive and grave
environmental damage, necessitating considerable remedial
measures after reunification. The clean-up programme enabled
the region to re-establish its good reputation as one of the most
innovative locations of chemical development. The efficient organization and international networks achieved by the industry has
established the Chemicals / Plastics Cluster in Central Germany
as one of the most significant clusters in the region. Aiming to
develop into the leading European location for polymer development, the cluster has already been named as an example of best
practice in the European Union. Of considerable significance in
this process is the interaction between the Chemical Park and
companies with the institutes of research and higher education in
the region.
In addition to the network of chemical parks CeChemNet and the
Mitteldeutsche Kunststoffnetzwerk (MKN), the Central German
Chemicals / Plastics Cluster also integrates POLYKUM e. V.
(Saxony-Anhalt), AMZ-K (Saxony) and PolymerMat e. V. (Thuringia).
One example of a network of plastics manufacturers is PolymerMat e. V. Representing a partnership between industry, academia
and institutions of higher education in the region, it has set itself
the aim of the continual development of the plastics industry
along every stage of the value creation chain.
• Cluster Chemie/Kunststoffe Central Germany
www.cluster-chemie-kunststoffe.de
• MKN – Das Mitteldeutsche Kunststoffnetzwerk
www.mk-netz.net
• POLYKUM e. V. – Production Alliance for Polymer Development and Plastic Technology in Central Germany
www.polykum.de
• Saxony Automotive Supplier Network (AMZK)
www.amz-k.de
• PolymerMat e. V. – Kunstoffcluster Thüringen
www.polymermat.de
• Fraunhofer Pilot Plant Center for Polymer Synthesis
and Polymer Processing, Schkopau
www.polymer-pilotanlagen.de
• CeChemNet - Central European Chemical Network
www.chechemnet.de
Kunststoff-Zentrum in Leipzig gGmbH
The KuZ is an independent research, technology and testing centre, also providing courses of continuing education. It maintains close contacts to industry. It hosts the
permanent exhibition of the prize winners of the highly
prestigious Society of Plastics Engineers' European 'Automotive Division Award' for innovations in plastics for the
automobile industry.
www.kuz-leipzig.de
locations of Nutritional Sciences
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Bernburg
• Professor Hellriegel Institut e. V.
• Leipziger Institut für Energie GmbH
• The Deutsches Biomasseforschungszentrum (DBFZ)
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• The Julius Kühn Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants: Institute for Breeding Research on Horticultural
and Fruit Crops, Dresden-Pillnitz
Magdeburg
• ÖHMI Analytik GmbH Magdeburg
• Pilot Pflanzenöltechnologie Magdeburg e. V. (PPM)
Erfurt
• University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
• Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Gartenbau Erfurt
• The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Erfurt (IGZ)
Nordhausen
• Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences, Laboratory for
Sensory Product Research
Halle
• Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
Jena
- Institute for Biochemistry
- Institute for Chemical Ecology
Köthen
• Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik, Biotechnologie und Qualitätssicherung e. V.
Leipzig
Mittweida
PLAUEN
• Berufsakademie Sachsen - University of Cooperative
Education Plauen
Zwickau
Nutritionale Sciences
A Clear Aim – Generating Esteem
The Nutritional Sciences industry is a further important sector
in the Central German Metropolitan Region with a long tradition,
great diversity, high turnover and cutting edge innovation. The
value creation chain of this industry contains a number of strong
companies which work together with highly-rated centres of higher education and research to secure a vibrant future for the sector. Successful businesses include the Halloren Chocolate Factory,
the oldest of its kind in Germany, the Kathi Rainer Thiele GmbH in
Halle (Saale), the Malzwerke Erfurt and Erfurter Teigwaren GmbH,
the oldest producer of pasta in Germany.
The large historic brands based in Saxony-Anhalt make tradition
very important in the region. Such firms have been augmented
by the relocation of new companies bringing added strength to
the sector. The diverse academic scene combines pioneering
research with good relations to industry. This expresses itself in
a number of innovative R&D projects. With its implementation
of the Nutritional Sciences Cluster, the Industrial Initiative for
Central Germany has made its contribution to improving and
extending the level of collaboration both in terms of the partners
involved and the topics of co-operation. The University of Applied
Sciences Anhalt is a strong co-ordinator. The TU Dresden, MLU
Halle-Wittenberg, the University of Leipzig and the University of
Jena together with the Universities of Applied Science in Jena and
Erfurt and also the two Fachschulen (in Jena and Erfurt) have also
proven to be strong partners.
In Thuringia, the area Weimar / Weimarer Land has witnessed the
development of a network for the Nutritional Industry. Designed
to provide mutual support in product marketing and developing
university partnerships, it seeks to promote branch recruitment
and training and the maintenance of skills in the region.
• Food Industry Cluster
www.cluster-ernaehrungswirtschaft.de
www.hs-anhalt.de
• Institut für Agrar- und Ernährungswissenschaften
www.landw.uni-halle.de
• Branchenverbund Ernährungsgewerbe im Wirtschaftsraum
Weimar/Weimarer Land
c/o Landratsamt Weimarer Land Amt für Wirtschaftsförderung und Kulturpflege
www.weimarer-land.de
• Agrarmarketing Thüringen
www.agrarmarketing.thueringen.de
• Netzwerk Ernährungswirtschaft Sachsen-Anhalt
www.netzwerk-ernaehrungswirtschaft.de
• Netzwerk Ernährungsgewerbe Sachsen-Anhalt Süd
www.gutes-aus-sachsen-anhalt-sued.de
• Agrarmarketing Sachsen e. V.
www.agrar-marketing-sachsen.de
• Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Institute of Nutrition
www.uni-jena.de/ernaehrung
In 2007, Michael Ristow, Professor for Human Nutrition
at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena, was awarded the
Thuringia Research Prize for his investigations into
"increasing life-expectancy through oxidative stress.” This
work focussed on the 'reactive oxygen species' (ROS), previously viewed as harmful. New research has led to reconsideration of their significance. This could have wide-ranging
consequences for human nutrition.
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» MUNICH
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» WROCLAW
Information Technologie/Media Sciences
Bernburg
• Institut zur Förderung von Anwendungen der Informatik und
Telekommunikation Anhalt e. V.
Chemnitz
• Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS)
• Centre for Microtechnologies (ZfM)
• The Technologie Centrum Chemnitz GmbH
Dessau-RoSSlau
• Institut für angewandte Geoinformatik und Raumanalysen e. V.
(AGIRA)
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• University of Applied Sciences FHDW
• Akademie für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung (AWV) Dresden
• Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI PKS)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Design Automation
Dresden (IIS)
• The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
• SAP Research: Future Factory Initiative
Erfurt
• University of Erfurt
• Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology
Dept. Child's media (IDMT)
• KinderMedienZentrum
Freiberg
• Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
• Leipzig School of Media
Gera
Magdeburg
• IfAK Institut für Automation und Kommunikation Magdeburg e. V.
Magdeburg
Halle
• Federal Cultural Foundation
• Saxony-Anhalt Arts Foundation
• Evangelische Hochschule für Kirchenmusik Halle/Saale
• International Academy of Media and Arts
• Stiftung Moritzburg
• Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle (MMZ)
Ilmenau
Jena
Köthen
• Institut für angewandte Informatik e. V.
• Verein für Technik, Innovation und Management e. V. (TIM e. V.)
Leipzig
• Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts
• Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL)
• HHL Leipzig Graduate School Of Management
Merseburg
Mittweida
Nordhausen
Plauen
Weimar
• Forschungsinstitut für Tief- und Rohrleitungsbau Weimar e. V.
(FITR)
• Centrum für Intelligentes Bauen (CIB
Zwickau
- IMI - Institut für Management und Information
- IfOM - Institut für Oberflächentechnologien und Mikrosysteme
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A young and lively sector
The Central German Metropolitan Region has developed a
successful and innovative IT and media sector. Significant IT
companies have chosen to locate their centres of production and
branch offices in the region. The creative industries are increasingly developing into one of the largest employers in the region.
The institutions of higher education are also pioneering a number
of new degree courses. The media sector has also assumed a
leading position in the regional economy. Leipzig has traditionally
been a significant location for this industry. A number of studies
suggest that it has maintained and expanded this position. With
their diverse range of research and teaching in IT and Media,
Dresden, Halle, Erfurt and Magdeburg are also locations of
considerable potential in this respect. The institutions of higher
education are providing a number of courses in new, innovative
disciplines. A number of specialist centres of excellence such as
the Leipzig School of Media have established themselves in the
city. Working together with the University of Leipzig and the Leipzig University of Applied Sciences, this association provides three
Master's programmes. Also among these centres of expertise are
the Mitteldeutsche Multimediazentrum Halle, combining 42 media
firms and the Faculty of Media and Communications Sciences at
the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg.
A further example of excellence is the Media Cluster Thuringia.
Its activities include raising the profile of children's media and
strengthening the impact of the Children's channel from ARD and
ZDF and the KinderMedienZentrum. Important to this process is
the Fraunhofer IDMT project group 'children's media' and the work
of innovative companies. Events such as the Children's Media
Festival GOLDENER SPATZ, the Thüringer Mediensymposium, the
Akademie für Kindermedien and the Erfurter Netcode - contributing to the quality of Childrens' Media with its suitability test for
internet pages - shape the further development of the sector.
• Media Cluster Thuringia e. V.
www.mediencluster.de
• Leipzig School of Media
www.mml-leipzig.de
www.mmz-halle.de
www.fh-telekom-leipzig.de
• Cluster Informationstechnologie Mitteldeutschland
www.it-mitteldeutschland.de
• Leipziger Media-City
www.media-city.de
• TowerByte, E-Commerce in Jena
www.towerbyte.de
SIRA (Acoustic source identifier for space and building
acoustics) is a measuring system developed by the
Mikrofontechnik Leipzig GmbH (MTL) and the University
of Applied Sciences for Telecommunications in Leipzig
(HfTL), used to produce an acoustic, three-dimensional
stereogram, similar to a thermographic camera but with an
additional dimension.
Central Germany is the birthplace of the MP3
format (Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS –
working group for Electronic Media Techology Ilmenau).
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Karlheinz Brandenburg, Bernhard Grill and
Harald Popp (both Erlangen) were awarded the Deutschen
Zukunftspreis des Bundespräsidenten for their invention in
2000.
locations of Logistics
dResden
• TU Dresden
• Fraunhofer Institute for Transportation and Infrastructure Systems (IVI)
CORE TOWNS
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• Adam Ries Fachhochschule
• The Transport and Spatial Planning Institute
• proTUL – Institute for Production and Logistics
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» KASSEL
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leipziG
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Jena
SAXONY
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JENA
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maGdebuRG
• IfAK Institut für Automation und Kommunikation e. V. Magdeburg
• Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation (IFF)
noRdHausen
zwiCkau
- IVST - Institut für Verkehrssystemtechnik i. G
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A Logical Inventory Management System
The central location of the region in the heart of Europe, together with its excellent infrastructure constitutes the basis for a
well-positioned logistics sector which is well-networked with the
research community in the Central German Metropolitan Region. A
leading example of cutting-edge research is the Otto-von-Guericke
University of Magdeburg with its Institute of Logistics and Material
Handling Systems and the logistics laboratories working in the area
of Telematics, RFID and RFS. The Fraunhofer Institute for Factory
Operation and Automation (IFF) also deals with the optimisation
of logistics using RF ID. Its LogMotionLab means that it is able to
remain in constant contact with industry. The Faculty of Business,
Logistics and Transport and The Transport and Spatial Planning
Institute and proTUL (the Institute for Production and Logistics) at
the Erfurt University of Applied Sciences act as the perfect partners
for companies working in the area of transport policy and transport
system design, which share the fruits of their research with industry.
Erfurt also plays host to the cluster Logistik Netzwerk Thüringen e.V, the aim of which is to develop the potential of process
optimisation through logistics in production and services. 2010
saw the location rise in the rankings established by a recent
study into logistics centres conducted by Fraunhofer. Labelled a
'climber region,' the findings of the study reflect recent large-scale
locations of industry into the Erfurt Business Area GVZ and the
'International Logistics Centre ILZ.' The RFID-Kompetenzzentrum
e. V. Gera recently established in Gera, works as a service-provider
for industry. The logistics region Leipzig / Halle profits from the
work of the Endowed Chair of Logistics Information Systems, the
holder of which conducts research and teaching at the University
of Leipzig, into Information Systems in Logistics and IT-based
planning and management and control of company-wide logistics
systems. The use of IT in logistics is also served and enriched by a
number of software developers in Leipzig, Halle, Dresden and Jena.
Research in this area is performed in the Leipzig Graduate School
of Management and is disseminated to industry via CITLOG, the
university centre for IT-based logistics in Leipzig. Staff at the in-
ternational Airport Leipzig / Halle work together with DHL to make
the facility into an Unique Selling Point for the region in matters
of 'fast logistics.' With its Faculty of Transportation and Traffic
Sciences 'Friedrich List,' the TU Dresden has chosen an interdisciplinary approach to the sustainable development of all traffic and
infrastructure systems.
• Institute of Logistics and Material Handling Systems
at the Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg
www.ilm.ovgu.de
• Fraunhofer-Institut for Factory Operation and Automation IFF in Magdeburg
www.iff.fraunhofer.de
• Faculty of Business, Logistics and Transport at the University of Applied Sciences Erfurt
www.fh-erfurt.de
• proTUL - Institut for Production and Logistics
www.fh-erfurt.de/proTUL
• The Transport and Spatial Planning Institute Erfurt
www.verkehr-und-raum.de
• Logistik Netzwerk Thüringen e. V.
www.logistik-netzwerk-thueringen.de
• RFID-Kompetenzzentrum e. V. Gera
www.rfid-kompetenz.de
• The Logistik Service Bus at the University of Leipzig
www.lsb-plattform.de
• Leipzig Graduate School of Management
www.hhl.de
• The Endowed Chair of Logistics Information Systems
Jun.-Prof. Dr. André Ludwig
www.wifa.uni-leipzig.de/islog
• Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Sciences 'Friedrich List,'
TU Dresden
www.tu-dresden.de/die_tu_dresden/fakultaeten/vkw
• Netzwerk Logistics Leipzig Halle
www.logistik-leipzig-halle.net
• Logistics Network Saxony-Anhalt
www.logistik-sachsen-anhalt.de
• Jena University of Applied Sciences Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen und Betriebswirtschaft
www.fh-jena.de
locations of Optics
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
BRANDENBURG
NORDHAUSEN
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
LEIPZIG
SAXONY
SAALE
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
JENA
WERRA
HESSE
POLAND
GERA
CHEMNITZ
ZWICKAU
ILMENAU
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
CHemnitz
• Center for Microtechnologies (ZfM)
dResden
eRFuRt
Halle
• Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials IWM (IDMT)
• Heinz Bethge Stiftung
• Halle Technology and Founders’ Centre GmbH
HeRmsdoRF
• Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS
Dresden and Hermsdorf
ilmenau
Jena
• Innovent e.V. Technology Development Jena
• Günter-Köhler-Institut für Fügetechnik u. Werkstoff prüfung GmbH (ifw Jena)
• Helmholtz Institute Jena
• Center of Innovation Competence "ultra optics"
• Abbe Center of Photonics & Abbe School of Photonics
• CoOPTICS GmbH
• Innovation Cluster Green Photonics
• OptiMi, 'Optical Microsystems'
mittweida
Rudolstadt
• Thür. Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung
zwiCkau
- LIAN – Leupold-Institut für Angewandte Naturwissenschaften
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Future and Growth with Light
With a long history and tradition of Optics manufacturing, the
industrial past and present is dominated by such renowned
companies as Carl Zeiss, Jenoptik and SCHOTT. The region is
the home to a large number of innovative, internationally-active
small and medium-sized enterprises, many of which are international market leaders. A number of universities and research
institutes with a world-class reputation make the region into one
of Europe's most successful 'optics valleys.' Currently, more than
14,400 employees are working in this branch; the trend is rising.
