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WHAT ROLE DOES THE RESEARCH CAMPUS PLAY FOR OVGU? OVGU HAS
SUPPORTED THE RESEARCH CAMPUS WITH NUMEROUS ACCOMPANYING
MEASURES - TO WHAT EXTENT HAVE THE ASSOCIATED EXPECTATIONS
BEEN FULFILLED?
With the establishment of the STIMULATE research campus, it was clear
that OVGU Magdeburg would strategically realign medical technology at
the interface between science and industry. The funding period of up to 15
years and the available funds offer unusually good conditions for designing
new concepts. In Magdeburg, it was important not only for Siemens
Healthineers to be the lead partner, but also for regional companies to
strengthen the country's innovation system. Political expectations are high.
We are prepared for this challenge and are pleased that the state subsidies
have been made available for the companies involved and, after a long planning
period, for a new STIMULATE building.
Cross-faculty research has a long tradition at OVGU Magdeburg. Nevertheless,
STIMULATE presented major challenges due to the design of new study programmes,
intensification of basic research and transfer. We see STIMULATE on
a very good path. The Bachelor's degree in medical technology has got off to a
very successful start, the desired appointments of professors have been completed
and we are increasingly successful in generating the necessary third-party funds.
There is certainly still potential for cooperation with clinically active colleagues, but
the University's fundamental decision to combine its very well-positioned medical
academia with parts of the engineering sciences made strategic sense. The first
companies have settled here and by reaching a critical mass, the Science Port as
part of the university campus is likely to become a regional transfer model visible
beyond Saxony-Anhalt.
Prof. Jens
Strackeljan
Rector of
OVGU Magdeburg
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