As part of the project, three graduates of the HTWK Leipzig will work on research topics in profiling areas for a duration of 36 months and prepare their dissertation paper. With this project, HTWK Leipzig contributes to the individual potential development and utilisation 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 located in STEM — civil engineering, architecture and information technology. The doctorates are carried out in cooperation with the TU Chemnitz, the TU Dresden and the University of Leipzig.