Turnover in this industry amounted to 2.6 billion EUR in 2010; the
export quota averages at 66 per cent. Located in Jena, OptoNet
e.V. represents the interests of more than 90 companies, institutions of research and higher education, capital investors and
public institutions.
The specialism of the OptoNet members are to be found in the
areas Measurement Engineering and Sensor Systems, Optics and
Mechanics, Laser Technologies and Radiant Sources, Optoelectronics, Micro-optics and Fibre Optics. The work of the excellence
network focuses especially on establishing an information and
communications platform, initiating and co-ordinating R&D
networks as well as the development of centres of training and
continuing education. An example includes www.greifnachdensternen.de. Others include 'Präzision aus Jena' or SpectroNet.
Important partners in the optical industry in Central Germany
include the Friedrich Schiller University Jena with its research foci
in Optics, Photonics and Photonic Technologies, the Fraunhofer
Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering IOF, the
Institute of Photonic Technology and further institutions. 12 May
2011 saw Prof. Andreas Tünnermann of the Friedrich Schiller
University Jena and the IOF receive the Order of Merit of the Free
State of Thuringia for his services to the state from his research
into Optical Technologies and his untiring contribution to maintaining Jena's position at the cutting edge of this field.
Researchers in Jena maintain an entirely interdisciplinary
and unitary approach to research in Biology, Chemistry and
Physics and the implementation of their results. A long list of
scientific achievements and successful innovations testifies
to the high level of interdisciplinarity in the region.
Jena boasts some 4,500 researchers active at a range
of renowned institutions including the Friedrich Schiller
University Jena, the Jena University of Applied Sciences, three
Max-Planck Institutes, the Institutes of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, two Leibniz institutes and many more.
,
Foci of research and development at these locations include
Optical Technologies and the Life Sciences.
Some of this number meet on Jena's Beutenberg Campus.
Working under the slogan 'where Life Sciences meets
Physics,' they conduct internationally ground-breaking
research into the principles and application of their various
disciplines.
With some 50,000 employees, a high gross value per
employee and an export quota of around 50 per cent, Jena
represents a centre of high technology in Central Germany. With a reputation established on such world-famous
names as Zeiss, Jenoptik and SCHOTT, the presence of
almost 26,000 students - all future researchers, support staff
and entrepreneurs - ensures that this situation is maintained.
With 25 per cent of all employees educated at university
level, Jena, sees itself as a 'location for the advanced.'
The status of science and research as the motor for development in Jena - the CITY OF LIGHT - moved the Stifterverband der Deutschen Wissenschaft to award the City the title
of 'Science City.'
• OptoNet e. V.
www.optonet-jena.de
• JenaWirtschaft
www.jenawirtschaft.de
Laser Technology in Saxony
The Fraunhofer Institute for Material and Beam Technology (IWS)
in Dresden has developed into one of the internationally most
well-known and respected locations of research in the area of
laser and surface technology. Jena is responsible for a number
of developments and components in the Laser Technologies,
successfully transferred to industry. Examples include the laser
beam welding of automobile components or the remote cutting
of airbag materials and metal film. Building on this long tradition,
the University of Applied Sciences Mittweida has developed two
excellent institutions of research: the Laserapplikationszentrum
Mittweida and the Laserinstitut Mittelsachsen.
locations of Microelectronics
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
BRANDENBURG
POLAND
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
LEIPZIG
ERFURT
WEIMAR
ELBE
DRESDEN
HERMSDORF
GERA
JENA
WERRA
HESSE
SAXONY
SAALE
ILMENAU
RUDOLSTADT
PLAUEN
CHEMNITZ
FREIBERG
ZWICKAU
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
30 // 31
Chemnitz
• Fraunhofer Institute for Electronic Nano Systems (ENAS)
Dresden
• TU Dresden
- Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research Dresden
- Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden
- Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI CBG)
- Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI PKS)
- Institute for Integrated Circuits, Design Automation Division
Dresden (IIS)
- Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology
- Fraunhofer Center Nanoelectronic Technologies CNT
- Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology
Dresden (IWU)
• Nanoelectronics Materials Laboratory gGmbH (NaMLab)
• Fraunhofer Institute Centre All Silicon System Integration
Dresden (ASSID)
Erfurt
• Anwendungszentrum Mikrosystemtechnik (AZM)
• Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme gGmbH,
Erfurt branch (IMMS)
• Thuringia Competence Center for High Technology and Solar
Industry
• Innovent e. V. Technology Development
Freiberg
Leipzig
• Deutsche Telekom AG, University of Applied Sciences for Telecommunications in Leipzig
• Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Gera
• Staatliche Studienakademie Thüringen, Berufsakademieen Gera
und Eisenach
Halle
• Heinz Bethge Stiftung
• International Max Planck Research School for Science and
Technology of Nanostructures (Nano-IMPRS)
Hermsdorf
• Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems,
Dresden and Hermsdorf
Ilmenau
Jena
• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
(IOF)
• Guenter-Koehler-Institute for Joining Technologies and Material
Testing Jena
Magdeburg
Plauen
Rudolstadt
• Thür. Institut für Textil- und Kunststoff-Forschung
Zwickau
- IfOM – Institut für Oberflächentechnologien und Mikrosysteme
Microelektronics
Silicon Saxony & Co.
Its long tradition of electrotechnical research and development
has provided the basis of the development of the Central German
Metropolitan Region into one of the most important locations for
microelectronics in Germany. Beginning with the establishment in
1961 of the Dresden-based Centre for Microelectronics, soon afterwards Erfurt was also able to establish itself as a centre of expertise in this area. Elements of the whole value creation chain of this
industry are present in Saxony. The development and combination of
over 280 firms, research institutes, universities and other centres of
higher education in the area has resulted in one the largest and most
successful trade associations in Europe - Silicon Saxony. Again, the
foundation for success is the close collaboration between research,
training and industry. Such close levels of collaboration between cutting-edge research and Hi-tech firms are unique. Large companies
operate high-powered research and development centres in Dresden,
co-operating in the training of the specialist workers. The foundation
of the Fraunhofer CNT (2005) and the Nanoelectronics Materials Lab
(2006) enabled Dresden to advance to become an internationally
leading centre of research in Nanoelectronics. The combination of
Microelectronics and Microsystems Technologies is also a significant
sector of industry in Thuringia. The massive programme of state
funding granted to the Micro and Nanotechnologies during the GDR
made a decisive contribution to the steady growth exhibited in this
sector since the 1990s. With a number of small companies working
in this area and a considerable number of institutions of higher
education and research working on the European level, the sector has
proven to be a considerable success. The Thuringian section of this
branch is characterized by its diverse business networking. With organization such as MNT Mikro-Nanotechnologie Thüringen e. V., MicroComp. e. V., micromold.net, fanimat nano e. V. and INIT e. V. Bautronic,
science and industry have established a broad base of collaboration
in the various fields of micro-technologies. All those engaged in this
process value good networking as the key to success.
• Silicon Saxony e. V.
www.silicon-saxony.de
• Cluster Cool Silicon
www.cool-silicon.de
• MNT Mikro-Nanotechnologie Thüringen e. V.
www.mikronanotechnik.de
• fanimat nano e. V.
www.fanimat.de
• Smart Systems Campus
www.smartsystemscampus.de
The application to the BMBF made by 'CoolSilicon' from
Silicon Saxony was selected for a prize in September 2008
by the jury as one of five leading German clusters. The
cluster brings together 32 companies, 8 research institutions and 16 Professors from the Chemnitz University of
Technology, the TU Dresden and the Dresden University of
Applied Sciences.
The Smart Systems Campus in Chemnitz unites a dynamic network of Microsystems experts. New companies can
rent inexpensive premises in the 'start up' building. Working
together with the City's Technical University, the Fraunhofer
Institutes and through the close geographical proximity to
the local business park, the Chemnitz undertakes a number
of measures to network science and industry.
Over the last five years, the Max Planck Institute of
Microstructure Physics in Halle (Saale), well-known for
its excellent programmes of doctoral training has operated
the International Research School for Science and Technology of Nanostructures in the Technology Park Weinberg
Campus. The programme accepts only the best young
international scientists.
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locations of Solar Energy
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
KÖTHEN
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
POLAND
LEIPZIG
SAXONY
SAALE
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
JENA
WERRA
HESSE
BRANDENBURG
GERA
CHEMNITZ
FREIBERG
ZWICKAU
ILMENAU
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
Solar energy
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Electron Beam and Plasma Technology
(FEP)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Non-Destructive Testing (IZPF)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)
• Silicon Saxony Working Group Photovoltaics
Ilmenau
Erfurt
• Adam-Ries-Fachhochschule
• Thuringia Competence Center for High Technology and Solar
Industry
• Solartestlab
Leipzig
Freiberg
• Fraunhofer Technology Centre for Semiconductor Materials
(THM)
Halle
• Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP
- Institute of Microstructure Physics
- International Research School for Science and Technology of
Nanostructures (Nano-IMPRS)
Jena
• Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering
(IOF)
Köthen
Magdeburg
• Otto-von-Guericke University
• Steinbeis Transfer Center
Weimar
Zwickau
- IfOM - Institut für Oberflächentechnologien und Mikrosysteme
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Sunny Prospects for Central Germany
Assuming a leading international position in the solar energy industry, the Central German Metropolitan Region owes its success
to the large number of companies and institutes of research in
the region and the emphasis placed on growth and innovation.
An example of such practices is the initiative SolarValley Central
Germany, which has set itself the dual aims of uniting partners
from industry and academia along the whole of the Photovoltaics
value creation chain and selling solar energy at a cheaper price
than conventional electricity after 2015.
2008 saw the establishment in Erfurt of the umbrella association
SolarValley Central Germany e. V., the task of which is to implement and co-ordinate a strategic vision in Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt
and Thuringia. The work of the Erfurt-based organization is supplemented by its branches in Halle and Dresden. Joint tasks involve the organization of R&D projects, the co-ordination of training
and continuing education and the acquisition of international projects. Founded in parallel to this organization was the SolarValley
Sachsen-Anhalt e. V., established in the Technology Park Weinberg
Campus, Halle December 2008 by a consortium of companies
from the solar industry, universities and a number of research and
development institutions. In addition to the promotion of science,
research and training in the Photovoltaic sector in Saxony-Anhalt,
the association aims at the practice-based application of R&D in
innovative companies.
Established in 2003, the network SolarInput e. V. Erfurt currently
consists of some 50 members. Combining a number of Thuringian companies, R&D units, solar initiatives, service providers and
local government, the association works in three central areas:
the promotion of requirements-based education and training, the
promotion of research and project management and PR. Providing
351 places on its unique courses of training, the Thuringia Competence Center for High Technology and Solar Industry provides
highly-qualified recruits for 34 high-tech job descriptions. The
Steinbeis Transfer Center at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of
Applied Sciences focuses on a number of fields of research, including sources of Regenerative Energy, Electrical Networks, Power
Electronics and Electrothermal Procedures. Its services represent
a significant contribution to a well-functioning economy.
In Saxony, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg and the Fraunhofer
Technology Centre for Semiconductor Materials (THM) have established themselves as important centres of growth with a strong
industrial base. With its technology centres of excellence for both
Crystalline PV and thin film and organic PV, Dresden possesses a
broad technological base.
• Dachverband Solarvalley Central Germany e. V.
www.solarvalley.org
• Solarvalley Sachsen-Anhalt e. V.
www.solarvalley.org
• SolarInput e. V.
www.solarinput.de
• The Joint Initiative Renewable Energies Saxony
www.eesa-sachsen.de
• Solar City Leipzig e. V.
www.solarcity-leipzig.de
• UFT Umweltinstitut für Forschung und Technologie in
Ostthüringen e. V.
www.uft-gera.de
The Solarvalley Central Germany e. V. made it through
to the final round of the Leading-Edge Cluster competition run by the German Federal Government. As one of five
finalists, it received approximately 40 million € of funding.
A further 50 million € will come from industry. In 2007, almost 90 per cent of German production of solar cells came
from Central Germany; representing almost 18 per cent of
the world's total production.
The Jena University of Applied Sciences is currently
collaborating with the Institute of Photonic Technology
(IPHT) Jena to provide a degree course on Photovoltaics
and Semiconductor Technologies. Graduates of the course
are qualified as engineers for the Solar and Semiconductor
Industries.
The Martin Luther University (MLU) in Halle endowed a Professorial Chair for Photovoltaics to be funded for
five years by the firm Q-Cells SE. A corresponding degree
course was also set up.
Moreover, the Jena University of Applied Sciences has also
established the endowed Professorial Chair for Photovoltaics and Semiconductor Technologies.
locations of the Creative Industries/Cultural Studies
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
KÖTHEN
HALLE
BRANDENBURG
POLAND
LEIPZIG
SAXONY
MERSEBURG
THURINGIA
ELBE
SAALE
» KASSEL
ERFURT
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
JENA
GERA
WERRA
CHEMNITZ
ZWICKAU
HESSE
PLAUEN
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
36 // 37
Chemnitz
• Research and Technology Transfer Centre (FTTZ)
Dessau-RoSSlau
• Gropius Institut Dessau e. V.
• I.M.S. - Institute for Membrane and Shell Technologies e. V.
