As part of the project, nine doctoral candidates will work on research topics for a duration of 36 months in profiling areas for the university and prepare their dissertation writing. 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 are located in the STEM area — in civil engineering, architecture and information technology as well as automation technology. The doctorates are carried out in cooperation with TU Chemnitz, TU Ilmenau, TU Berlin, TU Dresden and the University of Leipzig.