Strategic partnerships

For more innovative strength, better securing of skilled workers and the expansion of international competitiveness: Together with ten regional companies, HNU founded a network in 2023 that brings together expertise, contacts and ideas from the university and business. In 2025, six additional cooperation partners joined the initiative.
These strategic partnerships make it possible to address current challenges in an even more targeted manner - in the region, but also with international reach.

The network is based on proven corporate partnerships of HNU. The cooperation partners, which include internationally active companies, industry leaders and medium-sized or family-owned companies, represent the regional industry mix.
The cooperation activities take place in the areas of teaching and further education (e.g. through projects and scholarships for students), knowledge and technology transfer (e.g. through exchange on research-relevant topics) and research (e.g. through joint research projects).