• The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Leipzig
• University of Music & Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"
Leipzig
• Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts
• Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
• Fraunhofer MOEZ
• Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Leipzig
• Leipziger Baumwollspinnerei
• Verein Kreatives Leipzig e. V. (Creative Leipzig)
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• Academy of Fine Arts Dresden
• Hochschule für Musik „Carl Maria von Weber“ Dresden
• Palucca University of Dance Dresden
• Hochschule für Kirchenmusik
Erfurt
• KinderMedienZentrum
Magdeburg
• Denkfabrik
Merseburg
Halle
• Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
Plauen
• Deutsches Innovationszentrum für Stickerei e. V. (DIS)
Jena
Zwickau
• Robert Schumann House
• Robert Schumann Konservatorium der Stadt Zwickau
Köthen
Weimar
• Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie e.V.
• The LISZT School of Music Weimar
• Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Creative Industries/Cultural Studies
A Boom in High Culture
THE Bauhaus
With Weimar and Dessau, the Central German Metropolitan
Region can boast two world-famous centres of the international
creative and cultural industry. Founded in 1919 by Walter Gropius
in Weimar and moved in 1925 to Dessau, the Bauhaus is the premier and most influential centre of art and design in the tradition
of classical modernity. The Bauhaus Dessau foundation and the
Bauhaus University of Weimar continue the traditional themes
of the Bauhaus in terms of research, teaching and high quality
design. Whilst Dessau conceives of itself as an interdisciplinary
workshop addressing the urban challenges facing the city of the
future, Weimar concentrates on the connection between contemporary art and technology. The interaction of the Engineering Sciences, Architecture, the Media and Design unfolds on a creative
field covering themes as diverse as Building Management, Form
and Design Optimisation for the Automobile Industry and Applied
Bionics for Piping.
Burg Giebichenstein
University of Art and Design
Built in 1879, the Burg Giebichenstein is a modern university of
art and design with a long tradition. Combining the elements of a
design school, an art academy and a media school, it also provides its students with foundation in an academic approach to art.
Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle
(MMZ)
The creative potential of Halle is supplemented by the Mitteldeutsche Multimediazentrum, in which leading representatives of the
Creative Industry find excellent conditions and state-of-the-art
technical facilities.
Hochschule für Musik Carl Maria von Weber
Dresden (HfM)
One of the oldest institutions of education of its kind in Germany,
in addition to its research activities, the HfM provides a wide ran-
ge of courses of study with a number of routes for specialization.
A particular focus of teaching is the Diploma in Music Education
and School Music. A further specialism is improvisation and ensemble work in the Department of Jazz, Rock and Pop.
The LISZT School of Music Weimar
(HfM)
Although research does not number amongst the usual range of
activities in a music college, the staff of the HfM are intensively
engaged in research. Working at the joint Institut für Musikwissenschaft Weimar-Jena convened by the HfM and the Friedrich
Schiller University, three DFG-funded special research projects
and a project funded by the Thyssen Foundation are making a
significant contribution to current academic research into music.
Denkfabrik Magdeburg
A building made of two converted granaries provides the ideal
environment for a wide variety of companies drawn from contrasting sectors. The result is a uniquely creative atmosphere in
a building providing fascinating views of the historical harbour.
All factors resulting in its being named as "location in the land of
ideas."
Max Weber Center Erfurt
In addition to its research into religion, the Max Weber Center for
Advanced Cultural and Social Studies at the University of Erfurt is
a trend-setter in interdisciplinary research and the development
of graduate training. The Wissenschaftsrat rating of “excellent”
for research output in Sociology was awarded to only nine out of
254 (9 per cent) centres of research in Germany. One of these
nine was the Max Weber Centre.
With the foundation of the Transfer Centre Design
(www.btd-weimar.de) and the Bauhaus Film Institute
(www. uni-weimar.de/bfi) in 2008, the Bauhaus University
underlined its excellent reputation as a centre of training
for new talent for the Central German cultural and creative
industries.
Founded in the 18th century, the Leipzig Academy of
Visual Arts is amongst the oldest art schools in Germany.
Since 2002, an audio-visual laboratory has supplemented
the graphic and artistic workshops in which valuable book
publications are produced at the Institute for Book Arts.
The unique Master's degree course in Cultures of the Curatorial teaches a range of skills in curatorial practice and the
relevant art historical discourse in an application-oriented
manner, introducing aspects of the curator's profession in
both academic study and research.
Further information under www.kdk-leipzig.de/studiengang.html
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locations of the Humanities and Social Sciences
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
BRANDENBURG
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
POLAND
LEIPZIG
SAXONY
SAALE
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
JENA
MITTWEIDA
GERA
WERRA
CHEMNITZ
ZWICKAU
HESSE
PLAUEN
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
Humanities and Social Sciences
Chemnitz
Dresden
• TU Dresden
• DIU Dresden International University
• Hochschule für Kirchenmusik
• University of Applied Sciences for Social Work, Education and Care
• University of Applied Sciences FHDW
• Akademie für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung (AWV) Dresden
- Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Ifo), Dresden
- Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development e. V. (IÖR)
Erfurt
• Adam Ries Fachhochschule
Gera
• SRH Fachhochschule für Gesundheit Gera
Halle
• Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology
• The Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and
Eastern Europe (IAMO)
• Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH),
• Landesinstitut für Lehrerfortbildung, Lehrerweiterbildung und
Unterrichtsforschung von Sachsen-Anhalt (LISA)
• isw Institut für Strukturpolitik und Wirtschaftsförderung
gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mbH
Jena
• Max Planck Institute of Economics
Jena, city of science / Photo: Art-Kon-Tor
Leipzig
• University of Music & Theatre "Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy" Leipzig
• Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts
• The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
- Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
- Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
• Fraunhofer MOEZ
• Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities Leipzig
• The German Creative Writing Program
• The Simon Dubnow Institute
• Geisteswissenschaftliches Zentrum Geschichte und Kultur
Ostmitteleuropas
Magdeburg
Mittweida
Plauen
• Berufsakademie Sachsen - University of Cooperative Education Plauen
Weimar
• Klassik Stiftung Weimar ( Kolleg Friedrich Nietzsche)
• Internationales Kolleg für Kulturtechnikforschung und Medienphilosophie (IKKM)
Zwickau
- IfB - Institut für Betriebswirtschaft
- IMI - Institut für Management und Information
Jena, city of science / Photograph: Art-Kon-Tor
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Understanding in Context
The turn of the 19th century saw the development in the
region Weimar-Jena of a number of conceptions of modernity and social systems of truly international significance.
Jena's humanities continue to work with the claims and
concepts of modernity. The researchers working in the
"Laboratory of the Enlightenment," respond to current
developments in state, society, religion and academia and
seek to relate them to Enlightenment ideas.
The Friedrich Schiller University was ranked as one of the
five best in Germany by the "CHE-Excellence-Ranking
2009." The European CHE-Ranking from 2010 also
established its Departments of Psychology and Political
Sciences as members of the Excellence Group. Characterized by the high mobility of students and teachers, this
rests on the quality of teaching and graduate supervision.
Graduate trends 2008: the most popular Economicsbased University of Applied Sciences in Germany is in
Leipzig! In a comparison with 77 other centres of higher
education, the HHL came first in nine of ten categories.
Fraunhofer-Zentrum für Mittel- und
Osteuropa, Leipzig
The Fraunhofer MOEZ seeks to work as a service provider for
companies, bringing together supply and demand in the area of
Research and Development. Dual priorities focus on the establishment of a reliable information set regarding new markets and the
creation of stable networks. Thematic specialisms rest in the area
of Environmental and Energy Technology, Automobile and Traffic
Technologies and Building technologies and the Construction
Sector.
Max Planck Institute of Economics Jena
Founded in 1993, the Max Planck Institute of Economics was
established to conduct research into the transformation of the
former Socialist planned economies. Since then, the institute
has widened its focus to include a wider spectrum of questions
regarding economic change, Experimental Economics and Entrepreneurial Behaviour. The Institute consists of the departments of
Evolutionary Economics, Strategic Interaction and the Department
of Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy.
The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle
Established in 1652, the Leopoldina is the oldest academy focussing on the Natural Sciences and Medicine in the world. Located
in Halle since 1878, it was reformed in 2008 as the Nationale
Akademie der Wissenschaften. More than 1,250 scientists belong
to the Leopoldina throughout the world, including more than 30
holders of the Nobel Prize. The key activities of the institute are
providing consultation to the institutions of government and the
public sphere regarding a range of political questions pertaining to the natural sciences, training of new scientists and the
dissemination of their findings in both a national and international
context.
Halle Institute for Economic Research (IWH)
Founded in 1992 and today a member of the Leibniz Association,
the IWH conducts research into institutional change in the former
Eastern-bloc countries and East Germany as well as the European
process of economic integration. The IWH has established itself
as an institute on the so-called ”Blue List” and is a ´member of
the European Forecasting Network.
Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL)
The HHL, established in 1898 and re-founded in 1992, is
Germany's oldest university concentrating on Business Econo-
mics. Accreditation by the renowned AACSB International has
emphasized its position as one of the leading Business Schools in
Europe.
Founded at the end of 2009, the Jenaer Zentrum für
interdisziplinäre Gesellschaftsforschung (JenZiG)
researches social change through the themes of uncertainty, innovation and political management. Led by Dr. Klaus
Dörre, the new centre is intended to provide support in the
process of generating a productive academic-led uncertainty by providing a platform for the interaction between
diverging or even contradictory academic approaches to
enable a fruitful consideration of a number of questions.
Displaying the 3,600 year-old Nebra Sky Disc, one of the
most spectacular archaeological finds of the 20th century,
the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle is one of the
oldest locations of academia in Central Germany.
locations of Libraries
CHemnitz
• Universitätsbibliothek
dessau-Rosslau
• Science Library of the Anhalt Library of Dessau
• Forschungs- und Informationsbibliothek der Hochschule Anhalt
und der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
CORE TOWNS
SAXONY-ANHALT
dResden
• Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
» BERLIN
ELBE
» HANOVER
LOWER SAXONY
eRFuRt
• Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha mit
Bibliotheca Amplonian
Halle
• Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) in Halle
• Marienbibliothek Halle
• Historische Bibliothek der Franckeschen Stiftungen zu Halle
MAGDEBURG
DESSAU-ROSSLAU
Jena
• Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena (ThULB)
BRANDENBURG
HALLE
THURINGIA
» KASSEL
POLAND
LEIPZIG
SAXONY
SAALE
ERFURT
ELBE
DRESDEN
WEIMAR
JENA
WERRA
GERA
CHEMNITZ
maGdebuRG
• Universitätsbibliothek
ZWICKAU
HESSE
» PRAGUE
THE CZECH REPUBLIC
» MUNICH
BAVARIA
» WROCLAW
leipziG
• German National Library
• Universitätsbibliothek “Bibliotheka Albertina“
• German Central Library for the Blind (DZB)
• Leipziger Frauenbibliothek/Genderbibliothek MONALIESA e. V.
• Central Geographical Library at the Leibniz Institute for Regional
Geography
weimaR
• Goethe and Schiller Archive
• The Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weima
zeitz
• Stiftsbibliothek und Stiftsarchiv Torhaus Schloss Moritzburg
zwiCkau
• Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau
• University library
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A Banquet for the Mind
The German National Library, Leipzig
Founded in 1912, the German National Library has the statutory
mandate to collect, register, store and make available all German
and German-language publications published since 1913. In 2006,
this was extended to all online publications. The archive currently
consists of around 24 million items.
Saxon State and University Library Dresden
(SLUB)
Founded in 1556 by the Elector August of Saxony, the SLUB
was inaugurated as a princely library. Today, with over 6.6 million
items, it has assumed a leading position amongst academic libraries. It also has a specialist collection for Photography, Industrial
Design, Commercial Art, the History of Technology and Contemporary Art (after 1945).
Bibliotheca Albertina, Leipzig
Established in 1543, the Bibliotheca Albertina is the second-oldest University Library in Germany. Holding over 5.4 million items
and subscribing to around 6,500 current journals, of particular
interest are the medieval and modern manuscripts and incunables
as well as its collection of papyri and hand-written documents
The library is currently working as part of the German Papyrus
Portal project. This involves a number of projects, conducted
in co-operation with an international consortium, including the
digitalisation, virtual compilation and use of the Leipzig section of
the Codex Sinaiticus.
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) in
Halle
Founded in 1696 and with holdings of some 5.42 million volumes,
the ULB is the largest general academic library in Saxony-Anhalt.
Particular collections include the Ponickausche Library, the Sternwarten Library, the Library of the Deutschen Morgenländischen
Gesellschaft and that of the Deutschen Vereinigung für Quartärforschung (DEUQUA).
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek
Jena (ThULB)
The ThULB numbers amongst the largest University Libraries in
Germany and houses one of the most significant collections of
sources in Europe. Amongst its c. four million items are not only
some 350,000 volumes of historical books, but also a muchrespected collection of digital items. The University Multimedia
Electronic Library (UrMEL), a national centre for modern ITC
services provides the central platform and infrastructure for the
presentation of multi-media data from libraries, archives and
museums.
The Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar
A research library, the Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar (with
around 1 million volumes) specializes in German culture and literary history of the classical period (1750 - 1850). The library has
the world's largest Faust collection and a significant Shakespeare
collection.
Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau
Zwickau plays host to one of the oldest libraries in Germany. One
of a number of academic libraries in the town, the development
of the Ratsschulbibliothek is closely associated with the Zwickau
Latin School founded at the end of the 12th century. Although
its origins can be traced back to 1498, an exact date for the
establishment of the library cannot be found. Dedicated purely to
the humanities, the holdings of the Ratsschulbibliothek focus on
Reformation history, literature and linguistics, regional history and
genealogy. The library currently holds some 120,000 volumes, of
which approximately 75 % are from the old stock. Special treasures from this distinguished library include over 200 manuscripts,
1,200 incunables (printed matter from before 1500), some 1,000
old music manuscripts and some 34,000 occasional writings.
The Library at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau
This library is the first newly-built library in Saxony. Located in a
prominent position in Zwickau town centre, this four-storey glass
and concrete building acts as the main library of the University of
Applied Sciences Zwickau. Its area of 2069 m² has a capacity for
150,000 items. The library was recently ranked first in a national
survey of the performance of academic libraries for Universities
of Applied Sciences and Educational Colleges. With its five branch
locations in Zwickau - the main university on the Kornmarkt/
Klosterstraße and branches in the Scheffelstraße, Reichenbach,
Schneeberg and Markneukirchen, the library has over 8,400 active
users who took out 93,623 items in the survey year.
German Central Library for the Blind (DZB)
Founded in 1894, the DZB is the oldest and most important
public libraries for the blind in the German language area.
The premises also contains a publishing house, a production
centre for braille and speaking books, a transfer service for
braille notes and a number of advisory centres.
