Partnership with UTN – Driving Innovation Through Collaboration
The University of Technology Nuremberg (UTN) considers itself a network university that serves as a hub for interdisciplinary research with a strong focus on AI and the development of practical solutions. In addition, it fosters highly skilled talents with an entrepreneurial mindset, including through its innovative teaching and learning approach. This means they take on responsibility, think creatively, and have the courage to bring new ideas to life.
What Are the Benefits of Cooperating With UTN?
- Excellent Research With a Strong Focus on Artificial Intelligence and Digitalization
Access to cutting-edge scientific knowledge in computer science, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, and the humanities. - Interdisciplinary Expertise for Complex Challenges
At UTN, different disciplines work together on technological and societal issues. - Talent With Future-Oriented Skills
Students and researchers work on real-world challenges from science, business, and society in interdisciplinary, digitally supported projects. - Collaboration With a Young, Innovation-Oriented University
UTN combines research, technology, and societal perspectives to develop new solutions.
Opportunities for Cooperation
UTN offers a wide range of opportunities for collaboration with partners from industry and society. Together, we develop new solutions to current and future challenges.
Research and Development
The doors of UTN are open. Come in and work with our researchers to tackle your current and future challenges. Our interdisciplinary approach – combined with a clear focus on artificial intelligence (AI) as a cross-cutting technology – enables practical and innovative solutions for your industries and sectors of society.
Whether you’re a startup, an SME, or a large corporation – at UTN, you’ll find a dynamic research environment where scientific excellence and practical relevance come together. Let’s shape the future together.
Examples of Areas for Collaboration
Future of Mobility
Development of transportation and
logistics systems based on artificial intelligence (AI) to promote sustainable urban mobility concepts.
Human-AI Interaction
Designing interactive AI systems
that support decision-making processes
in fields such as healthcare, education, government, and business.
Language and Text Processing
The use of modern language models to gain structured insights, for example to support innovation processes, market monitoring, service automation, or the analysis of social trends in real time.
Education and Future Skills
Play an active role in shaping the training of tomorrow’s skilled professionals and gain new perspectives and fresh ideas in the process! Our innovative teaching and learning concept is specifically designed to foster the development of skills such as problem-solving abilities, digital literacy, and interdisciplinary thinking.
Opportunities for Collaboration
Learning in Transformation
Companies and institutions bring real-world scientific challenges into our teaching—
students develop practical solutions in interdisciplinary teams.
Theses
Together, we develop topics that are both business-relevant and scientifically grounded, ensuring a strong connection
between practical needs and academic rigor.
Other Formats
Collaborations in the areas of lifelong learning, continuing education, and socially relevant future-oriented topics are also possible.
Entrepreneurship
Together with you, we develop individuals who create solutions and tackle the challenges of our time with an entrepreneurial pioneering spirit. UTN fosters an entrepreneurial mindset across all disciplines: from engineering and the natural sciences to the humanities and social sciences. In this way, we empower our members to solve complex problems as a team and actively shape the future.
Become part of our ecosystem and turn visionary ideas into lasting impact.
Examples of Cooperation Opportunities
Mentoring
Programs
Support students and researchers as they take their ideas from concept to market.
Startup Talks and Inspiration Sessions
Share your business
experiences and connect
with our community.
Startup Funding
and Support
Support spin-offs through seed funding, investor matchmaking, or grant programs.
Interdisciplinary
Ideation Workshops
Bring social issues to the table and work with our teams to develop market-ready solutions.
Fundraising and Community Engagement
Do you want to make a real difference? Then join us in building a young university. Work with us to shape the future of research, teaching, and knowledge transfer! Through your commitment—whether through financial support, in-kind donations, strategic partnerships, or your personal involvement—you will foster innovative ideas, nurture talent, and make forward-thinking projects at UTN possible.
Contact
Contact us now!
Connect. Get involved. Make a difference. We look forward to hearing about your ideas and projects.
Dr. Andreas Gröschl
- Telefon: +49 911 92741044
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