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Research profile

Research at Clausthal University of Technology is concerned with technologies and methods for the sustainable management of the resources energy - material - information and takes up the concept of the circular economy, to which it contributes in various aspects. This concerns both the extraction of raw materials from primary and secondary sources, the design of resource-conserving and recyclable materials and products as well as integrated issues of complex processes, short and long-term energy storage, CO2 cycle management or innovative concepts for business models. Digitalization is seen as an indispensable cross-cutting issue. Clausthal University of Technology provides outstanding and internationally recognized research services in these topics of high social and scientific relevance.

Clausthal University of Technology's expertise is focused on four closely interlinked fields of research:

Sustainable energy systems

In this field of research, researchers are looking for answers to the question of how a secure energy supply can be guaranteed with fluctuating renewable energy…

Securing raw materials and resource efficiency

The research field focuses on the major challenges of primary raw materials and recycling.

Sustainable materials and processes

The research field bundles TU Clausthal's expertise in materials science research and its implementation in production processes.

Digitalization for a sustainable society

The research field deals with models, methods and processes of digital transformation in the context of the key topic of circular economy.

Outstanding projects, strategic research collaborations, research centers

Particularly noteworthy research collaborations and projects at Clausthal University of Technology often work on an interdisciplinary basis with external partners from science and industry. The research objectives are generally defined for the long term and are set within a broader research framework than individual and joint projects with a more clearly defined time and target horizon. This includes our memberships in research networks and research associations as well as participation in special research areas and research groups or in graduate and doctoral colleges. The Clausthal Research Centers, which coordinate and carry out interdisciplinary research projects internally, also play a special role.

Outstanding projects

Long-term research projects with a broader research framework, such as collaborative research centers, research groups, graduate and doctoral colleges.

Strategic research cooperations

Strategic memberships in selected research networks and the establishment of topic-related scientific research alliances serve to work on long-term research…

Research centers

In research centers, scientists work on interdisciplinary issues that shape the research profile of Clausthal University of Technology.

Responsibility of science

Scientific work is based on principles that are the same in all countries and in all scientific disciplines. First and foremost is honesty towards oneself and others. It is the basis for the respectful treatment of each other, study participants, animals, cultural assets and the environment and is essential for society's indispensable trust in science.

They are both an ethical norm and the basis of the rules of scientific professionalism, i.e. good scientific practice, which vary from discipline to discipline. Teaching these to students and young scientists and ensuring the conditions for their validity and application in practice is a core task of teaching and the self-administration of science.

Transparency in research

TU Clausthal makes its project funding transparent and supports the goal of making knowledge freely accessible.

Good scientific practice

Clausthal University of Technology strongly supports the communication and observance of the principles of good scientific practice.

Safety-related research (dual use)

Clausthal University of Technology promotes a critical approach to security-related research.

Research Data Management (RDM)

Developments, events and offers of TU Clausthal around the life cycle of research data.

Research Information System (FIS)

By introducing a database with information on its research activities (e.g. projects, publications, patents), Clausthal University of Technology aims to present…

Quality management in research and transfer

A quality management system supports the university in continuously reviewing and developing the quality of its processes.