TU Ilmenau/ari
The TU Ilmenau stands for interdisciplinary cutting-edge research with a strong economic focus. Its three profile lines - functional materials, intelligent sensor technology and data-intensive engineering - combine excellent basic and applied research. Scientists and companies find a high-performance environment here in which new technologies are created, knowledge transfer is actively practiced and collaborations grow along current fields of innovation. This makes TU Ilmenau an attractive partner for research and industry who want to jointly develop forward-looking solutions.
The traditionally strong interdisciplinary collaboration between our scientists in six Inter-departmental Institutesand with four Associated Institutes promote the exchange of knowledge and technology transfer for sustainable regional development - our third mission.
We offer our partners our experience, intellectual property rights, highly trained staff and an outstanding infrastructure in four technology centers with high-tech laboratories and equipment, including one of Europe's largest university clean rooms, covering an area of 1,200 m² and equipped with highly specialized facilities and equipment.
How reliable are data, measured values and statistics? Researchers at TU Ilmenau are working on increasing precision and reducing uncertainties. The Scientific Year 2026 shows why precise methods form the basis for reliable facts and a sustainable future.
shutterstock/Ravil SayfullinThe transfer of our research results to industry and thus to society as a whole is the third mission of TU Ilmenau alongside research and teaching - research transfer is an important social task for us. We offer our partners in business, politics and culture not only our knowledge, but also highly trained personnel, high-tech equipment and binding intellectual property rights.
iStock/peshkowaA university with strong research capabilities and a broad range of educational opportunities is built on support structures that are capable of providing guidance. The TU Ilmenau has several structural units that provide scientists with advice and support for research and transfer tasks.
Michael Reichel (ari)"Qualified young scientists are central to research, innovation and academic education," emphasizes the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. However, career paths in science are often complex. This is why TU Ilmenau provides targeted support for doctoral candidates, postdocs, habilitation candidates and junior and tenure-track professorships in their career development - including financial support.
Sharing knowledge, arousing curiosity: The university regularly opens its doors and laboratories to people inside and outside the university and makes research a reality.
We cordially invite you to the Ilmenau Science Night on 20.06.2026- with exciting insights, hands-on activities and a lively encounter with science, technology and innovation.
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