Goethe and Schiller Archive, Weimar
The Goethe and Schiller Archive in Weimar is the oldest
literature archives in Germany. In addition to the manuscript
estate of Johann Wolfgang Goethe and Friedrich Schiller, it
holds a number of further such estates from over 100 poets,
artists and scientists, with a focus on the 18th and 19th
centuries.
Libraries
Chemnitz
Universitätsbibliothek und Patentinformationszentrum
www.bibliothek.tu-chemnitz.de
Dessau-RoSSlau
Wissenschaftliche Bibliothek der Anhaltischen
Landesbibliothek Dessau
www.bibliothek.dessau.de
Forschungs- und Informationsbibliothek der Hochschule Anhalt und der Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
www.bauhaus-dessau.de
Dresden
Saxon State and University Library Dresden (SLUB)
www.slub-dresden.de
Erfurt
Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha mit Bibliotheca Amploniana
www.uni-erfurt.de/bibliothek
Halle
Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek (ULB) in Halle
bibliothek.uni-halle.de
Marienbibliothek Halle
www.vthk.de/info-bib/info_mar_hal.php
Historische Bibliothek der Franckeschen Stiftungen
zu Halle
www.francke-halle.de/main
Jena
Thüringer Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Jena (ThULB)
www.thulb.uni-jena.de
Leipzig
German National Library
www.d-nb.de
Universitätsbibliothek „Bibliotheka Albertina“
www.ub.uni-leipzig.de
German Central Library for the Blind (DZB)
www.dzb.de
Magdeburg
Universitätsbibliothek der Otto-von-Guericke-Universität
www.ub.ovgu.de
Naumburg
Nitzsche Dokumentationszentrum
www.nietzsche-dokumentationszentrum-naumburg.de
Weimar
Goethe and Schiller Archive
www.klassik-stiftung.de/einrichtungen/goethe-undschiller-archiv.html
The Duchess Anna Amalia Library Weimar
www.klassik-stiftung.de/einrichtungen/herzogin-anna-amaliabibliothek.html
Zeitz
Stiftsbibliothek in Zeitz
www.vereinigtedomstifter.de
Zwickau
Ratsschulbibliothek Zwickau
www.rsb-zwickau.de
University library
www.fh-zwickau.de
The following pages present the most significant institutions of
research and education in the Metropolitan Region.
• Universities / Technical universities
• Universities of Applied Sciences
• Art Colleges
• Institutes / innovative research centres
Universities and Technical Universities/Universities of Applied Sciences
Universities and Technical Universities
Location
Name, Address
Field of work/research focus
Chemnitz
Chemnitz University of Technology
Straße der Nationen 62, 09111 Chemnitz
www.tu-chemnitz.de
A full-university with 8 faculties: the Natural Sciences, Mathematics, Machine Engineering, Electrotechnics
and Information Technology, Computer Sciences, Economics, a Philosophical Faculty and faculties of the
Humanities and Social Sciences. The University operates interdisciplinary networks of research and
teaching between Engineering, Natural Sciences, Economics, Humanities and the Social Sciences
Dresden
TU Dresden
Mommsenstraße 9
01062 Dresden
www.tu-dresden.de
A full-university with 14 faculties: the Natural Sciences, Humanities and the Social Sciences, Engineering
Sciences and Medicine. The TU Dresden numbers is one of the strongest research universities in Germany,
receiving state support from the Federal Excellence Initiative (which funds a graduate college and an excellence cluster) and a specialist research groups.
Erfurt
University of Erfurt
Nordhäuser Straße 63
99089 Erfurt
www.uni-erfurt.de
Erfurt School of Education; Erfurt School of Public Policy; The Gotha Research Centre for Cultural and Social
Scientific Studies; the Interdisciplinary Forum for Religion; the Martin-Luther Institute; the Max Weber Center
for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies; the Center for Empirical Economics and Social Studies; Zentrum
für Lehr-, Lern- und Bildungsforschung; interactive media for children and teenagers.
Freiberg
TU Bergakademie Freiberg
Akademiestraße 6, 09599 Freiberg
www.tu-freiberg.de
The research profile of the Bergakademie is focused on areas in which questions of material, material
change and the material cycle play a decisive part: resources surveying, the processing of energy projects
and the development of new materials.
Halle
Martin Luther University
Halle-Wittenberg
Universitätsplatz 10, 06108 Halle (Saale)
www.uni-halle.de
A full-university with a 500 year tradition; Bio Sciences (the structures and mechanisms of biological information processing); Materials Sciences (nano-structured materials); Cultural and Social Sciences (Society
and Culture in Change); Religious Studies and the Humanities of the Early Modern Period (Enlightenment,
Religion, Scientific Transformations of the Religious and the Rational in modernity)
Ilmenau
Technical University Ilmenau
(TU)
Ehrenbergstraße 29, 98693 Ilmenau
www.tu-ilmenau.de
Research foci: Micro and Nanosystems; Engineering Systems Technology; Intelligent IT-based Media and
Communications Technology in six internal research clusters: Nano-engineering; Precision Engineering and
Precision Measurement Engineering; Technical and Bio-Medical Assistance Systems, Drive and Environmental System Technology, Digital Media Technology, Mobile Communications.
Jena
Friedrich Schiller University
Jena (FSU)
Fürstengraben 1, 07743 Jena
www.uni-jena.de
A full university with 10 faculties and 5 priority research areas: Optics, Photonics and Photon Technologies
at the Abbe Center of Photonics; Innovative Materials and Technologies; the Dynamics of Complex Biological Systems; Laboratory of the Enlightenment; People in Social Change; 3 cross sectoral areas
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Location
Name, Address
Leipzig
The University of Leipzig
Ritterstraße 26, 04109 Leipzig
www.uni-leipzig.de
Areas of specialist research: From Molecules and Nano Objects to Multi-functional Materials and Processes;
Mathematics in the Natural Sciences; Molecular and Cellular Communication; Biotechnology, Bioinformatics
and Biomedicine in Therapy and Diagnostics; Brain Cognition and Language; Hazardous Orders, Changed
Environments and Illness.
Magdeburg
Otto-von-Guericke University
Universitätsplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg
www.ovgu.de
A Specialist University: research foci in the Engineering Sciences and Medicine; 9 Faculties: Neurosciences,
especially Neurobiologically Motivated Behaviour; Dynamic Systems: Bioengineering including Immunology;
Automotive/Digital Engineering; Medical Technology, Particle Technology, Renewable Energies; Microsystem
Technology; Transformation Research; Decision Design
MEDICAL FACULTY
Leipziger Straße 44
39120 Magdeburg
www.med.uni-magdeburg.de
Immunology including Molecular Medicine of Inflammation; Neurosciences
Bauhaus University Weimar
Geschwister-Scholl-Straße 8
99423 Weimar
www.uni-weimar.de
Faculties of Architecture, Civil Engineering, Design and Media. An Interdisciplinary approach combining Art
and Engineering; institutes of European Urban Studies, Building Materials Sciences, Structural Mechanics,
Water Engineering and Management, Geotechnical Engineering, Constructive Civil Engineering, Mathematics/Physics, Film, Design Transfer, Environmental Engineering and International Land Improvement
Weimar
Universities of Applied Sciences
Dresden
Dresden University of Applied
Sciences (HZW)
Friedrich-List-Platz 1, 01069 Dresden
www.htw-dresden.de
28 Diplom, Bachelors’ and Masters’ courses; exceptional opportunities for studying disciplines such as Agricultural Sciences, Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, with the foci: Engineering, Design, Industry and
Environment. A research budget of more than 4 million Euros; exemplary involvement in business start-ups;
international collaborations with numerous research institutions
University of Applied Sciences for
Social Work, Education and Care
Semperstraße 2a, 01069 Dresden
www.ehs-dresden.de
A foundation university, accredited and funded by the State of Saxony and the Lutheran Church in Saxony.
Provides three Bachelors’ degree courses and two Masters’ programmes. Undertakes research and teaching
as well as programmes of continuing education, combines practice-oriented research, interdisciplinary theory
discussions and methodological training; members seeks to make a contribution to ethical debates.
University of Applied Sciences
FHDW
Paradiesstraße 40, 01217 Dresden
www.fhdw.de
A private university with state-accredited degree courses; close contacts to industry and numerous commercial partnerships; provides a practice-oriented dual course of study with application-oriented academic
teaching and work experience. Bachelors’ degrees in Applied Computer Sciences and Applied Computer
Sciences/Arvato Studies
Universities of Applied Sciences
Location
Name, Address
Erfurt
Erfurt University of Applied
Sciences
Altonaer Straße 25, 99085 Erfurt
www.fh-erfurt.de
Subjects taught at the 6 faculties: Applied Social Sciences, Architecture, Civil Engineering and Conservation/
Restoration, Building Services Management and Computer Sciences, Landscape Architecture, Market Gardening
and Forestry and Business, Logistics and Transport and Innovative Transport Systems; Sustainable Construction/
Regenerative Energies and Sustainable Town and Land-use Planning
Adam-Ries-Fachhochschule
Juri-Gagarin-Ring 152, 99084 Erfurt
www.adam-ries-fh.de
An accredited private University of Applied Sciences providing four Bachelors’ degree courses: Taxation and Auditing, Tourism, Production and Logistics Management, Sustainable Energy Economics; a dual study programme
with regular alternation between campus-based theoretical learning and practical experience in company
SRH University of Applied Sciences Gera
Hermann-Drechsler-Straße 2, 07548 Gera
www.gesundheitshochschule.de
A state accredited private University of Applied Sciences providing courses in Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Medical Teaching, Health Psychology, Care, Interdisciplinary Early Learning and Neurorehabilition
Berufsakademie EISENACH U. Gera
(University of Cooperative Education - Staatliche Studienakademie Thüringen)
Weg der Freundschaft 4a, 07546 Gera
www.ba-thueringen.de
7 dual Bachelor's degree courses with a technical, Management Economics and Social focus in a total of 22
fields of study: Business Administration, Electrotechnics / Automation Engineering, Information and Communication Technology, Practical Information Systems, Business Information Systems; a 3-year course of study with
alternating phases of classroom-based theory and practical experience in a company; monthly apprenticeship
pay
Jena
Jena University of Applied Sciences
Carl-Zeiss-Promenade 2, 07745 Jena
www.fh-jena.de
8 departments; 38 BA and Masters’ degree courses, 7 focus fields of R&D: Life Sciences, High Precision Mechanics/Optics; Data Processing / Simulation; Automation Engineering / Mechatronics; Materials Engineering and
Manufacturing Engineering; Social Sciences; Company Setup and Management
Köthen/Dessau-Roßlau/Bernburg
Anhalt University of Applied
Sciences
Bernburger Straße 55, 06366 Köthen
www.hs-anhalt.de
Agriculture, Nutritional Science and Landscape Development; Economics, Architecture, Facility Management and
Geo Information, Design, Computer Sciences, Electrotechnics, Machine Construction and Industrial Engineering,
Life Sciences and Process Technology, Solar Engineering
Leipzig
HTWK Leipzig University of Applied Sciences
Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 132, 04277 Leipzig
www.htwk-leipzig.de
Interdisciplinary teaching and research at 11 institutes: Energy-Building-Environment; Life Sciences Engineering;
Software and Media Technologies; systematic market-oriented and (preferably) regional collaborations and contract research; providing stimuli for local and regional initiatives
Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL)
Jahnallee 59, 04109 Leipzig, www.hhl.de
The development of well-founded solutions to the current questions facing industry in centres of excellence such
as: The Center for Corporate Transactions, Center for Healthcare Management, The Center for IT-Based Logistics
Leipzig (Heinz Nixdorf Chair of IT-based Logistics), the Center for Leading Innovation and Co-operation.
Deutsche Telekom AG (FH), University
of Applied Sciences for Telecommunications
Gustav-Freytag-Straße 43-45, 04277 Leipzig
www.hft-leipzig.de
Communications Engineering, Telecommunications and Information Technology, Computer Sciences and Communications Technology; practice-based research with the partners of the Deutsche Telekom AG and other major
players from industry
Gera
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Location
Name, Address
Leipzig
Berufsakademie Leipzig
Staatl. Studienakademie Leipzig
Schönauer Straße 113a, 04207 Leipzig
www.ba-leipzig.de
Training in a DUAL COURSE OF STUDY conducted together with skilled workers and young managers from
industry in the areas Accountancy and Auditing, Real Estate, Controlling, Banking, Interdisciplinary Asset
Management, Computer Sciences, Service Engineering
AKAD Hochschule Leipzig
Gutenbergplatz 1e, 04103 Leipzig
www.akad.de/~hochschule-leipzig
A comprehensive range of modules on accredited distance learning Bachelors’ and Masters’ degree courses
and extra-occupational qualifications, certificate courses or specialist courses in the areas of Economics,
Technical Studies and Languages
Magdeburg
Magdeburg-Stendal University
of Applied Sciences
Breitscheidstraße 2, 39114 Magdeburg
www.hs-magdeburg.de
The Department of Civil Engineering, Engineering and Industrial Design, Communications and Media, Social
Work and Health Studies, Hydrology and Waste Management, diverse research activities including Structural
Engineering, Tribology, Robot Application Engineering, Design Studies, Translation Sciences, Flood Protection
Merseburg
Merseburg University of Applied
Sciences, www.hs-merseburg.de
Geusaer Straße, 06217 Merseburg
Engineering and Natural Sciences, Computer and Communication Systems, Economics, Social Work / Media
Studies / Cultural Studies
Mittweida
Mittweida
Technikumplatz 17, 09648 Mittweida
www.hs-mittweida.de
Information Technology and Electrotechnics, Machine Construction / Precision Engineering / Mathematics
/ Physics / Computer Sciences; Economics, Social Work / Media Studies; practice-oriented research for the
regional economy
Nordhausen
Nordhausen University of Applied Sciences
Weinberghof 4, 99734 Nordhausen
www.fhnordhausen.de
Energy Generation Systems, Energy Transmission and Storage, especially for Solar, Geo and Bio energy;
Systems Engineering, including Machine Construction and Plant Engineering; the closure of Production, Material and Energy Cycles; Innovation Management; the social and economic aspects of demographic change;
Better Regulation
Plauen
DIPLOMA Hochschule Studienzentrum Plauen
Rückertstraße 35, 08525 Plauen
www.plauen.diploma.de
1. Distance learning or extra-occupational study. 2. Bachelors’ degree courses: Business Administration; Graphic
Design, Mechatronics, Media Management, Medical Assisting Professions, Tourism, Business Information Systems,
Industrial Engineering and Commercial Law; 3. Master's degree courses: Economics and Law (Management, Commercial Law, International Commercial Law); Early education – Administration and management of child day-care centres.
