Creapolis 2018 – 2022

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Promoting innovation, connecting people

The aim of CREAPOLIS is to transfer the expertise and skills available at Coburg University of Applied Sciences to the region and to develop and expand new skills together with our partners from business and society.
In addition to teaching and research, this exchange of knowledge represents the so-called ‘third mission’ of the university and is referred to as ‘transfer’.
Through various transfer activities, CREAPOLIS aims to contribute to positive, innovation-based regional development. CREAPOLIS is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and the Joint Science Conference GWK as part of the Innovative University program.
From 2018 – 2022, the funding volume amounts to 6.5 million euros.
Coburg University of Applied Sciences was also selected for the second funding round of the “Innovative University” competition.
A good 9 million euros will thus flow into the region until 2028.

Building blocks from CREAPOLIS

CONNECT

We connect people inside and outside the university, personally and institutionally, locally and regionally.
In this way, we are expanding Coburg University of Applied Sciences’ network in the region in order to facilitate more cooperation between the university and companies, organizations and society.

CREATE

With the CREAPOLIS Makerspace, we are creating a space for making.
All citizens can use this open workshop.
We are transforming the former Coburg slaughterhouse into a place of creativity and exchange.
Targeted workshops – run by university staff and interested volunteers – make knowledge and new technologies accessible to everyone.

INNOVATE

CREAPOLIS is a test balloon: we are testing innovative formats and instruments to promote the exchange of ideas, knowledge and technology between universities and the region.
This includes events that facilitate encounters, entertaining pitches, creative makeathons and much more.
We work together with academics and students at the university, companies and organizations in the region and the general public so that innovations can emerge.

The Makerspace

Our makerspace in the director’s villa of the former Coburg slaughterhouse is a well-equipped open workshop where both high-tech solutions and traditional tools and craft techniques have their place.
Everything from leisure crafts to start-up prototyping is allowed: students, citizens, school pupils and all other partners and interested parties aged 16 and over can implement their own ideas, learn new skills and experience a creative community.
An open workshop thrives on the community: knowledge and tools should be shared so that everyone can benefit.
We offer introductory courses for makers and anyone who wants to become one. To the dates and further information