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Founder Check: New Online Tool by Saarland University Promotes Entrepreneurial Thinking
How much entrepreneurial potential do I have? How can I further develop my skills? Students at Saarland University and other interested individuals can now answer these and many other questions themselves with a new online tool – in less than 15 minutes. This scientifically based […]
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€5.5 Million for accelerated technology transfer: Barke strengthens the Saar economy’s innovation capacity
The Saarland is restructuring technology transfer between research and industry. With approximately €5.5 million from the Transformation Fund, Minister of Innovation Jürgen Barke is supporting a four-year joint project by saarland innovation und standort GmbH (saaris), FITT gGmbH, and Triathlon Transfer GmbH. The aim is to […]
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Business Idea Competition 2025 – Students Shaping the Future
With 47 ideas submitted, the Business Idea Competition jointly organized by Saarland University (Triathlon) and htw saar (FITT) has set a new record. The number of applications was more than three times higher than in the previous year, with applications featuring concepts ranging from consumer […]
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Saarland University Innovation Center receives architecture award for workplaces
The Innovation Center on the Saarland University Saarbrücken campus has been honoured with a special mention in the Saarland architecture award ‘Orte der Arbeit’ (Places of Work). The jury praised the building’s exceptional architectural design and functionality, which provides a central location for cooperation between […]
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Laser-based hearing aid impresses at Demo Day 2025
This year’s Demo Day—part of the 8th Saarland Accelerator—saw 7 finalists present their business models to an audience of around one hundred guests. The event, which took place at Saarland University’s and was jointly organized by Triathlon – Ecosystem for Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Transfer, and […]
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Saarland University participates in EU initiative for AI-based green innovation
Since April, Triathlon—an ecosystem for entrepreneurship, innovation and technology transfer at Saarland University—has been part of the European BIKE-HEI project. The project aims to strengthen universities as designers of regional innovation ecosystems and to drive forward the green, digital transformation through AI-based solutions. In the […]
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Pin-free robotic surgery—New orthopaedic technology from Homburg Medical Campus
Scientists at Saarland University’s Homburg Campus have developed a pioneering robot-assisted procedure for joint replacement surgery. Their approach removes the need for bone pins and external infrared cameras in procedures such as knee replacement surgery. Led by Professor Stefan Landgraeber, Director of the Department of […]
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Major Funding Award: Sustainable Elastocaloric Air Conditioning to Cool and Heat Homes Room by Room
With the new climate technology known as elastocalorics, it will be possible to cool and heat buildings solely via ventilation slots. The technology transports heat simply by loading and unloading thin wires or sheets made of nickel–titanium. It operates without climate-damaging refrigerants and is energy […]
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Success in the Federal Startup Factory Competition: “SouthwestX” Consortium Receives Funding
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy has honored the consortium “SouthwestX – The Bridge to Innovation,” led by Saarland University and its partner institutions, in the nationwide EXIST flagship competition “Startup Factories.” The concept of the future Startup Factory (original application title: “The […]
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SouthwestX Summit 2025: Strategic Strengthening of the Innovation and Startup Ecosystem in the Southwest
With the SouthwestX Summit, Saarland University established a new bridge and a flagship excellence format for cross-border innovation and startups in the Southwest on 2 July. The impetus for the event was the 30th anniversary of the University’s Starterzentrum—an institution with pioneering status nationwide. The […]
Read more Saarland University Defends Top Position in the Stifterverband Startup Radar
Saarland University has once again achieved second place among large universities in the latest Startup Radar published by the Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft. This result reaffirms its position as one of Germany’s leading startup universities.
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Cross-Border Support for Technical Innovation – New Interreg Project “FabLabs4Innovation” Approved
The cross-border project “FabLabs4Innovation” has been approved for funding of €990,000 under the Interreg Greater Region programme. Led by Triathlon, the ecosystem for entrepreneurship, innovation and transfer at Saarland University, universities and innovation centres from Germany, France, Belgium and Luxembourg are working together to develop […]
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“Art of Innovation”: HBKsaar Exhibition at Saarland University’s Innovation Center
Students from various disciplines at the Saarland University of Fine Arts (HBKsaar) are presenting art and photography projects as well as material experiments in the premises of Saarland University’s Innovation Center. The exhibition marks the start of a new cooperation between Triathlon – Ecosystem for […]
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Startups Honored at Demo Day 2024 with Solutions for Healthcare and the Skilled Labor Shortage
A world in which faster medical diagnostics become possible, migrants gain easier access to education and the labor market via digital platforms, tailored soundtracks enhance learning experiences, or smart solutions increase security in postal services—this could soon become reality. The eight finalists of the Saarland […]
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