Berufsakademie Sachsen - Staatliche Studienakademie PlaueN
Melanchthonstraße 1/3, 08523 Plauen
www.ba-plauen.de
Health and Social Work Management (Management in the Health and Social Work Sector), Service and Innovation Management: Bachelor of Arts); Commerce and International Management (Commerce, Marketing
and Co-operation Management, External Trade and International Management: Bachelor of Arts); Technical
Management and Food Safety (Dipl. Ing. (B.A.))
Deutsches Innovationszentrum
für Stickerei e. V. (DIS)
Bahnhofstraße 36, 08523 Plauen
www.innovation-stickerei.de
Established in 2007, the Deutsche Innovationszentrum für Stickerei brings together companies, institutions
of research and higher education as well as private individuals. An active service provider in the embroidery
industry, it focuses on the following activities: Public Relations and Marketing, project Management; Planning, Financing, Realization; Concept Generation, training and continuing education
Universities of Applied Sciences/Colleges of Art and Music / Institutes and Innovative Research Centres
Location
Name, Address
Stendal
Magdeburg-Stendal University
of Applied Sciences
Osterburger Straße 25, 39576 Stendal
www.hs-magdeburg.de
The departments of Applied Human Sciences (The Psychology of Rehabilitation; Applied Childhood Studies; Education, Education and Supervision in Childhood); Research in the Joint project “Quality Assurance in Professional Rehabilitation;” the Department of Economics provides courses in Business Administration and Dual Business Administration
as well as Risk Management; undertakes research into economic prognostication and the organization of production
Zwickau
Zwickau
Dr.-Friedrichs-Ring 2a, 08056 Zwickau
www.fh-zwickau.de
Research foci: Vehicle and Machine Constriction, the Development of Surface Technologies, Micro Systems and
Materials, Intelligent solutions for Electrotechnics and Computer Sciences, Management and Information Concepts for Networked Systems
hochschule Fresenius
Breithauptstraße 3-5, 08056 Zwickau
www.zwickau.hs-fresenius.de
Foci of study: training in Chemical Engineering and Occupational Therapy, also as extra-occupational training and
for career changers; an important feature is the practical semester, preferably abroad with a company drawn
from a comprehensive network of 100 partners from 20 EU countries
Colleges of Art and Music
Dresden
Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden
Güntzstraße 34, 01307 Dresden
www.hfbk-dresden.de
A vocational university which developed from a school of art founded in 1680. It provides 5 areas of study:
Visual Arts, Restoration, Stage and Costume Design, Theatre Furnishing and Art Therapy. With their unique
combination of design and realization, the courses on Stage and Costume Design and Theatre Furnishing
provide an unmatched combination of theory and practice
Hochschule für Musik „Carl
Maria von Weber“ Dresden
Wettiner Platz 13, 01067 Dresden
www.hfmdd.de
A wide ranging course of study comprising song, directing, composition and piano; and a particular focus on
music education and school music (as a Diplom); a University orchestra, Opera classes; teaching by leading
Orchestral soloists from the Sächsischen Staatskapelle and the Dresdner Philharmonie; a number of opportunities for further qualification; focus on concentrated elite training
Palucca University of Dance
Dresden
Basteiplatz 4, 01277 Dresden
www.palucca-schule-dresden.de
The only independent university of dance in Germany since 1993; courses in Stage Dance, Choreography
and Dance Education with study in the artistic master classes. An integrated High School education, a
boarding school; professional dance training begins at the age of 10; teaching in 11 ballrooms, a library,
cafeteria and physiotherapy practice
Hochschule für Kirchenmusik
Käthe-Kollwitz-Ufer 97, 01309 Dresden
www.kirchenmusikdresden.de
A state-accredited institution of the Lutheran Church of Saxony providing courses in Church Music B (Diplom), Church Music C, postgraduate studies in Church Music A, Postgraduate studies in Choral Conducting,
Organ or Organ Improvization, further training in "Popular Music in the Church"; the aim of study is training
for Church service
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Location
Name, Address
Halle
Burg Giebichenstein University
of Art and Design
06003 Halle (Saale)
www.burg-halle.de
An institution with university status providing ten courses divided into more than 20 fields. The Departments
of Art and Design offers courses in Painting and Graphics, Art Education, Industrial Design and Interior Design as well as Communication, Fashion and Multimedia Design
Evangelische Hochschule für
Kirchenmusik Halle/Saale
Kleine Ulrichstraße 35, 06108 Halle (Saale)
www.ehk-halle.de
Courses: Diploma in Church Music B Diploma in Church Music A: a) Foundation studies, b) Postgraduate
studies A; Joint degree in Music for Grammar School Teachers/Diplom in Church Music B; Post-graduate
studies "Artistic Training"; Qualification as a Bell expert.
University of Music & Theatre
"Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy"
LEIPZIG
Grassistraße 8, 04107 Leipzig
www.hmt-leipzig.de
Music Education, Musical Theory, Dramaturgy, Acting; Institute of Church Music; development of new subjects such as "Early Music" and Jazz/Popular Music/Musical; international co-operations, a broad-based and
practice-based approach to education
Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts
Wächterstraße 11, 04107 Leipzig
www.hgb-leipzig.de
Four areas: Media Arts, Book/Graphic Design, Painting/Graphics and Photography; innovative studies in addition to traditional skills; future developments: developing new positions in teaching and research
The German Creative Writing
Program Leipzig
www.deutsches-literaturinstitut.de
The only university-based training for writers in the German-language area
The LISZT School of Music Weimar
Platz der Demokratie 2/3, 99423 Weimar
www.hfm-weimar.de
Courses of study: all orchestral instruments; Institutes for: Conducting and Opera Accompaniment, Vocal
Studies and Theatre, Guitar, Keyboard Instruments, Early Music, Contemporary Music, Jazz, Music Education,
School Music and Church Music, Musicology, Arts Management; Thüringer Orchesterakademie and Thüringer
Opernstudio
Leipzig
Weimar
Institutes and Innovative Research Centres
Bernburg
Professor Hellriegel Institut e.V.
Strenzfelder Allee 28, 06406 Bernburg
www.hellriegel-institut.de
Conducting practical experiments and academic investigations for the preparation and evaluation of new procedures in integrated plant cultivation and agricultural eco systems; investigations into the use of plant commodities in
the non-food area; scientific monitoring and supervision of measures in the development of open spaces and landscape architecture as well as environmental protection; research into questions pertaining to foodstuffs and nutrition.
Location
Name, Address
Chemnitz
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology (IWU)
Reichenhainer Straße 88, 09126 Chemnitz
www.iwu.fraunhofer.de
Research and development in Production Engineering and in the Automobile and Machine Construction
sector with a focus on the development of intelligent production facilities, the optimization of production
processes
Institute for Electronic Nano
Systems (ENAS)
Technologie-Campus 3, 09126 Chemnitz
www.enas.fraunhofer.de
Research, development and services in the areas of Smart Systems Integration, Micro and Nano systems,
reliability, Printed Functionalities, Back-end of Line for Micro and Nano electronics and 3D integration
Institute for Mechatronics e.V.
www.tu-chemnitz.de/ifm
A focus on research and development into questions of the Dynamics of Technical Systems in the areas of
Mechanics/Mechatronics and Human-Machine Interaction
Centre for Microtechnologies
(ZfM)
www.zfm.tu-chemnitz.de
A focus on research and development: Microelectronics, Microsystems, Nanotechnology; co-operation with
the Fraunhofer IZM
The Technologie Centrum Chemnitz GmbH
Annaberger Straße 240, 09125 Chemnitz
www.tcc-chemnitz.de
Business Start-Up Centre: provides support in the establishment and development of young, technologyoriented companies; technology transfer
Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e. V.
Annaberger Straße 240, 09125 Chemnitz
www.stfi.de
A non-profit research institution seeking to continue Saxony's long traditions of textile research; procedural
and product-related R&D work reflects classic textile technologies as well as innovative and unconventional
solutions for the widest range of application areas
Cetex Institut für Textil- und
Verarbeitungsmaschinen gemeinnützige GmbH
Altchemnitzer Straße 11, 09120 Chemnitz
www.cetex.de
Procedural and material developments regarding endless fibre-reinforced semi-finished products and complex pre-forms as well as machines for their manufacture.
Institut für Konstruktion und
Verbundbauweisen e. V.
Annaberger Str. 240
09125 Chemnitz
www.kvb-chemnitz.de/
The transfer of new technologies from the area of research to industrial companies; the entire spectrum of
engineering services (design, simulation, calculation) and preparation for the manufacture of fibre composite components as well as strength testing and constant load testing
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Location
Name, Address
Dessau-Roßlau
Wissenschaftl.-Technisches Zentrum für Motoren- u. Maschinenforschung RoSSlau gGmbH (WTZ)
Mühlenreihe 2a, 06862 Dessau-Roßlau
ww.wtz.de
Research and development in the area of Motors, Machines, Device and Energy Technology.
The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
Gropiusallee 38, 06846 Dessau-Roßlau
The continuance of, research on and popularization of the inheritance of the Bauhaus; research, teaching
and experimental design
Gropius Institut Dessau e. V.
Postfach 2215, 06818 Dessau-Roßlau
www.lehre.afg.hsanhalt.de/gropius/index.html
The provision of funding in academia, research and teaching in the area of Architecture, Civil Engineering,
Design, Real Estate Management and Surveying
I.M.S. - Institute for Membrane
and Shell Technologies e. V.
Franz-Mehring-Str. 21, 06846 Dessau-Roßlau
www.ims-institute.org
Design methods in the area of Membrane and Network Technology, Energy-Saving Construction
ATI Agentur für Technologietransfer und Innovationsförderung GmbH Anhalt
Ackerstraße 3a, 06842 Dessau-Roßlau
www.ati-anhalt.de
Cluster management "Renewable Energies;" the formulation of innovation concepts, Innovation Management, consultation regarding the possibilities of promoting innovation
Federal Environment Agency
Wörlitzer Platz 1, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau
www.umweltbundesamt.de
Providing scientific support in the areas of Environment, Health, Research, Transport, Building Development
and Urban Development
BioPharmaPark Dessau
Am Pharmapark 1, 06861 Dessau
www.biopharmapark.de
A site of integrated Biotechnological expertise in Saxony-Anhalt with specialization in Bio-Pharmaceutical
production in the area of innovative vaccination technologies, with an emphasis on Quality Control and
Compliance as well as research and development
Zentrum für klinische studien
Dessau (ZKSD)
Auenweg 38, 06847 Dessau-Roßlau
www.klinikum-dessau.de
Focus of work and research: clinical studies into the development of new medicines against dermatological
illnesses
Leibniz Institute for Solid State
and Materials Research
Helmholtzstraße 20, 01069 Dresden
www.ifw-dresden.de
Fundamental and application-oriented research and development into solids and materials; training and
continuing education; collaboration with universities
Dresden
Location
Name, Address
Dresden
The Leibniz Institute of Ecological Urban and Regional Development e. V. (IÖR)
Weberplatz 1, 01217 Dresden
www.ioer.de
Interdisciplinary research on the requirements of sustainable Regional, Town and Landscape Development
Planning. Interdependencies between spatial use and the natural environment
The Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research Dresden e. V.
Hohe Straße 6, 01069 Dresden
www.ipfdd.de
Application-oriented fundamental research; focussing on the scientific foundation for the development of
polymer functional materials; Max Bergmann, Center of Biomaterials Dresden (MBC)
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung (Ifo), Niederlassung
Dresden
Einsteinstraße 3, 01069 Dresden
www.ifo.de
Empirical economic research focussing on the particular requirements of the new German states in general
and Saxony in particular; Economic Analyses; Consulting
Helmholtz-Zentrum
Dresden-Rossendorf e. V. (HZDR)
Bautzner Landstraße 128, 01328 Dresden
www.fz-rossendorf.de
Application-oriented fundamental research with an interdisciplinary focus on New Materials, Cancer Research, Nuclear Safety; divided into 6 institutes
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids (MPI CPFS)
Nöthnitzer Straße 40, 01187 Dresden
www.cpfs.mpg.de
Experimental research on inter-metallic connections with innovative chemical and physical characteristics;
four research areas; a centre of excellence
Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems (MPI PKS)
www.mpipksdresden.mpg.de
Research into the Physics of complex systems in three specialisms, permanent departments: Condensed
Materials, Finite Systems, Biological Physics; support through working groups
Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics
(MPI CBG)
Pfotenhauerstraße 108, 01307 Dresden
www.mpi-cbg.de
Fundamental research into Development and Cell Biology; questions relating to the organization of cells on
their way to becoming tissue; interactive scientific network, Dresden model of fundamental and applicationoriented research and development into solids and materials; training and continuing education; co-operation between universities and other institutions of higher education
Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS)
Maria-Reiche-Straße 2, 01109 Dresden
www.ipms.fraunhofer.de
Applied research and development in the area of Optical Sensors and Actuators, ASICs, Organic Materials
and Microsystems; close co-operation between industry and the state
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Location
Name, Address
Dresden
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits, Design Automation
Division Dresden (IIS)
Zeunerstraße 38, 01069 Dresden
www.eas.iis.fraunhofer.de
Research and development work for computer-assisted design of Electronic and Heterogeneous Systems;
the development of prototype hardware-software systems for Digital Telecommunications Engineering
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic
Technologies and Systems (IKTS)
Winterbergstraße 28, 01277 Dresden
www.ikts.fraunhofer.de
Applied fundamental research and development into Materials, Process and Component Development in the
area of inorganic and non-metallic high-performance materials
Fraunhofer- Institute for
Non-Destructive Testing (IZPF),
Acoustic Diagnosis and Quality Assurance
(EADQ) Dresden
Maria-Reiche-Straße 2, 01109 Dresden
www.izfpd.fraunhofer.de
The development of innovative methods and test systems for the characterization of materials, Product
Quality Control, monitoring of the manufacturing process and plant components
Institute for Manufacturing
Technology and Advanced Materials (IFAM), Branch Lab for Powder
Metallurgy and Composite Materials
www.ifamdd.fraunhofer.de
Specialization in composite and functionally graded materials, functional materials and highly porous metallic materials; feasibility studies, the production of prototype and small series
Fraunhofer Institute for
Transportation and Infrastructure Systems Dresden (IVI)
Zeunerstraße 38, 01069 Dresden
www.ivi.fraunhofer.de
Technology-Oriented Transport Research, research areas include Transport Information Systems, Vehicle
Guidance Systems, Equipment Engineering and the integration of new energy sources
Fraunhofer Institute for Machine Tools and Forming Technology Dresden (IWU)
www.iwu.fraunhofer.de
Application-oriented research and development into Production Engineering with a focus on the development of manufacturing plant and the optimization of manufacturing processes.
