Doctoral centres
In 2016, Fulda University of Applied Sciences was the first university of applied sciences in Germany to be granted the right to award doctoral degrees in social sciences. Other disciplines have since been added. This means that young researchers from Fulda University of Applied Sciences (as well as from other colleges and universities) have the opportunity to obtain their doctoral degree in Fulda.
Doctoral centres have been set up in individual departments to award doctoral degrees independently. While some doctoral centres are located exclusively at Fulda University of Applied Sciences, others work together with partner universities on an inter-university basis.
- Doctoral research centre Applied Computer Science (PZAI)
- Doctoral research centre Public Health
- Doctoral Research Centre Social Work
- Doctoral Research Centre Social Sciences
- Doctoral research centre Mobility and Logistics
- Doctoral research centre System-Integrated Engineering
DFG Research Impulse Programme
With the "Forschungsimpulse" (FIP) scholarship programme, the German Research Foundation (DFG) supports coordinated research projects aimed at particularly research-intensive universities of applied sciences (UAS) and universities of applied sciences (UAS). The aim of this program is to support the establishment of excellent research and to enable the further development of the research profile. In this context, the DFG is now supporting two research projects at Fulda University of Applied Sciences:
Shaping Future Society - The Mutual Constitution of Future Oriented Practices and Communtiy (SaFe)
This sociologically orientated research project focuses on the question of how communities appoint themselves to crises with the help of alternative futures. To this end, SaFe is focussing on new communities that are already driving forward crisis-resilient futures in practice. The aim is to better understand the connection between communitisation and ideas about the future. Further information
Making e-participation usable for transformations: Exploring fields of application, influencing factors and effects (eParT)
The research network "Harnessing eParticipation for transformations: Exploring fields of application, influencing factors and impacts (eParT)" is investigating how digital participation can contribute to successfully implementing social change processes. What makes the project special: Not only are researchers from different disciplines working together in eParT, the collaboration between research and society is also being strengthened. Further information
Scientific Centres at Fulda University of Applied Sciences
- Centre for Society and Sustainability (CeSSt)
- Centre for Intercultural and European Studies (CINTEUS)
- Centre for Nutrition, Food and Sustainable Supply Systems (ELVe)
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Future Technologies (iZT), formerly Competence Centre for Human-Computer Interaction (KMCI)
- Public Health Centre Fulda (PHZF)
Research institutes
Point Alpha Research Institute e. V.
The Point Alpha Research Institute is a cooperation between Fulda University of Applied Sciences, the University of Erfurt and the Point Alpha Foundation. The institute conducts research and knowledge transfer at the Point Alpha memorial site in Geisa on the research focuses "Cold War in the past and present", "Border Studies" and "Democracy in the Global Order".
Institute for interdisciplinary research - inter.research e. V.
The institute for interdisciplinary research (inter.research e. V. ) was founded in 1999 with the support of Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the former IntraWare AG. Since then, inter.research e. V. has supported intercultural competence and international understanding by organising and supporting international educational projects.
Institut für Personenzentrierte Hilfen (IPH)
People with a disability or who are at risk of a disability are the focus of the work of the Institut Personenzentrierte Hilfen GmbH, IPH for short. The IPH is a so-called "affiliated institute" of Fulda University of Applied Sciences, located at the Fulda University Transfer Centre.