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The faculty at TU Hamburg is encouraged through multiple collaborations with innovative companies in Hamburg. One way this unfolds is that a lot of PhD candidates write their theses in cooperation with a company to have a direct impact on the economy and the university lectures will then be enriched by the research.
Furthermore, faculty members can work on projects at the Start Up Dock Port and possibly create their own start-ups. Also, they are welcome to further educate themselves on I&E related topics in the workshops provided by the Startup Dock, Tutech Innovation GmbH and Northern Institute of Technology Management (NiT). However, it is rather unlikely that a lot of faculty members attend courses at NiT, since these are focused at upskilling employees of established companies.
Some collaborations are also with research facilities as well, may that often be fundamental research. These include the [https://www.tuhh.de/tuhh/forschung/forschungsschwerpunkte-und-verbuende/zhm.html Helmholtz Center Geesthacht], the [https://intranet.tuhh.de/aktuell/pressemitteilung_einzeln.php?Lang=en&id=9845 German Electron Synchrotron (DESY)] and the [https://cgi.tu-harburg.de/~iltwww/en/ German Aerospace Center (DLR)]. This might not create a start up at first, but it opens the university to a greater spectrum of technical possibilities that will spark conversations and collaboration at the university itself. Thereby research efforts are primarily focused on the objectives pursued by the following research centers: