The Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen ( THM ) is a research-intensive university of applied sciences that has strong national and international networks. The research focus is on current and future-oriented questions, as well as challenges from society, economy, technology and the environment. The high importance of research is reflected in the research structures and collaborations in the departments and institutes that have existed for many years, the large number of researching professors, and the strong young academics. To further sharpen its research profile, the THM has interdisciplinary Centres of Competence established that have a particular strength in application-oriented research. These future-oriented centers promote collaboration between different disciplines and make a significant contribution to developing innovative solutions to complex challenges.

Centres of Competence in Research

Automotive, mobility and materials research

AutoM brings together the expertise of the civil engineering departments (BUILDING), Information Technology-Electrical Engineering-Mechatronics (I.E.M), mechanical engineering, mechatronics, materials technology (M), Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME) and mathematics, science and computing (MND).

Biotechnology and Biomedical Physics

BioTecMed includes the area of ​​life science engineering (LSE) with the research fields of bioprocess engineering and pharmaceutical technology as well as medical physics and biomedical engineering.

Energy technology and energy management

etem.THM combines the interdisciplinary competences for energy conversion, energy distribution and energy application from the departments Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME), Electrical and Computer Engineering (EGG) as well as information technology, electrical engineering and mechatronics (I.E.M).

Information technology

KITE conducts applied research and development on artificial intelligence or machine learning and IT security. It combines expertise from the fields of mathematics, natural sciences and data processing ( MND) and mathematics, natural sciences and computer science (MNI).

Lasers, optics, optical technologies and systems

at Lotus all R&D work from the field of optics and optical technologies in the departments of information technology, electrical engineering and mechatronics (I.E.M) and mathematics, science and computing (MND) and the Optics Center Wetzlar, which conducts application-oriented research on optics technologies with cooperating regional optics companies.

nanotechnology and photonics

NanoP includes electrotechnical research across the entire spectrum from nanoelectronics to aerospace electronics and combines expertise from the fields of electrical engineering and information technology (EGG), Information Technology-Electrical Engineering-Mechatronics (I.E.M), and Mechanical and Energy Engineering (ME).

Economics and Management Science

at WuMS the interdisciplinary skills and expertise from the fields of business (W), Business Administration and Engineering (WI) and management and communication (MuK) summarized and bundled.

Sustainable engineering and environmental systems

ZEUS examines the technical and systemic connections between the fields of competence energy and environment as a coalition of professors and engineers from the fields of civil engineering (BUILDING), Life Science Engineering (LSE) as well as mechanical engineering, mechatronics, materials technology (M).