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Essen as an R&D location
As a location for trade and industry, Essen offers considerable potential in the field of research and development. The know-how and products of Essen companies are ideally complemented by scientific research and development taking place at the University of Essen and at numerous non-university institutions.
Essen also lies at the centre of the Metropole Ruhr as a technology region with a unique concentration of R&D capacities.
R&D carried out in Essen is also in demand internationally. Of particular importance for Essen is the R&D industrial expertise gained in the following sectors
- Energy
- Environment and water
- ICT
- Health
- Design
- Education
Simultaneously, these are the target industrial sectors in the Essen location profiling process, which are being further strengthened and developed in cooperation with local and regional network partners. The Essen location profiling process is a cooperation model between the City of Essen and industry and commerce in Essen for the continuous further development of Essen as a business location.
In this connection, together with its shareholders and partners, EWG - Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH initiates and carries out business development as active cluster management targeted at industrial sectors.
R&D – competence centres, institutions and network partners (a selection)
DMT - GmbH
DMT is an independent engineering and consultancy enterprise, whose main focus lies on the areas of raw material exploration and geology, product testing and building safety, construction and infrastructure, mining and coking plant technology, and industrial measurement and testing technology.
DMT carries out research and development in various sectors, including the fields of conventional and renewable energy, geophysics and geodesy.
DMT is an independent engineering and consultancy enterprise, whose main focus lies on the areas of raw material exploration and geology, product testing and building safety, construction and infrastructure, mining and coking plant technology, and industrial measurement and testing technology.
DMT carries out research and development in various sectors, including the fields of conventional and renewable energy, geophysics and geodesy.
ef.Ruhr GmbH
In October 2003 a cooperation agreement was signed to found the Ruhr energy research association “ef.Ruhr”. The partners in this public-private partnership are the Ruhr universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen, as well as the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet (a business enterprise initiative for the Ruhr region) together with its national and international partners, the Greif Foundation and the Projekt Ruhr GmbH (a state-sponsored initiative to aid in restructuring the region). The goal of the research association is the bundling of the existing, extensive expertise of the universities in the Ruhr region in all areas of energy research and modern power station technology. The work of the “ef.Ruhr” makes it possible to acquire and successfully realise large, complex industrial research projects, which require coordinated cooperation between several faculties and disciplines.
In October 2003 a cooperation agreement was signed to found the Ruhr energy research association “ef.Ruhr”. The partners in this public-private partnership are the Ruhr universities of Bochum, Dortmund and Duisburg-Essen, as well as the Initiativkreis Ruhrgebiet (a business enterprise initiative for the Ruhr region) together with its national and international partners, the Greif Foundation and the Projekt Ruhr GmbH (a state-sponsored initiative to aid in restructuring the region). The goal of the research association is the bundling of the existing, extensive expertise of the universities in the Ruhr region in all areas of energy research and modern power station technology. The work of the “ef.Ruhr” makes it possible to acquire and successfully realise large, complex industrial research projects, which require coordinated cooperation between several faculties and disciplines.
SSC - Science Support Centre
The Science Support Centre (SSC) is the successor of the former FET. SSC publicises the potential of Duisburg - Essen University in research, development and further education and targets it at specific groups. The office has a primarily informative, consultative and intermediary role.
The Science Support Centre (SSC) is the successor of the former FET. SSC publicises the potential of Duisburg - Essen University in research, development and further education and targets it at specific groups. The office has a primarily informative, consultative and intermediary role.
FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management
(University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management)
The FOM Hochschule für Oekonomie und Management was founded in 1993 as the first German university to be sponsored by trade associations. These associations are representative of the Ruhr region economy and range from medium-sized family operations through to international groups of companies. Their involvement ensures proximity to practical experience, which is of vital importance for the universities. Nowadays the non-profit making trust “Bildungscentrum der Wirtschaft” (education centre for trade and industry) provides sponsorship of the FOM.
Traditionally, one of the core tasks of universities of applied sciences has always been practical teaching. In addition, research projects are expected to have a strong bias towards practical application. The simultaneous acknowledgement of and concentration on these two task areas has always been a feature of the FOM. Due to its sponsored status and the professional occupations of its students, the FOM has always been in continuous, technical dialogue with industry and commerce.
Gaswärme-Institut e.V. Essen (GWI)
(Gas-Fired Thermal Energy Institute)
GWI has been successfully linking fundamental research with the development of practical solutions for gas applications in households, commerce and industry. GWI is actively involved in the enhancement of technical know-how through research projects funded by public authorities and industry. Alongside application-oriented research, it now focuses on the apprenticeship and further training of craftspeople and engineers.
