Find out more about the research institutions at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and the institutes with which the university works closely.
In 2016, Fulda University of Applied Sciences became the first university of applied sciences in Germany to be granted the right to award doctorates in research-intensive subject areas. Today, it is involved in six of the eight doctoral centres in Hesse, including two based at Fulda University of Applied Sciences and four jointly run with other universities.
This gives doctoral candidates from Fulda and other universities the opportunity to obtain a doctoral degree in a range of disciplines.
Research centres
- Centre for Society and Sustainability (CeSST)
- Centre for Intercultural and European Studies (CINTEUS)
- Centre for Nutrition, Food and Sustainable Supply Systems (ELVe)
- gFFZ - the Gender and Women's Research Centre of the Hessian Universities, in which Fulda University of Applied Sciences is involved
- Interdisciplinary Centre for Future Technologies (iZT), formerly Competence Centre for Human-Computer Interaction (KMCI)
- Public Health Centre Fulda (PHZF)
- Transfer Facilities - Fulda Regional Innovation Centre for Health and Quality of Life (RIGL-Fulda)
- Fulda Centre for Business Management and Entrepreneurship (FU³) (Research Centre of the Department of Business)
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.