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20.01.2025
Cooperation agreement between TU Berlin and IHK Berlin signed

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The Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and the Berlin Chamber of Industry and Commerce (IHK Berlin) have signed a cooperation agreement to promote university spin-offs even more intensively through joint projects. They also intend to promote innovation Made in Brain City Berlin.

The clear aim of the agreement is to dovetail Berlin's economy with science and research even more closely. More than ten activities developed jointly by TU Berlin and IHK Berlin have already been initiated, including projects for the labor market integration of international students, improved career guidance for school pupils and a new “Entrepreneurship Education” course. Among other things, pilot projects are planned to make better use of intellectual property, to promote university spin-offs and to match such spin-offs with established companies.

“Together with TU Berlin, we are joining forces to make complex, technology-driven and social innovations 'Made in Berlin' not only visible, but also economically viable,” said Sebastian Stietzel, President of IHK Berlin. He described the cooperation as a key to ground-breaking innovations. “Our aim is therefore to move more quickly from research.”

“Together, we are more imaginative, more capable and more open to new perspectives,” added TU President Prof. Dr. Geraldine Rauch. “This partnership is proof that science and business can achieve more together - whether in securing skilled workers for Brain City Berlin, strengthening start-up activities or developing innovative technologies.”

The cooperation with TU Berlin is the fourth that IHK Berlin has concluded with a Berlin university. Transfer promoting agreements already exist with Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin), the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin) and the HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences.

The TU Berlin is also a partner of the start-up factory concept UNITE. In the consortium, more than 30 universities, colleges and research institutions have joined forces with stakeholders from business and society to launch science-based start-ups from the capital region. In the first quarter of 2025, it will be decided whether UNITE will receive funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) as part of the “Startup Factories” lighthouse competition. The prerequisite for this is that at least half of the required funding is provided by private investors. (vdo)

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