(Gas-Fired Thermal Energy Institute)
GWI has been successfully linking fundamental research with the development of practical solutions for gas applications in households, commerce and industry. GWI is actively involved in the enhancement of technical know-how through research projects funded by public authorities and industry. Alongside application-oriented research, it now focuses on the apprenticeship and further training of craftspeople and engineers.
Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut
(Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the Scientific Centre of North Rhine-Westphalia)
The Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen is an interdisciplinary research college in the tradition of an international advanced-study institute. It acts as a crystallisation core for wide-ranging debate and research in the field of fundamental problems in cultural science that cannot be resolved through narrow, subject-specific approaches alone.
(Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the Scientific Centre of North Rhine-Westphalia)
The Kulturwissenschaftliches Institut in Essen is an interdisciplinary research college in the tradition of an international advanced-study institute. It acts as a crystallisation core for wide-ranging debate and research in the field of fundamental problems in cultural science that cannot be resolved through narrow, subject-specific approaches alone.
RWI- Rheinisch-Westfälisches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung e.V.
(Rhine-Westphalia Institute of Economic Research)
RWI is an independent, non-profit making institution for scientific research that focuses on observing and analysing business and how it develops.
(Rhine-Westphalia Institute of Economic Research)
RWI is an independent, non-profit making institution for scientific research that focuses on observing and analysing business and how it develops.
Simulation centre
GFS Gesellschaft für Simulatorforschung GmbH,
KSG - Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft mbH
The simulation centre was founded in 1987 by eleven German and two foreign power supply companies. It comprises two companies: GfS Gesellschaft für Simulatorschulung mbH, which provides simulation training, and KSG Kraftwerks-Simulator-Gesellschaft mbH, which provides simulators and other infrastructure.
The simulation centre (organisation) provides 500 training courses each year for approximately 1,000 operating staff from the current 17 nuclear power plants. For this purpose it operates 12 plant-specific simulators and is thus the world's largest centre of its kind.
Universität Duisburg-Essen
The University of Duisburg-Essen is located in the heart of the densest collection of higher educational institutions in Europe. Some 24,000 students are enrolled in the 14 faculties on Essen's campus. Approaching 6,000 scientific and non-scientific assistants are also employed here.
The University of Duisburg-Essen is located in the heart of the densest collection of higher educational institutions in Europe. Some 24,000 students are enrolled in the 14 faculties on Essen's campus. Approaching 6,000 scientific and non-scientific assistants are also employed here.
Universitätsklinikum Essen
(Essen University Hospital)
The Universitätsklinikum Essen is a centre of medical excellence, which is of the utmost importance for the healthcare of the inhabitants of the Metropole Ruhr. The hospital offers a complete range of health care and treatments and now has approximately 50 clinics and institutes with a bed capacity of 1,291. The wide range of interdisciplinary treatment on offer, as well as research and teaching, have gained the Universitätsklinikum Essen an international reputation in numerous disciplines. This is exemplified by the use of the most up-to-date methods of treatment in oncology, transplants and cardiovascular diseases. Further main areas of specialisation include the perinatal unit, the accidents and injuries unit and also the treatment of AIDS patients and the stroke unit.
(Essen University Hospital)
The Universitätsklinikum Essen is a centre of medical excellence, which is of the utmost importance for the healthcare of the inhabitants of the Metropole Ruhr. The hospital offers a complete range of health care and treatments and now has approximately 50 clinics and institutes with a bed capacity of 1,291. The wide range of interdisciplinary treatment on offer, as well as research and teaching, have gained the Universitätsklinikum Essen an international reputation in numerous disciplines. This is exemplified by the use of the most up-to-date methods of treatment in oncology, transplants and cardiovascular diseases. Further main areas of specialisation include the perinatal unit, the accidents and injuries unit and also the treatment of AIDS patients and the stroke unit.
Zentrum für Türkeistudien
(Center for Studies on Turkey)
The objectives of the Zentrum für Türkeistudien are the intensification of German-Turkish relations, the promotion of knowledge and understanding of Turkey and Turkish migrants in Europe, the furtherance of collaboration between Turkey, Germany and European states, research and public relations work.
R&D locations
Some locations in Essen are particularly suited for the siting of companies and institutes that operate in the field of R&D. Detailed information can be found in the German language in "Technologiestandorte" under “Immobilien”.
ContactEWG - Essener Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH
(Essen Economic Development Agency)
Lindenallee 55
45127 Essen
Dr. Erich Bauch, E-Mail: erich.bauch@ewg.de
Tel.: 0201 / 82024-22, Fax: 0201 / 82024-95
