The Fraunhofer Institutes
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is Europe’s largest organization for applied research and is headquartered in Munich, the Bavarian state capital.
Research activities are conducted by 58 Fraunhofer Institutes at over 40 different locations throughout Germany with approximately 12,400 employees and an annual research budget of 1.25 billion euros. About two thirds of this sum is generated through contract research on behalf of industry and publicly funded research projects.
7 of Germany’s Fraunhofer Institutes are located in Bavaria.
- Building Physics
- Holzkirchen branch of the Institute (IBP) Holzkirchen
- Communication Systems (ESK) München
- Integrated Circuits (IIS) Erlangen
- Integrated Systems and Device Technology (IISB) Erlangen
- Patent Center for German Research (PST) München
- Process Engineering and Packaging (IVV) Freising
- Reliability and Microintegration
- Munich branch of the Institute (IZM-M) München
- Silicate Research (ISC) Würzburg
The Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft is also active internationally with affiliated research centers and representative offices throughout Europe, the USA and Asia. |
