MINT Hub of the University of Kassel starts

At the University of Kassel, a large number of STEM-related initiatives already exist in the various departments. In view of the particular current importance that the STEM subjects will continue to have in the future, the bundling of these activities in the MINT Hub is an important strategic decision for the university. The MINT Hub is funded by the state of Hesse as part of the University of Kassel's profile budget with just under one million euros until the end of 2023 with an extension until 2025.

Focusing on the four impact areas MINT to Public, MINT to School, MINT to Companies and MINT to Science, the MINT Hub will continue to support intra- and extra-university networking according to the "One Face to the Customer" principle. Interested parties, future students, external researchers as well as industry will be made aware of the University of Kassel's capabilities in the STEM field in this way as well.

The homepage of the MINT Hub has been online with basic information since the end of April and will also be successively expanded as a communication platform during the course of the project. The goal is close cooperation and the further creation of synergies between the MINT departments Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering/Computer Science. The hub's steering committee and staff are composed of interdisciplinary members from the university's STEM departments.

"The already existing formats are an ideal basis to sharpen the STEM profile of the University of Kassel by establishing a STEM Hub in an even more visible, focused, contemporary and internationally connecting way, to position the university as a supra-regional player in the STEM field and to make it known", says the spokesperson of the STEM Hub Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri.

In the view of Prof. Dr. Andreas Meister, "for securing Germany as a technology location and thus also for maintaining our prosperity, the area of MINT is of central importance, from education to research to industrial use. This requires collaborative initiatives, for which we want to create sustainable opportunities in the MINT Hub."

Prof. Dr. Rita Borromeo Ferri, Prof. Dr. Andreas Meister and Prof. Dr. David Di Fuccia are the initiators and project leaders of the MINT Hub. Together with many colleagues from the University of Kassel and numerous representatives from industry, schools and the city, the initiators are committed to establishing the MINT Hub as a central point of contact for existing expertise and resources regarding activities, courses of study, research projects and transfer in the STEM field at the University of Kassel for internal and external cooperation. Prof. Dr. David Di Fuccia makes it clear that the general public is also a target group for the activities of the MINT Hub: "MINT is abstract, complex and often difficult to understand? True! But our STEM Hub shows that STEM is just as exciting, creative and diverse, and that anyone can get involved in STEM!"

Further information and contact:
https://uni-kassel.de/go/mint-hub