Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences has an impressive variety of modern laboratories and experimental facilities. Whether high-voltage hall, biotechnology laboratory or VR studio, our infrastructure is the basis for excellent teaching and applied research. Discover our technical equipment here, organized by faculty and institute.
The HSZG's Research Information System (FIS) offers quick and uncomplicated access to information on current and completed projects of our professors and staff. The term "research" here stands for any project-related scientific activity at our university - including development, continuing education and transfer. The FIS can be used without registration. The database entries can be searched for relevant articles using search criteria such as basic unit and research focus or keywords.
The HSCG's equipment database provides an overview of existing research facilities and equipment. Interested parties can find out about their characteristics and, if necessary, contact the researchers responsible. This provides both within the university and for (potential) partners the opportunity to get to know the equipment inventory and to request its use for their own research ideas.
This area comprises over 20 specialized laboratory facilities. The technical spectrum ranges from high-voltage technology and electrical machines to modern smart grid applications and electromobility.
A major focus is on automation: laboratories for process automation, control engineering, control technology and a transparent mechatronics laboratory are available here.
The infrastructure is supplemented by specific specialist laboratories for image and signal processing, telecommunications, microcomputer technology and control and safety technology (LST). Basic areas such as measurement technology, field calculation and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) are also covered by our own laboratories.
The computer science department is equipped with specialized laboratories for digital development. The focus is on the network and IT security laboratory for analyzing secure infrastructures and the hardware laboratory for system-related components. The offer is supplemented by a dedicated robotics laboratory. The technical infrastructure also provides the ideal environment for complex software projects, working with databases and programming and system administration tasks.
The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering has a broadly diversified laboratory landscape that ensures a close link between theoretical training and practical application. The infrastructure is divided into three technological focal points:
Design, Production & Materials In classical mechanical engineering, laboratories are available for the entire manufacturing process chain. This begins with digital planning in CAD and CAE pools and extends to materials technology and drive technology, right through to modern manufacturing processes and production technology. A special feature is the Fraunhofer IWU technical center, which offers a direct link to cutting-edge applied research.
The faculty offers an interdisciplinary laboratory infrastructure in the fields of chemistry, biotechnology and ecology. Students and researchers use state-of-the-art analytics (e.g. NMR, HPLC), fermentation facilities and special laboratories for soil science and environmental remediation to investigate biological and chemical processes from the molecular level to the ecosystem level.
The Faculty's laboratory equipment reflects the close interlinking of economic and technical disciplines. The CAD laboratory with a focus on Building Information Modeling (BIM), the building climatology laboratory and the geothermal probe test facility (EWS), where building physics measurements and geothermal efficiency potentials are investigated, are available for the engineering field.
Methodological expertise is strengthened by specialized simulation environments: in the laboratory for risk analysis and the planning game laboratory, business scenarios and market situations are simulated and statistically evaluated with computer support.
The offer is complemented by the Media and Design Laboratory. It offers a comprehensive workshop infrastructure - from woodworking to 3D printing - to convert digital designs into physical structural and building models.
The GAT conducts research at the interface of social change and technical innovation. Researchers from the fields of care, social sciences and computer science work together to develop solutions for the society of tomorrow. The focus is on technologies that are consistently geared towards people's needs and thus improve the quality of life in old age and healthy working environments.
The IPM has a highly specialized infrastructure for solving complex technical problems. The spectrum ranges from the Zittau power plant laboratory for energy efficiency research to test facilities for thermal and high-temperature technology and test rigs for active magnetic bearings. In addition, the institute develops modern automation solutions (cobots) in the laboratory for human-robot interaction, which are specially tailored to the requirements of the regional economy.
ZIRKON operates an interdisciplinary research infrastructure for the development of sustainable recycling processes. The central facilities include laboratories for mechanical process engineering and recycling (MVSR), specialized areas for biotechnology and cell biology as well as a large lysimeter facility for long-term soil ecology studies. Biological and technical processes are combined here in order to use resources more efficiently and close material cycles.