Cooperation partners
Non-university research institutes
- German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
- Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering (IBMT)
- Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing (IZFP)
- INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials
- Steinbeis Research Centre Material Engineering Centre Saarland (MECS)
- Max Planck Institute for Computer Science (MPII)
- Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI SWS)
- ZeMA - Centre for Mechatronics and Automation Technology (ZeMA)
Saarland University collaborative projects
- EIT ICT Lab
- Saarland University graduate programme (Gradus)
- Software Campus
- University of the Greater Region (UGR)
- Computer science cluster of excellence
- Student laboratories
- caMPlusQ
External advisors
- Prof. Kelvin W. Willoughby (Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property, Curtin University, Australia)
- Dr. Hanspeter Georgi (former Minister for Economics and Labour)
- Prof. em. Herrmann Kotthoff (Sociology, TU Darmstadt)
- Prof. em. August-Wilhelm Scheer (founder of IDS Scheer AG)
Universities
- Franco-German University (DFH)
- University of Fine Arts (HBK)
- University of Music (HFM)
- University of Applied Sciences (HTW)
- Otto Beisheim School of Management (WHU)
- University of Liège
- University of Luxembourg
- University of Lorraine
- University of Kaiserslautern
- Trier University
Politics
- State chancellery
- Ministry of Education and Culture
- Ministry of Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport
Regional banks
- Saarländische Investitionskreditbank AG (SIKB)
- Saarländische Wagnisfinanzierungsgesellschaft mbH (SWG)
- Bank1 Saar
- Sparkasse Saarbrücken
Investors
- Business Angels Saarland
- High-Tech Gründerfonds
- Fianc
- Sponsors
Chambers
- IHK Saarland
- HWK Saarland
Management consultancies
- PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Funding agencies
- ZPT – Zentrale für Produktivität und Technologie Saar e.V.
- Regional economic development agencies
- SOG Saarland – Saarland Offensive für Gründer
Companies
- Former start-up centre founders
- Topsim
Network
- Scheer Group GmbH (innovation network of high-growth IT companies)
- Wiwis United
- Marketingclub Saar
- Wirtschaftsjunioren
- Mentors
Media
- Studienstiftung Saar