Fraunhofer Applications Center for Processing Machinery
and Packaging Technology(AVV)
Heidelberger Straße 20, 01189 Dresden
www.avv.fraunhofer.de
Research and development services in the area of processing and packaging technologies; a focus on the
technical implementation of processing and packaging-technical tasks
Location
Name, Address
Dresden
Fraunhofer Center Nanoelectronic Technologies CNT
www.fep.fraunhofer.de
Various solutions in the semi-conductor sector, including the further development and characterization of
materials, methods of analysis and process methods.
Fraunhofer Institute for Electron
Beam and Plasma Technology (FEP)
www.fep.fraunhofer.de
Aim: the realization of innovation potential in electron beam and plasma technology for production processes and plant engineering; work in the fields of thin-film technology and electron beam technology
Institute for Material and
Beam Technology (IWS)
www.iws.fraunhofer.de
Application-oriented research and development ranging from physical and material-technical principles to
system development with the foci Laser Technology and Surface Technology
Fraunhofer Institute Centre
All Silicon System Integration
Dresden (ASSID)
Ringstraße 12, 01468 Moritzburg
www.izm.fraunhofer.de/assid
Research and development of the packaging of electronic products (Electronic Packaging / Packaging of
Integrated Circuits) and the integration of electronics into products (system integration)
The Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI),
Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants
Pillnitzer Platz 3a, 01326 Dresden
www.jki.bund.de
Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation of fruit genetic resources, the combination of permanent resistance
to disease and excellent fruit quality in new high-performance fruit varieties; the development of molecular
biological and biotechnological methods within the framework of culture research; the application of molecular markers for selection in the breeding process (Smart Breeding, Marker Assisted Selection); the identification, molecular characterization, isolation and transfer of genes usable in breeding; the development of
methods for accelerating the progress of breeding within the framework of Fast Breeding
DFG Center for Regenerative
Therapies Dresden
Tatzberg 47/49, 01307 Dresden
www.crt-dresden.de
An interdisciplinary network of over 80 members from various institutions and research groups; research
into the regenerative abilities of the human body; the development of therapies
BioInnovationsZentrum
Dresden (BIOZ)
Tatzberg 47, 01307 Dresden
www.biodresden.com
A Bio-technology start-up centre; regional excellence centre, intensification of networking between industry,
the Technical University and non-university research institutions
SAP Research: Future Factory
Initiative
Chemnitzer Str. 48, 01187 Dresden
www.sap.com/futurefactory
A joint project between SAP Research and industrial partners in order to promote research and joint innovation for the Manufacturing and Processing industries.
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Location
Name, Address
Erfurt
The Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops
Grossbeeren / Erfurt
Theodor-Echtermeyer-Weg 1, 14979
Großbeeren; Institutsteil Erfurt; Kühnhäuser
Straße 101, 99189 Kühnhausen
www.igzev.de
Application-oriented fundamental research into vegetable and ornamental crops with the aim of establishing the scientific basis for efficient and sustainable horticulture, horticultural practice and modern
production methods
CiS Institut für Mikrosensorik
GmbH
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 14, 99099 Erfurt
www.cismst.de
R&D service-provider serving industrial companies for the development of solutions ranging from design to
prototyping; core competencies: optical, capacitive, piezoresistive sensors and Sensor Systems
Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt Gartenbau Erfurt
Leipziger Straße 75a, 99085 Erfurt
www.lvg-erfurt.de
An institute of the Thuringia Ministry for Agriculture, Nature and the Environment: training and continuing
education, application research and experimentation in the subjects: Cultivation of Ornamental Plants, Promiculture/Tree Nurseries, Vegetable Gardening, Horticulture and Landscaping
fzmb GmbH Forschungszentrum
für Medizintechnik und Biotechnologie
Blumenstraße 70/Haus 3, 99092 Erfurt
www.fzmb.de
Research and development in Medical Technology, Biotechnology and the Veterinary Sciences; research and
development, industrial research, innovative services and manufacturing
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Section
of Children's Media (IDMT)
Erich-Kästner-Straße 1, 99094 Erfurt
www.idmt.fraunhofer.de
The IDMT performs applied research into digital and audio-visual applications. The Department of Children’s
Media in Erfurt works on the development of innovative computer-assisted programs and edutainment for
children and teenagers.
Anwendungszentrum Mikrosystemtechnik (AZM)
www.azm-erfurt.de
The AZM supports business start-up or spin-off in the high-tech and Microsystems sector with an excellent
provision of hi-tech space and equipment.
Institut für Mikroelektronik- und Mechatronik-Systeme
gGMBH, Institut Erfurt (IMMS)
www.imms.de
The expertise of the Institute is in integrated circuit technology, model-based design technology, precision
drive technology and control and communications technology.
Location
Name, Address
Erfurt
Kindermedienzentrum
Erich-Kästner-Straße 1
99094 Erfurt
www.kindermedienzentrum.de
The Kindermedienzentrum provides small and medium-sized companies and producers with office and
studio space as well as a comprehensive media infrastructure.
SolarTestLab TÜV Thüringen e.V.
Konrad-Zuse-Straße 10
99099 Erfurt
www.tuev-thueringen.de
The solar test lab is an accredited laboratory for PV module testing. Performing all tests according to IEC
standards, the laboratory can award the TÜV Thüringen certification "Design Tested" (Baumuster geprüft).
Transport and Spatial Planning Institute
Altonaer Straße 25 / Haus 11 Räume
11.1.15-11.1.24, 99085 Erfurt
www.verkehr-und-raum.de
The foci of the work includes research into the causes and effects of traffic, general interdependencies
between space, mobility and traffic behaviour as well as town and regional development.
Institut für Produktion, Transport, Umschlag u. Lagern - proTUL
Altonaer Straße 25, 99085 Erfurt
www.fh-erfurt.de/protul
The contact partner for the manufacturing industries, commercial companies, the providers of logistics
services, transport and infrastructure operators, co-operating consulting firms, private and public institutions
of education, universities and research associations.
Fraunhofer Technology Centre
for Semi-Conductor Materials
(THM)
Am St.-Niclas-Schacht 13, 09599 Freiberg
www.thm.fraunhofer.de
The production of base materials and crystal growing/crystallization as well as the cutting and polishing of
Silicon and III/V semiconductors
Research Institute of Leather
and Plastic Sheeting FILK
Meißner Ring 1-5
09599 Freiberg
www.filkfreiberg.de
Branch institute of the leather and plastic sheeting industry; developer of practical solutions for small and
medium-sized firms within the scope of joint research; an interdisciplinary approach
The Leibniz Institute of Plant
Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Corrensstraße 3, 06466 Gatersleben
www.ipk-gatersleben.de
Diversity research, research into the dynamics of the plant genome; research into the integrative biology of
plant performance
Freiberg
Gatersleben
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Name, Address
Greiz
Textile Research Thuringia –
Vogtland e.V. (TITV Greiz)
Zeulenrodaer Straße 42, 07973 Greiz
www.titv-greiz.de
Textile Microsystem Technology, Smart Textiles, Surface Functionalization, Flexible Materials; in strategic
alliances with other sectors of industry, institutions and centres, although classical textile technologies
represents the basis for the development and functionalization of flexible materials and structures
Halle
Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 4, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.ufz.de
Research into biological communities, uniting Animal and Plant Ecology and Population and Soil Ecology, soil
formation processes; Isotope Hydrology, Soil Physics, Hydrogeology
Leibniz-Institute of Plant Biochemistry (IPB)
Weinberg 3, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.ipb-halle.de
An interdisciplinary approach to fundamental and application-oriented research into current problems of
modern Plant Biology in model plants, horticultural crops and wild plants; comprehensive analysis of plant
and fungal natural materials, investigation of the interdependencies between plants and pathogens, symbionts and abiotic processes
Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern
Europe
Theodor-Lieser-Straße 2, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.iamo.de
Core tasks: research into agricultural development in Central and Eastern Europe, continuing education for
academics; providing a forum for academic exchange
Max-Planck Research Unit for
the Enzymology of Protein
Folding
Weinbergweg 22, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.enzymehalle.mpg.de
The dynamic of conformational change in polypeptide chains, catalysis mechanisms and the biological
function of folding helper enzymes, Chemosynthesis modifier proteins, neuronal effects of folder enzymes,
the cell cycle - integrated folder helper enzymes
Max Planck Institute for Social
Anthropology
Advokatenweg 36, 06114 Halle (Saale)
www.eth.mpg.de
The investigation of changing values and standards, current living conditions and conflicts in post-socialist
and post-colonial contexts; a focus on topics such as ethnicity and identity, conflict management, religion and
questions of civil society and diverging legal approaches to the management of natural resources, transnational migration and the changing role of the state as a system of social security in comparison to the family
Fraunhofer Institut for Mechanics of Materials Halle (IWM)
Walter-Hülse-Straße 1, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.iwm.fraunhofer.de
Core tasks: analysis of the influence of the operating conditions and mechanical demands and that of processes of manufacture and processing on the characteristics of materials; the characterization of materials and
component inspection; the simulation of components and manufacturing processes; the coating of tools and
components in accordance with operational requirements; damage analysis; the development of processes
Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle (IWH)
Kleine Märkerstraße 8, 06108 Halle (Saale)
www.iwh-halle.de
Transition processes in the new states in East Germany and Central and Eastern Europe; the research
program "Institutional Change and Global Integration;" Research projects for regulation of competition and
the significance of knowledge and innovation; Macroeconomics, Structural Economics, Industrial Economics
and Urban Economics
Location
Name, Address
Halle
Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale
Akademie der Wissenschaften
Jägerberg 1, 06108 Halle (Saale)
www.leopoldina.org
A scientific, medical society; promotes research co-operation; provides consulting services to parliaments
and authorities on a national and international level; maintains connections to researchers in Europe and
beyond; supports the training of young scientists.
International Max Planck Research School for Science and
Technology of Nanostructures
(Nano-IMPRS)
Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle (Saale)
www.nanoimprs.mpg.de
Comprehensive training in the Natural Sciences and Nanotechnology (doctoral level); the electronic, magnetic and optical characteristics on the nano scale, Spintronics, Nano Contacts and the synthesis of Nano
Structures
SchweiSStechnische Lehr- und
Versuchsanstalt Halle GmbH
Köthener Straße 33a, 06118 Halle (Saale)
www.slv-halle.de
Welding, Joining and Test Engineering, Non-Destructive Testing; Operational Research, Technology Development, Equipment Development, Technology Transfer; test laboratory for Non-Destructive Testing, Destructive Testing and Component Testing, Metallography, Calculation / Simulation; Quality Assurance
Landesinstitut für Lehrerfortbildung, Lehrerweiterbildung und Unterrichtsforschung von Sachsen-Anhalt (LISA)
Riebeckplatz 9, 06110 Halle (Saale)
www.lisa.bildung-lsa.de
Fundamental questions pertaining to the further training and continuing education of teachers; school development, school authorities, school government
isw Institut für Strukturpolitik
u. Wirtschaftsförderung gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mbH
Heinrich-Heine-Straße 10, 06114 Halle (Saale)
www.isw-online.org
Structure, Evaluation and Labour Market Research; Educational, Personnel and Organization Research;
Regional and Innovation Research/Information Systems; application-oriented and interdisciplinary Economic
Education and Technology Research
Fraunhofer Center for Silicon
Photovoltaics CSP: a joint collaboration between the IWM and ISE
Walter-Hülse-Straße 1, 06120 Halle
www.csp.fraunhofer.de
2 Institutes combine their expertise in Photovoltaics: Fraunhofer Center for Silicon Photovoltaics CSP, a collaboration between the Fraunhofer Institute for Mechanics of Materials (IWM) and the Fraunhofer Institute
for Solar Energy Systems ISE. The CSP is currently establishing an internationally unique crystallization and
materials analysis centre, conducting targeted research and development focussing on Silicon materials. A
focus on R&D: a crystallization and materials analysis centre; concepts for Silicon thin-film solar cells and
module integration
Max Planck Institute of
Microstructure Physics
Weinberg 2, 06120 Halle
www.mpi-halle.mpg.de
Pioneering research in the area of solid-state physics: phenomena determined by reduced dimensions in
the micro-material and nanometer range, or through surface / interfaces (thin films, layered systems and
surfaces, nano wires and nano tubes)
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Halle
Technology and Founders’ Centre Halle GmbH
www.tgz-halle.de
Provides young companies with over 16.900 m2 of affordable rental space, consultation rooms and further
services, thus reducing their immediate capital requirement
Bio-Centre Halle GmbH
www.tgz-halle.de
More than 9.800 m2 rental space, especially suitable for Biotechnology companies, with S2 and S3 laboratories and hothouses
Mitteldeutsches Multimediazentrum Halle (MMZ)
Mansfelder Straße 56, 06108 Halle (Saale)
www.mmz-halle.de
Specialized rooms for business start-ups, firms and affiliated institutes from the Multimedia sector with
individual offices, studios, technology and reception areas
Institut f. Mikroelektronik- und
Mechatronik- Systeme (IMMS)
www.imms.de
Research foci with a multi-disciplinary approach: Integrated Circuitry, Model-based Design Methods; Precision Drive Technology and Control and Communications Technology.
Fraunhofer Institute for Digital
Media Technology (IDMT)
www.idmt.fraunhofer.de
Research foci: Acoustics; Semantic Metadata Systems; Media Distribution and Security; Audio Coding for
special applications; Bio-inspired Computing; Data Representation and Interfaces; Authoring Systems
Institute for Natural Product
Research and Infection Biology
e. V. Hans Knöll Institute (HKI)
Beutenbergstraße 11a, 07745 Jena
www.hki-jena.de
Application-oriented fundamental research (Communication Micro-organisms strategies for overcoming
immune systems) for the development of new natural materials-based therapies
Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute e. V. (FLI)
Beutenbergstraße 11, 07745 Jena
www.fli-leibniz.de
The aging of cells and organisms; specific age-related illnesses (current focus on protein-folding illnesses)
Max Planck Institute of Economics
Kahlaische Straße 10, 07745 Jena
www.econ.mpg.de
Questions of economic change, Experimental Economics and Entrepreneurial Behaviour; Evolutionary Economics; Strategic Interactions; Entrepreneurship, Growth and Public Policy
Ilmenau
Jena
Location
Name, Address
Jena
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology
Hans-Knöll-Straße 8, 07745 Jena
www.ice.mpg.de
Co-evolution between plants and insects; five scientific departments: Molecular Ecology, Bioorganic Chemistry; Biochemistry; Evolutionary Neuroethology; Entomologie; three independent working groups
Max Planck Institute for Bio
geochemistry
www.bgc-jena.mpg.de
Research into global materials cycles and the associated biological, chemical and physical implementations;
interdisciplinary collaboration in three departments
Fraunhofer Institute for Applied
Optics and Precision Engineering
(IOF)
Albert-Einstein-Straße 7, 07745 Jena
www.iof.fraunhofer.de
Applied research in the area of Optical Systems Technologies. Foci: Functional Surfaces and Layers, Micro
and Nano Optics, Fibre and Waveguide Optics, Imaging and Illumination, Light Sources and Laser Systems,
Tool and Mould Construction, Optomechanic Precision Systems, Photonic Sensors and Test Sets.
Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT)
Albert-Einstein-Straße 9, 07745 Jena
www.ipht-jena.de
Research and development of highly-sensitive Photonic Processes and Systems, ranging from efficiency and
resolution of the principles to the application in the research foci Biophotonics, Fibre Optics and Photonic
Detection.
Innovent e.V. Technologieentwicklung Jena
Prüssingstraße 27b, 07745 Jena
www.innovent-jena.de
Not-for-profit, external industrial research unit with three pillars: Surface Technology, Biomaterials, Magnetic
and Optical Systems
Guenter-Koehler-Institute for
Joining Technologies and Material Testing Jena
Otto-Schott-Straße 13, 07745 Jena
www.ifw-jena.de
Not-for-profit, external industrial research unit: research, development and services in the areas of Laser Technology, Joining Technology (Diffusion joints, Furnace Brazing, Adhesion) Micro Circuitry, Welding
Technology, Additive Manufacturing/Laser Beam Melting, service provision in Materials Testing and Quality
Management
Helmholtz Institute Jena
Helmholtzweg 4, 07743 Jena
www.helmholtz.de
The Research profile is characterized by Physics at the interface of Radio Frequency and Laser Particle Acceleration. The work foci rest on the development of high-performance lasers, innovative Particle Acceleration Concepts with lasers, X-ray Physics, Strong Field QED and the Physics of hot, dense plasmas.
Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (FLI)
Naumburger Straße 96a, 07743 Jena
www.fli.bund.de
The Federal Research Centre for Animal Health (FLI) is an independent higher federal authority which reports to the Federal Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Consumer Protection (BMELV). The focus of the work
rests on the health of agricultural productive livestock and the protection of humans from zoonoses.
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Jena University Hospital
Bachstraße 18, 07743 Jena
www.uniklinikum-jena.de
The researchers in the clinics and institutes at the medical faculty conduct both pioneering Biomedical
research as well as patient-related clinical research. Their activities have come to focus on activities funded
by the interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Research or public and industrial sources of funding.
Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems,
Hermsdorf branch
Michael-Faraday-Straße 1, 07629 Hermsdorf
www.ikts.fraunhofer.de
The Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS covers the whole range of Technical
Ceramics ranging from principle-based fundamental research to applications.
Technology and Innovation Park
Jena
www.tip-jena.de
The Incubator Jena (Centre for innovative start-up companies in the Technology Region)
BioInstrumentation Centre Jena
Winzerlaer Strasse 2, 07745 Jena
www.biocentiv.com
An incubator for technology-based start-ups, especially for Biotechnology, Bioinstruments and the general
Life Sciences.
Research and Technology Transfer Centre (FTTZ)
Postfach 1458, 06354 Köthen
www.hs-anhalt.de/forschung
A point of contact for collaboration between companies and universities; information regarding research
and development projects at universities, the provision of support in applying for funding for joint research
projects with the university; the organization of industry presentations at the universities and maintaining
contact with the various chambers, associations, funds, authorities and technology transfer centres.
Verein für Technik, Innovation
und Management e. V. (TIM e. V.)
Am Hubertus, Gebäude 73, 06366 Köthen
www.emw.hs-anhalt.de/www2/forschung/
aninstitute/tim-e-vaninstitut.html
Support in the whole range of academic training; management qualification for KMU; knowledge and technology transfer
Institut für Lebensmitteltechnik, Biotechnologie und Qualitätssicherung e. V.
Hubertus 6, 06366 Köthen
www1.bwp.hsanhalt.de/wwwilbq
Cross-sector and interdisciplinary work in the area of the Nutrition Industry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry,
Microbiology, Analytics, Sensor and Analysis Technology, Automation and Quality Assurance
Institut für Energie und Umwelttechnik Köthen e. V.
Bernburger Straße 52-57, 06366 Köthen
www1.bwp.hsanhalt.de/wwwieut
Environmental Analysis/Environmental Biotechnology; Water and Effluent Technology/Waste Treatment;
Energy Technology/Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning; Photovoltaics/Solar Thermal Systems; training
and education centre, Regenerative Energy Technology
Köthen
Location
Name, Address
Köthen
M + R Mess- und Regelungstechnik GmbH
www.hs-anhalt.de/forschung/aninstitute/mrmess-und-regelungstechnik-gmbh.html
Research and Development in Measurement and Control Technology
Institut Medizin & Technik e. V.
www.nano-naropolymer-products.de/ IMT/
index.html
The development of devices and methods for the measurement and analysis of Bioelectrical signals and the
development of electrical simulators; the analysis of gasses and flow measurement
Institut für angewandte Informatik e. V.
Lohmannstraße 23, 06366 Köthen
www.inf.hs-anhalt.de/institut/index.htm
Office automation, Desktop Publishing (DTP), Multi-Media Techniques, Client-Server Database Systems,
Software Technology, Expert Systems, Fuzzy Logic, Neuronal Networks, Heterogeneous Computer Networks,
ISDN Applications, Modelling and Simulation, Finite Element Methods, Parameter Estimation, Statistical
Analyses
Permoserstraße 15, 04318 Leipzig
www.ufz.de
Research on complex interactions between man and environment: Biodiversity, Land Use, Bioenergy, Water,
Soils, Chemicals in the Environment, Health, Social Sciences, Environmental Monitoring, Modelling and Visualization techniques
The Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography (IfL)
Schongauerstraße 9, 04329 Leipzig
www.ifl-leipzig.de
Fundamental research into German and European Regional Geography; the dissemination of regional information to a wider public
Leibniz Institute for Tropospheric Research (IfT)
www.tropos.de
Research into the physical and chemical processes in the tropospheres affected, especially the Physiochemical processes of aerosol and cloud formation and the interaction between health and climate
Leibniz-Institut für Oberflächenmodifizierung e. V. (IOM)
www.iom-leipzig.de
Research into the interaction between radiation and matter significant in the modification of isolating,
metallic, semi-conductive polymer surface layers
Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences
Inselstraße 22, 04103 Leipzig
www.mis.mpg.de
Our vision: implementing concrete mathematical methods and general mathematical concepts in new and
innovative application-led scientific disciplines
Leipzig
64 // 65
Location
Name, Address
Leipzig
Max Planck Institute for Human
Cognitive and Brain Sciences
Stephanstraße 1a, 04103 Leipzig
www.cbs.mpg.de
Research into human cognitive ability and brain processes; joint interdisciplinary research into language,
music and action
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig
www.eva.mpg.de
Research topics: Primatology, Linguistics, Human evolution, Evolutionary Genetics, Comparative and Developmental Psychology, Integrative Primate Socio-Ecology, Population Linguistics
Fraunhofer Institute for Cell
Therapy and Immunology IZI
Perlickstraße 1, 04103 Leipzig
www.izi.fraunhofer.de
Core competencies: Regenerative Medicine, i.e. a cell-therapeutic approach to re-establishing dysfunctional
tissue and organs for biological replacement by in vitro generated tissue
Fraunhofer-Zentrum für Mittel- und Osteuropa
Neumarkt 9-19, 04109 Leipzig
www.moez.fraunhofer.de
Experts in Innovation and Technology Management, Strategy Development and Research Marketing, Market
Analysis and Innovation Systems in Central and Eastern Europe
Saxon Institute for Applied Biotechnology e. V. (SIAB)
Permoserstr. 15
04318 Leipzig
www.siabbiotechnologie.de
The link between research units, industry and project groups: Technical Enzymes, Plant Biotechnology, Biopolymers, Microbial Diagnostics
Forschungs- und Transferzentrum Leipzig e. V. at the HTWK
Leipzig
www.ftz-leipzig.de
Energy and Environmental Technology, Civil Engineering/Building technology; Automation Systems; Computer Engineering; Communications Technology; Welfare
Deutsches BiomasseForschungsZentrum gGmbH (DBFZ)
Torgauer Straße 116, 04347 Leipzig
www.dbfz.de
Bioenergy Systems, Biogas Technology, Thermochemical Process Technology, amalgamated with the Institute for energetic and environment
BIO CITY LEIPZIG
Deutscher Platz 5, 04103 Leipzig
www.bio-city-leipzig.de, www.bbz.uni-leipzig.de
An incubator for practice-oriented solutions together with the Biotechnologisch-Biomedizinischen Zentrum
of the University of Leipzig and countless companies from the sector with GLP, GMP and GCP production
capacities and state of the art Clean Room facilities
Location
Name, Address
Leipzig
Kunststoff-Zentrum Leipzig
gGmbH
Erich-Zeigner-Allee 44, 04229 Leipzig
www.kuz-leipzig.de
The development of innovative and ready-for-use solutions in the Processing Technology, Tool Engineering,
Joining Technology and Test Engineering sectors
Technologie-Zentrum für Oberflächentechnik und Umweltschutz Leipzig GmbH (TZO)
Hornstraße 155, 04249 Leipzig
www.tzoleipzig.de
Production-related service provision and research company for surface technologies (galvanization, varnishing, powder-coating, E-motor isolation, sprayed isolation) with a focus on galvanization and coating of
aluminium (high-gloss chrome plating)
The Leipzig Institute for Materials Research and Testing
(MFPA Leipzig GmbH)
Hans-Weigel-Straße 2b, 04319 Leipzig
www.mfpa-leipzig.de
Complete Civil Engineering solutions comprising all five technical sectors involved in the spectrum of Civil
Engineering: Materials in Construction, Bearing Structures and Constructions, Structural Fire Protection,
Construction Physics and Civil Engineering
Institut für Angewandte Trainingswissenschaft (IAT)
Marschnerstraße 29, 04109 Leipzig
www.iat.uni-leipzig.de
The central research institute of German elite sports and training; Sports Research, Training Research; the
IAT researchers undertake process-accompanying training and competition-based research in German elite
sports with the aim of locating and realizing the potential of elite athletes in Germany
Centre for Environmental Biotechnology (UbZ)
www.ufz.de/~Fachbereich Umwelttechnologie
A centre of excellence for the development, application and transfer of biotechnology-based applicationoriented research into industrial practice
Brückstraße 3a, 39114 Magdeburg
www.ufz.de
Research into complex interactions between man and environment with the foci: Water Resources, Lake
Research, Water Course Ecology, Aquatic Eco-system Analysis
The Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology Magdeburg (LIN)
Brenneckestraße 6, 39118 Magdeburg
www.lin-magdeburg.de
Research into the mechanisms of learning and remembering; Acoustics, Learning, Language, Neurochemistry and Molecular biology, Neurophysiology, Behavioural Neurology
Max Planck Institute for the
Dynamics of Complex Technical
Systems
Sandtorstraße 1, 39106 Magdeburg
www.mpi-magdeburg.mpg.de
- The development of mathematical methods for the control and optimization of technical systems
- The modelling of complex procedural and biotechnological processes
- The analysis of the principles and the dynamics of material transformation and separations processes
- The design and optimization of efficient state-of-the-art, sustainable procedures
Magdeburg
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Location
Name, Address
Magdeburg
International Max-Planck
Research School for Analysis,
Design and Optimization in Chemical and
Biochemical Process Engineering
www.pe-imprs.mpg.de
- Research and training for PhD candidates working on the "Analysis, Design and Optimization of highlycomplex processes in Chemical and Biological Process Technology"
- The combination of mathematical modelling approaches, system-theoretical methods and experimental
investigations
- Aim: clarifying the structures of Dynamic Systems, characterizing process-behaviour and the targeted
design and optimization of process engineering
Fraunhofer-Institut for Factory
Operation and Automation (IFF)
www.iff.fraunhofer.de
Technologically-oriented, innovative solutions in the areas of Logistics and Material Flow Technology, Robot
Systems and Measuring and Testing Technology, Process and Systems Engineering, Digital Engineering and
Virtual Training
Centre for Neuroscientific
Innovation and Technology
(ZENIT)
Leipziger Straße 44, 39120 Magdeburg
www.zenit-magdeburg.de
Technology transfer from a university environment into the commercial economy; Neuropharmacology,
Neuromedical Technology, Applied Neuroinformatics
Steinbeis Transfer Center (Construction, Tribology and Prototype Engineering)
www.stw.de/transfer/su-profile.html
Constructive Principles, Product Development, Tribological Principles, Experimental Tribological Investigations, Rapid Prototyping reports, lectures, seminars and courses of training
Steinbeis Research Center, Electrical Networks and Regenerative Energy Sources
Mittelstraße 28, 39114 Magdeburg
www.stw.de/transfer/su-profile.html
Applied research and planning, Electrical Plant and Networks, Load Management, Decentralized Energy
Sources and Stores, expert reports, seminars, courses of training
InnoMed e.V. Network for Neuromedical Engineering
Ölweide 12, 39114 Magdeburg
www.innomed-magdeburg.de
Imaging processes, diagnosis and training devices, test procedures for the effectiveness of pharmacological
substances, development and testing of medical products, telemedicine
HUMAN Gesellschaft für Biochemica und Diagnostica mbH
Stegelitzer Straße 3, 39126 Magdeburg
www.human.de
Laboratory diagnostics, diagnostic reagents, test kits, medical-technical analysis systems
IGZ Innovations- und Gründerzentrum Magdeburg GmbH
Steinfeldstraße 3, 39179 Barleben
www.igz-md.de
The development of innovation potentials, especially in the area of Automotive Technologies and Machine
Construction; the construction / design of user surfaces, start-up coaching
Location
Name, Address
Magdeburg
IfAK Institut für Automation
und Kommunikation e. V.
Werner-Heisenberg-Str. 1, 39106 Magdeburg
www.ifak.eu
Applied IT, Eco-informatics, Medical Technology, Traffic Telematics, E-Mobility, Wireless Power Transmission,
Industrial Communications Systems, Measurement Engineering, Mechatronic Systems
Experimental Factory ZPVP
GmbH (operating company of
the Experimental Factory)
www.exfa.de
Application-oriented research into Product and Process Innovation, Production Strategies and Technologies
in Machine Construction; Coating Technology, Microproduction Technology, the management of Production
Development Networks
Denkfabrik, c/o DEZ. VI, Team VI/02
An der Steinkuhle 6, 39128 Magdeburg
www.wissenschaftshafen.de
Operations and research by firms from a number of different sectors, including the Intitute for automation
and communication which researches in the RFID Technology sector, the development of software solutions
and an Ideas Factory
ÖHMI Analytik GmbH Magdeburg
Berliner Chaussee 66, 39114 Magdeburg
www.oehmi-analytik.de
The development of innovative methods in Microbiological and Chemical Rapid Analyses in the Food Sciences Environmental Analysis, Renewable Resources
Pilot Pflanzenöltechnologie
Magdeburg e. V. (PPM)
Berliner Chaussee 66, 39114 Magdeburg
www.ppmmagdeburg.de
Vegetable Oil Extraction and Refining; Fat Modification (Transesterification, Hydration, Epoxidation); Plant
Proteins, Biodiesel, Vegetable Oil Fuels and the energetic utilization of cakes and meals; natural fibre composite materials
Institut für Lacke u. Farben e.V.
