The University of Passau maintains active links with businesses on a regional, national and international scale. We cooperate with a wide range of organisations, including businesses, schools, hospitals, museums and state archives. The University cooperates with a wide range of organisations, including businesses, schools, hospitals, museums and state archives, and benefits from its contacts to business and commerce. In doing so, it strongly promotes networking and exchange between business and commerce on the one hand and the University on the other hand.
The institutions of the University of Passau have long engaged in practically-oriented transfer projects with regional businesses and high-level international research partnerships. These institutions include FORWISS, the Centre for Market Research and CenTouris, to name but a few. In addition to this, a large number of scholars and scientists are engaged in transfer-related projects.
Moreover, the University examines issues of technology and innovation management on a cross-disciplinary basis. The following research projects are extensively concerned with the topic of knowledge transfer itself:
