The TU Darmstadt and the Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences once again cooperate with renowned industry partners

Following last year's success, the innovative seminar “Ideation Challenges – From the Idea to the Prototype” for bachelor students at Technische Universität Darmstadt and Hochschule Darmstadt started on Monday, 21 October 2019 for the second year in a row. The seminar is conducted in cooperation between the departments of Entrepreneurship and Technology and Innovation Management at the TU Darmstadt and the Interactive Media Design program at the Hochschule Darmstadt. In addition, with Extra-net24, Hub31, Merck, Pickware and Sony, several highly renowned companies could be won as practical partners.

A goal of the seminar is the running through of an innovation process in interdisciplinary teams on the basis practical problem definitions. During the kick-off, the representatives of the business partners presented real challenges that the students try to solve in interdisciplinary teams.

In particular, the combination of the various fields of study provides students of Industrial Engineering and Interactive Media Design with an important preparation for interdisciplinary teamwork after their studies.