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Newsfeed Benefits for CVC partners
The Commercial Vehicle Cluster offers partner companies numerous advantages over competitors. Benefits in the areas of qualification, research and development and public relations work deserve a particular mention.
Qualification
CVT - „Commercial Vehicle Technology“
The initiative to establish the independent Masters Degree course “CVT - Commercial Vehicle Technology“ at the Kaiserslautern University has made it possible for the CVC to provide its partners with substantial advantages in the sector of qualification. The initiative is a joint undertaking of the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Sciences, incorporating universities from other federal states as well as the cooperation with Oregon State University USA, which enables a student exchange.
- Specific course and tuition contents
- Participation in international degree courses
- Conveyance of cross-cultural expertise
- Early contact to students
- Access to trainees and student trainees
- Assistance for students
- Special further education for employees
- Events on specific topics
- October 2005
- Commercial Vehicle Technology - in-depth part of the Mechanical Engineering diploma course at the TU KL
- 01.02.2006
- TU KL Senate decision to found an independent scientific institution within the International School of Graduate Studies of Commercial Vehicles under the designation “Commercial Vehicle Technology“ (CVT)
- 30.04.2006
- Development of a Masters Degree course CVT by the Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Sciences and the Department of Social Sciences at the TU KL
- 30.04.2006
- Entwicklung eines Masterstudiengangs CVT durch die Fachbereiche Maschinenbau, Elektrotechnik, Informatik und Sozialwissenschaften der TU KL
- July 2007
- Student exchange with the Oregon State University USA (Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering) - established
- April 2008
- Accreditation of the interdisciplinary, international Masters Degree course - effective (July 2008)
- WS 2008/2009
- Launch of the degree course
Research and development
Further advantages for the cluster partners are generated through co-operation with universities. Apart from dealing with relevant topics in the project groups, these and other topics can be worked on further and in-depth in the environment of the universities.
- Participation in research and development projects
- Transfer of research questions
- Placement of degree dissertations
- Doctoral candidates for company-specific issues
- Access to science and development experts
- Project groups for specific topics
