Prof. Dr. welcomed around 60 participants. Stefan Kolling at the seventh interdisciplinary doctoral colloquium at the TH Mittelhessen in Gießen . The university professor reported that around 100 young scientists at THM are currently pursuing further qualifications with a doctorate. Half of them graduated in engineering and half in natural sciences. The university is taking the path of cooperation. The Graduate Centre for Engineering Sciences , which is located at the Research Campus of Central Hessen , plays an important role in this.

Three young scientists presented their doctoral projects for discussion during the colloquium. Jonathan Bier reported on "Fluorescence analysis using correlation detectors for the quantitative determination of biological analytes". The presentation by Nadine Wills was about linking digital building models with sensors for building management. And the "speed-dependent failure behavior of hyperelastic structural bonds" was the subject of Christopher Schmandt.

Cooperation partners for doctorates are the universities of Marburg, Freiburg and Weimar. Two of the doctoral students are supported by the strategic research fund of the THM . In the years 2016 to 2020, a total of 9 million euros are available in the fund, among other things for the promotion of young scientists at the university. It is partly financed by the Hessian Ministry of Science.

The Centre for Young Academics , which sees itself as a service point for doctoral students at THM , organized the event. The colloquium, which is intended to promote exchange and discussion across disciplinary boundaries, is offered regularly in autumn.