University collaborations
Ideas exchange: University collaborations promote the dialogue with young graduates.
Finding, inspiring and retaining qualified employees is an important task for a forward-looking organization. For this reason ThyssenKrupp is currently collaborating intensively with seven key universities: RWTH Aachen, TU Berlin, Ruhr-University Bochum, TU Dortmund, TU Dresden, TU Freiberg and TU Hamburg-Harburg. The direct exchange between research and education on the one hand and industry on the other is so important to ThyssenKrupp that Executive Board members of ThyssenKrupp are acting as patrons of the university partnerships. The aim is to intensify the sharing of scientific findings and also to address other common concerns such as education, international cooperation and the fostering of talented students. Activities range from fellowships and prizes such as the "ThyssenKrupp Student Award" to workshops, study trips and joint projects.
In addition, ThyssenKrupp will actively participate in the reorganization of university courses into bachelor's and master's degree courses and offer corresponding career and development opportunities.
Cooperation also takes place outside Germany. The collaboration with Tongji University in Shanghai is aimed at intensifying the good relations with this up and coming economic region and establishing contacts with students with a view to recruiting executives for the Group's activities in China in the long term. Together with other companies, ThyssenKrupp is supporting the establishment of an endowed professorship in business law. This follows the endowed professorships in mechanical engineering in 1998 and controlling in 2002.