An important anchor point in the I&E ecosystem of Hamburg is the [https://startupdock.de/ Startup Dock] empowered by the TUHH. The Startup Dock provides specific courses aimed at shaping the skills and mindset of nascent entrepreneurs, pitch events and consulting services for founders during their start-up process. It also hosts events and talks, where students can get inspired. [https://tutech.de/en/startup-support/ Tutech Innovation GmbH] is an institution TUHH is closely cooperating with and offers services similar to the ones of Startup Dock. These two facilities are located next to each other and accommodate most of the educational offerings of the Institute of Entrepreneurship. All three together form the Center for Entrepreneurship at TUHH. A new innovation facility which further promotes the establishment of a vivid start-up scene in the vicinity of TUHH is currently being built ([https://www.hamburg-innovation-port.com/ Hamburg Innovation Port]).
Further support is given through the [https://www.tuhh.de/fablab/startseite.html FabLab@TUHH]. A place of joint creative work, which is intended to unite many interest groups around the TUHH to support creativity in new technologies of digital product development and generative manufacturing. Various workshops by University associations as e.g. the [https://www.tuhh.de/alt/tuhh/university/service/career -center .html Career Center] allow students to prepare themself themselves professionally and also to use professional facilities to prototype and bring their ideas to life.
Inspired students can also take part in various extracurricular clubs to work together in Teams on innovative ideas. Especially known is our award receiving working group e-gnition which develops an electric race car. Groups are also working on projects like small robots which play soccer ([https://hulks.de/ HULKs - RobotING]), fully automated cocktail machines ([https://www.tuhh.de/ace-ag/konzepte.html Advanced Cocktail Engineering]) and many [https://asta-tuhh.de/studentinnenleben/working-groups-ags/?lang=en more].