The Munich University of Applied Sciences is further expanding its leading position in mobility research: Within the scope of the new Doctoral Research Center for Integrated Mobility (PIM), HM is now authorized to independently supervise doctoral candidates and award the academic degree Dr.-Ing. This significantly broadens the university’s opportunities to qualify early-career researchers and strengthens its research landscape.

The center is supported by 16 professors from various disciplines. The doctoral research center combines research focuses on human-machine interaction, powertrain and vehicle technology, automated control systems, as well as innovative construction and manufacturing technologies.

Nine Professors from IMM Represented in the New Doctoral Research Center

The Institute for Mobility and Life in Motion (IMM) is particularly well represented, forming the core of the new center with nine professors. The researchers come from the Department of Mechanical, Automotive and Aeronautical Engineering, and the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology.

IMM impresses with a broad spectrum of expertise ranging from accident research and artificial intelligence to data analysis, aircraft systems, control engineering, vehicle dynamics, autonomous driving, acoustics, mathematical modeling, and much more. The IMM professors involved are Prof. Dr. Klaus Böhm, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Simon Hecker, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcin Hinz, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alexander Knoll, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Daniel Ossmann, Prof. Dr. Peter Pfeffer, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Manuel Pusch, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Sentpali, and Prof. Dr. Michael Wibmer.

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Marcin Hinz is also a member of the Institute for Applications of Machine Learning and Intelligent Systems (IAMLIS), which contributes important expertise, including through Prof. Dr. Fabian Flohr. Other members of the doctoral research center include Prof. Dr. habil. Laurent Demaret, Prof. Dr. Michael Mair, Prof. Dr. Markus Pietras, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Plattner, Prof. Dr. Swen Zaremba, and the Bavarian top professor Prof. Dr.-Ing. Anne-Marie Schreyer.

Research is supported by first-class infrastructure, including the affiliated institute MdynamiX, several specialized collaborative labs, and the Aerospace Flight Test Center at Oberpfaffenhofen special airport.

The degree programs at Munich University of Applied Sciences also reflect this innovative strength. In programs such as Vehicle Engineering and Mobility, Electric Mobility, Aerospace Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, students work on forward-looking topics like functional safety, computer vision, spacecraft system design, and mission analysis, enabling a continuous academic path up to the doctoral level.

With the Doctoral Research Center for Integrated Mobility, Munich University of Applied Sciences once again demonstrates that it is one of the most research-strong universities of applied sciences in the field of mobility.