Research

Research at the OTH Regensburg

Welcome to OTH Regensburg, one of the strongest research universities for applied sciences in Bavaria. We conduct research in line with clearly defined key topics and since 2013 (together with OTH Amberg-Weiden) have been entitled to bear the title of Technical University.

Our research activities are clearly aligned with the economic structures of the Regensburg region. Together with our partners, we generate significant innovation impulses on several levels. To ensure that this remains the case, we create framework conditions that ensure the quality and transfer of our research.

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Research profile

Research and transfer at the cutting edge: Our aim is to build and maintain an attractive research infrastructure on site to remain what we have been for 20 years: a driving force for innovation in the region and in an international context!

Oliver Steffens
Vice President for Research and International Affairs

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Interdisciplinary research

Interdisciplinary work, solving complex problems as a team: The collaboration of researchers across the boundaries of faculties, disciplines and laboratories - that is the core of the Regensburg Centers (RC). Since 2012, OTH Regensburg has used them to demonstrate its concentrated research expertise in important future fields like almost no other university. Collaborative research also plays a decisive role at OTH Regensburg. Researchers from OTH Regensburg and OTH Amberg-Weiden have been cooperating in research clusters along the OTH's key topics since 2014.

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Regional research

In four facilities known as technology campuses, the focus is on application-oriented research and development. The projects running there are technically oriented towards local companies.

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Research with companies

The Center for Research and Transfer (ZFT) sees itself as a point of contact for companies and businesses from the region that are looking for cooperation opportunities in the field of research. Whether as part of contract research or laboratory services or as a cooperation partner in a publicly funded research project - companies can benefit from the scientific expertise and well-equipped research infrastructure of OTH Regensburg.

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Research in the doctorate

OTH Regensburg is a research-intensive university of applied sciences with a broad spectrum of research. We conduct research on future topics and key technologies in numerous projects and interdisciplinary networks. The intensive research activities and the high transfer potential of our university go hand in hand with the innovative projects of our doctoral students. Since 2024, OTH Regensburg has had the independent right to award doctorates in six cross-university doctoral centers.

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Research in figures

191

Current doctoral procedures

323

Academic publications

116

New projects acquired (public & commercial)

141

Laboratories

223

Partner universities

5

Regensburg Centre and School

(Source: Annual Report 2023)

News Research and transfer

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Focus on upheaval in research and transfer management

FORTRAMA, the most important conference in the field of research management in the German-speaking world, brought 466 participants to OTH Regensburg…

‘Open Regional Campus": Cooperation agreement concluded between the district of Kelheim and OTH Regensburg

The ‘Open Regional Campus’ represents a valuable opportunity for regionally based companies to expand and intensify the transfer of technology and…

OTH Regensburg ist Teil der Europäischen Hochschulallianz ARTEMIS

Together with seven other universities, OTH Regensburg is living the European idea in the design of study programmes and research collaborations. The…