With this project, the HTWK Leipzig aims to enable three graduates of the university within 36 months to work on doctoral topics in profile-building areas for the HTWK Leipzig that have the potential to sustainably expand the university’s research competence. HTWK Leipzig will thus contribute to the individual development and utilisation of the potential of its graduates as well as to offer important solutions to pressing problems of science, business and administration in the region and thus making a valuable contribution to the structural development of the region. The topics are practical and are located in STEM and social fields: Civil engineering, energy technology and early childhood education. The doctorates are carried out in cooperation with the University of Leipzig, the TU Dresden and the TU Bergakademie Freiberg.