Fichtestraße 29, 39112 Magdeburg
www.lackinstitut.de
Testing services, product development and proxy research from the paints and coating industry, its suppliers
and customers
Deutsches Zentrum f. Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE)
Leipziger Str. 44/Haus 15, 39120 Magdeburg
www.dzne.de/standorte/magdeburg
The development of treatments which activate compensatory mechanisms in the brain and slow cognitive
decay
Forschungs- und Entwicklungszentrum Magdeburg (FEZM)
Breitscheidstraße 51, 39114 Magdeburg
www.fez-magdeburg.de
Technology transfer from all sectors of the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Science
marketing and project development, coaching in young companies etc.
Institut für Kompetenz in AutoMobilität – IKAM GmbH
www.ikam-md.de
Research, development and services for the Eco-friendly Drive Technology sector, E-Mobility, High-Performance Materials, Light-Weight Construction and Test Technologies, Production Technology
68 // 69
Location
Name, Address
Merseburg
The Merseburg Innovation and
Technology Centre – mitz
Fritz-Haber-Straße 9, 06217 Merseburg
Start-up centre; provides support in the establishment and development of young technology-oriented
companies
ValuePark Schkopau A74 mitz II
06258 Schkopau, www.mitz-merseburg.de
Fraunhofer pilot plant center
for polymer synthesis and polymer processing (PAZ)
ValuePark Schkopau A 74, 06258 Schkopau
www.polymer-pilotanlagen.de
Polymer synthesis procedures in solution, bulk, emulsion and suspension as well as a number of processing
procedures, including Injection Moulding Compounding (IMC)
Fraunhofer Center for Chemical-Biotechnological Processes
(CBP)
Am Haupttor, Bau 4310, 06237 Leuna
www.cbp.fraunhofer.de
Research, development and scaling of biotechnological and chemical processes for the exploitation of renewable materials up to an industrial scale: the provision of infrastructure and pilot plant and mini plant
Kunststoff-Kompetenzzentrum
Halle-Merseburg (KKZ)
Geusaer Straße 88, Gebäude 131
www.kkz-halle-merseburg.de
Research and applied research and product and process development
Mittweida
Laserinstitut Mittelsachsen e.V.
Technikumplatz 17, 09648 Mittweida
www.laserinstitutmittelsachsen.de
Consulting and experimentation; research and development, training and further training (the study of Engineering Physics with a focus on Laser Technology and Photonic Technology); over 25 laser units of all usual wave
lengths and power ranges in 5 laboratories; interdisciplinary co-operation through association with the university
Rudolstadt
Thür. Institut f. Textil- und
Kunststoffforschung
Breitscheidstraße 97, 07407 Rudolstadt
www.titk.de
Structured Polymers, Functional Polymers, Polymer Nanotechnologies, Composite Materials, Plastics Compounds and their processing
Weimar
Materialforschungs- und Prüfanstalt (MFPA)
Coudraystraße 9, 99423 Weimar
www.mfpa.de
Construction materials, Building physics, Test Engineering, the environment, materials / components,
Geotechnology, Material Research, Testing and Certification, training and continuing education, consultancy,
expert advice
Institut für Fertigteiltechnik
und Fertigbau Weimar e. V. (IFF)
Über der Nonnenwiese 1, 99428 Weimar
www.iff-weimar.de
Construction Materials, Production Technology, Prefabricated Components, Construction Plant; Research,
Development, Materials Testing, Engineering, a holistic approach to building; further training
Location
Name, Address
Weimar
Forschungsinstitut für Tiefund Rohrleitungsbau Weimar
e. V. (FITR)
Gutenbergstraße 29a, 99423 Weimar
www.fitr.de
Construction materials, Transmission Technology, Materials, Development; Environmental Production and Information Technology, Biotechnology/ Bionics, training and continuing education, consultancy, expert advice
Centrum für Intelligentes Bauen (CIB) Verein Netzwerk CIB.Weimar e.V.,
Marienstraße 7a, 99423 Weimar
www.cib-weimar.net
The bundling of construction-related research and testing laboratories; an association network for the development, marketing and implementation of innovative materials, products and methods in the construction
industry
Knoten Weimar – internationale Transferstelle für Umwelttechnologien GmbH
Coudraystr. 7, 99423 Weimar, www.bionet.net
Construction, the Waste Industry, Water Management, Infrastructure, consultation, expert opinions
Bauhaus Weiterbildungsakademie e.V.
Coudraystraße 13a, 99423 Weimar
www.wba-weimar.de
Scientific training and continuing education such as: Project Management, Construction Management, Building Restoration, Factory Planning; international conferences, language programmes
Klassik Stiftung Weimar
Burgplatz 4, 99423 Weimar
www.klassik‑stiftung.de
The maintenance, development and placement of existing property, their long-term presentation and constant development; maintenance of historical buildings, architectural and park monuments; the provision of
support to international research, planning and realization of exhibitions and events; combining a classical
heritage with modern art and science.
Internationales Kolleg für
Kulturtechnikforschung und
Medienphilosophie (IKKM)
Cranachstraße 47, 99423 Weimar
www.ikkm-weimar.de
With funding from institutions of elite research funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Zeitz
Institut für Neuwertwirtschaft GmbH, Forschungs- und
Technologiezentrum
Dr.-Bergius-Str. 19, 06729 Elsteraue
Zwickau
Innovationszentrum für Fahrzeugtechnik
www.izft.de
The support of holistic, interdisciplinary, practice-oriented research projects in the areas of Automobile Construction, Automotive Engineering, especially Automotive Technology and Traffic Systems Engineering
70 // 71
Location
Name, Address
Zwickau
Institut f. Oberflächentechnologien und Mikrosysteme an der
Westsächsischen Hochschule
www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=2208
Surface and Coating Technology, Micro and Nanotechnology, the characterization of surfaces and Nanostructures
FTZ Forschungs- u. Transferzentrum e.V.
www.fh-zwickau.de
Research and development in the areas of Drive Systems, Eletcrotechnics / Electromagnetic Compatibility,
Economics, Embedded Systems, Supply and Environmental Engineering, Manufacturing Procedures, Materials, Traffic and Environment
IfK – Institut für Kraftfahrzeugtechnik
Scheffelstraße 39, 08066 Zwickau
www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=ifk
Scientific-technical service provision in the areas of Drive Engineering / Combustion Motors, Vehicle Drive
Systems, two-wheelers and small motors, Alternative Drives / Fuel Cells, Measuring Technology / Technical
Acoustics, Body Construction, Chassis and Brake Systems, Systems Engineering for road traffic
IEM – Institut für Energiemanagement i.G.
http://www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=7143
Research and development in the areas of Electromobility / Fluid Mechanics / Numerical Fluid Mechanics
and Heating, Air Conditioning and Ventilation Technology
IfP – Institut für Produktionstechnik
www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=ifp
Research and Development in the area Manufacturing Plant and Production Organization, Manufacturing
Technology, Materials and Quality Management
IfOM – Institut für Oberflächentechnologien u. Mi-krosysteme
Research and Development in the area of Surface and Coverings Technologies, Micro and Nano Technologies, Surface and Nanostructures
IfB – Institut für Betriebswirtschaft
Research and training in the areas Logistics, Materials and Production Management, Human Resources Management and Organization, Marketing, Managerial Financial Management, Business Taxation, Commercial
Law, Private and Labour Law, Managerial Accounting, Business Statistics
IMI - Institut für Management
und Information
Research and further training in the areas Knowledge Management, Competence Management, Process
Management and Transformation Management
Location
Name, Address
Zwickau
ITL - Institut für Textil- und
Ledertechnik
Klinkhardtstraße 30, 08468 Reichenbach
http://www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=itl
Research and development in a number of areas including the following areas of textile engineering: embroidery, spinning, knitwear, weaving / warp knitting, clothing, finishing and tanning
IVST – Institut für Verkehrssystemtechnik i.G.
Scheffelstraße 39, Haus 7, 08066 Zwickau
www.fh-zwickau.de/ivst
Service provision in traffic survey, traffic organization concepts, the design of street environments, the measurement and quality evaluation of parking spaces, security checks for road designs and diving behaviour
evaluations in road planning
LIAN - Leupold-Institut für
Angewandte Naturwissenschaften
http://www.fh-zwickau.de/index.php?id=739
Research and development in the area of Galvonic and Surface Technologies, Thermal Analytics, Chemical
Process Technology, Instrument Analysis, Surface Analysis, Electron Microscopy, Surface and Thin-Film Technology, Laser Technology, Optical Technologies and X-Ray Technologies
FES GmbH Fahrzeug-Entwicklung-Sachsen / Auto-Entwicklungsring Sachsen GmbH
Crimmitschauer Straße 59, 08058 Zwickau
www.fes-aes.de
Concept and Vehicle Development, development of the chassis and on-board electrical system, development
of the chassis frame, Prototyping, Experimental and Technical Documentation
Institut für Produktionstechnik an der Westsächsischen
Hochschule
The bundling of production-related core expertize in teaching and research in the disciplines of Manufacturing Technology, Plant and Production Organization as well as Materials Engineering and Quality Management; further qualifications, student training and the transferring of the already established applied research
into the Automotive sector.
Contact Partners / Notes
Contact Partners
Chemnitz
Dr. Urs Luczak
Koordinator Wissenschaftsbüro
Bürgermeisteramt
Markt 1, 09111 Chemnitz
Phone + 49 (0) 3 71 - 488-1555,
Fax + 49 (0) 3 71 - 488-1594
[email protected]
www.stadt-chemnitz.de
Dessau-RoSSlau
Joachim Hantusch
Beigeordneter für Wirtschaft
und Stadtentwicklung
Zerbster Straße 4, 06844 Dessau-Roßlau
Phone + 49 (0) 3 40 – 2 04-20 06
Fax + 49 (0) 3 40 – 2 04-29 06
[email protected]
www.dessau-rosslau.de
Dresden
Dirk Hilbert
Beigeordneter für Wirtschaft
PF 120020
01001 Dresden
Phone + 49 (0) 3 51 - 4 88-22 00
Fax + 49 (0) 3 51 - 4 88-22 05
[email protected]
www.dresden.de
Erfurt
Volkmar Bauer
Dipl. Wirtschaftsgeograf Uni. Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Amt für Wirtschaftsförderung
Fischmarkt 11, 99084 Erfurt
Phone + 49 (0) 3 61 - 6 55 19 24
Fax + 49 (0) 3 61 - 6 55 19 19
[email protected]
GERA
Andrea Hortig
Fachdienstleiterin
Wirtschaftsförderung/Stadtentwicklung
Rathaus, Kornmarkt 12, 07545 Gera
Phone + 49 (0) 3 65 - 8 38 12 00, Fax 8 38 12 05
[email protected]
www.gera.de
Halle
Wolfram Neumann
Beigeordneter/Dezernat Wirtschaft und Arbeit
Marktplatz 1, 06108 Halle (Saale)
Phone + 49 (0) 3 45 - 22 1-40 60
Fax + 49 (0) 3 45 - 22 1-40 64
[email protected]
www.halle.de
Jena
Wilfried Röpke
JenaWirtschaft
Business Development Jena
Leutragraben 2-4, 07743 Jena
Phone + 49 (0) 36 41 - 8 73 00-30
Fax + 49 (0) 36 41 - 8 73 00-59
[email protected]
www.jena-business.com
Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brieler
Geschäftsbereich des Oberbürgermeisters
Referat Wissenspolitik
04092 Leipzig
Phone + 49 (0) 3 41 - 1 23-2012
Fax + 49 (0) 3 41 - 1 23-2015
[email protected]
www.leipzig.de/de//buerger/bildung/wissenschaft/
MAGDEBURG
RAINER NIITSCHE
Head of Department for Business Development, Tourism and Regional Cooperation
Julius-Bremer-Straße 10,
39090 Magdeburg
Phone + 49 (0) 3 91 - 5 40-25 43, Fax 5 40-26 19
[email protected]
www.magdeburg.de
Weimar
SANDRO LIPPOLD
Weimar GmbH, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsförderung, Kongress- und Tourismusservice
Unesco-Platz 1, 99423 Weimar
Phone + 49 (0) 36 43 - 745 305
Fax + 49 (0) 36 43 - 745 888
[email protected]
ZWICKAU
Rainer Dietrich
Bürgermeister Wirtschaft und Bauen
Hauptmarkt 1, 08056 Zwickau
Phone + 49 (0) 3 75 - 83-3900
Fax + 49 (0) 3 75 - 83-3939
[email protected]
www.zwickau.de
74 // 75
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Title: UFZ Gas sensor/Photograph: André Künzelmann; Kinderuniversität, Dresden;
Jena/Photograph: Art-Kon-Tor
Page 2: Universitätsbibliothek Weimar
Page 3: Magnetic Laboratory Dresden
Page 4: Labor Regenerationsgenomik, Dresden
Page 6: Technology Park Weinberg Campus Halle/Photograph: Fechner & Tom
Page 7: ICE in the station/Stadtverwaltung Erfurt
Page 12: The course Vehicle Technology at the University of Applied Sciences
Zwickau
Page 15: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ/Photograph: André
Künzelmann
Page 16: Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research - UFZ/Photograph: André
Künzelmann
Page 18: Dow Chemicals subsiduary (Halle)/Photograph: Thomas Ziegler;
Radioactive Medicines, Dresden
Page 19: Fraunhofer IZI (Leipzig)
Page 21: Rainer Kathi Thiele GmbH
Page 22: Halloren Chocolate Factory AG
Page 25: Mikrochip/Stadtverwaltung Erfurt
Page 27: Lecture halls, TU Dresden
Page 29: Fluorescent microscope/Dresden
Page 32: Mikroelektronik/ Stadtverwaltung Erfurt
Page 34: Matriculation, Dresden
Page 37: Denkfabrik Magdeburg/Photograph: Johannes W.
Page 44: SAW Leipzig/Photograph: Dirk Brzoska
Page 70: The new FP511e racing car "eGon"/Photograph: Björn Stüllin, Glamoureffekt
Page 73: Zwickau/Photograph: C. Kraus

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