Transfer and Third Mission
The topic of transfer is established as a third pillar (third mission), complementary to research and teaching, at TU Dortmund University. The goal is a multidirectional exchange and flow of knowledge, competencies and technologies between the university and society, business and politics. Through the transfer, it will also be possible for the TU Dortmund to expand third-party funding in particular in the area of contract research and technology transfer projects and to generate project impetus for research projects.
The developed measures complement and expand the regular offer of TU Dortmund University in the area of transfer and third mission. Further information can be found on the page of the Center for Entrepreneurship & Transfer.
In addition to the previous offers, further innovative measures were developed and implemented under the responsibility of Prof. Dr. Andreas Hoffjan and Dr. Ronald Kriedel as well as Dr. Christoph Besenfelder.
Measures
TU Dortmund University's Innovation Radar offers a clear, understandable and easily accessible presentation of the current technologies and competencies at TU Dortmund University. The focus is on exploitable research results, which are classified according to application areas and their development maturity.
Since the know-how and the competence bearers of TU Dortmund University are visible at a glance, interdisciplinary cooperations within TU Dortmund University and exploitations as well as further developments with external partners are stimulated.
With TU concept GmbH, TU Dortmund University creates contact points for transdisciplinary thematic focal points as an interface to business and society. This brings together cooperative research and innovation projects with governance structures that promote transfer. Established structures and standardized process steps simplify and accelerate start-ups so that research results can be brought into broad application in new ways together with partners.
All members of TU Dortmund University have the opportunity to acquire an additional qualification in the field of entrepreneurship in a structured manner. Entrepreneurial skills and implementation competencies have been integrated into the "Management & Leadership" certificate in the qualification of young academics via the Graduate Center in the area of Transfer & Foundation. For students, a cross-faculty entrepreneurship certificate is opened for all degree programs. The CET workshops were also opened to all employees from technology and administration.