Research
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HTW Berlin cultivates a broad understanding of transfer and cooperates with numerous institutions and key players in the areas of science, business, management and culture. The Cooperation Centre for Applied Sciences acts as the central point of contact for cooperation enquiries, putting interested parties in touch with appropriate experts at HTW Berlin and helping to set up cooperative research activities.
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Researchers at HTW Berlin follow an interdisciplinary and application-oriented approach to research and development with a strong relation to practice. The university’s research profile is shaped by five core future topics, forming the focal basis for its research clusters, research groups and institutions.