Research at THI

The THI is one of Germany's strongest research universities for applied sciences. The CARISSMA research building, which is the leading scientific centre for integral vehicle safety in Germany with around 110 scientists, plays a central role. Since 2019, THI has been home to the Bavarian AI Mobility Node with a total of 20 AI research professorships. With eight research institutes in the fields of mobility, artificial intelligence, renewable energies and sustainability, the Fraunhofer Application Centre for Networked Mobility and Infrastructure, the AI cooperation network of AININ eGmbH and other competence centres, more than 300 scientists conduct research at THI.

Research News

Participation of team InES at CLIENT II Regional Stakeholder Conference in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

From 18-19 October 2022, the second CLIENT II Stakeholder Conference for Central Asia took place in the framework of the Uzbek Inno-Week 2022 "Green… more

07.03.2023

BIO-FIT: „Biogas nach dem EEG – Handlungsmöglichkeiten für Anlagenbetreiber“ - Workshop an der Technischen Hochschule Ingolstadt

Am 08. Februar fand im Rahmen des Projekts „BIO-FIT: Biogas - Fit für die Zukunft durch berufliche Fortbildung und Wissenstransfer im Blended Learning… more

10.02.2023

SEED - Research stay: An insightful look into the reality of life for the residents of an informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

As part of the SEED project, a two-week field visit to Kenya took place in December 2022: Besides Mozambique, Kenya is the second country in which the… more

16.01.2023

Focus areas in research

More than 70 professorships with 300 academic staff are currently conducting research, focussing on the areas of Mobility & Road Safety, Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning and Sustainability & Renewable Energies. THI is represented on the HRK research map with the three research specialisations "Vehicle Safety and Innovative Mobility", "Artificial Intelligence" and "Renewable Energies".

Kreuzungsszenario zwei Fahrzeuge und Fußgängerdummy in Testhalle

Mobility & Vehicle Safety

Roboter und menschliche Hand berühren sich mit den Fingerspitzen. Darüber eine Hologrammanzeige, die mit künstlicher Intelegenz zu tun hat.

Artificial Intelligence

Sustainability & Energy Systems

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Research Institutes

The main aim of applied research and of THI is to bring findings from basic research into application. Therefore, about one third of the university’s total budget is invested in research. As a result, THI is one of the top research Universities for Applied Sciences in Germany.

Research at THI is organised in research institutes - CARISSMA (C-IAD, C-ISAFE, C-ECOS), AImotion Bavaria, Institute for Innovative Mobility (IIMo), Institute for New Energy Systems (InES), Sustainability in Research and Transfer Center Neuburg (ForTraNN) and the Bavarian Foresight Institute. In addition, the university works closely with the three AN-institutes AININ, Fraunhofer Anwendungszentrum and inas.

AImotion Bavaria

Bavarian Foresight Institute

Foresight in Technology and Business

CARISSMA

ForTraNN

Research and Transfer Center for Sustainability in Neuburg

IIMo

InES

Drone, die auf einem Hubschrauber-Landeplatz landet. Im Hintergrund sind Hochhäuser.

Technology Transfer Center Unmanned Flight Systems

Urban Air Mobility and Unmanned Aviation

AININ

Fraunhofer Anwendungszentrum

inas

Promoting research and young scientists

THI is strongly committed to young academics. For years, doctoral projects in the fields of technology and economics have been carried out very successfully with partner universities in Germany and abroad. Together with the TU Munich, THI is the sponsoring university of BayWISS in the "Mobility and Transport" collaborative research centre.

All of THI's current 140 doctoral students are supervised by the university's own Doctoral School. In the winter semester 2023/24, two doctoral centres were set up in the particularly research-intensive fields of artificial intelligence/computer science and engineering, for which THI is solely responsible. They enable early career researchers to complete a doctorate directly at THI.