IP - Integrated Product Development

IP- Integrated Product Development is an innovation project that has been carried out for 25 years with changing corporate partners and takes place in the winter semester between October and February with a company.

Up to 42 prospective engineers in 7 development teams work closely with the partner company and the IPEK to develop innovative solutions to a problem specified by the partner company. In four months, seven products with high innovation potential and associated functional prototypes are created, which include a concrete practical relevance, customer and user benefits as well as market access concepts.

The main product of IP is the students, who are selected by IPEK from a large number of applicants. The selection process is specially designed for this purpose and, in addition to a formal application, also includes a personal interview with Prof. Albers or Prof. Düser. In addition to their specialist expertise, the selected students are characterized by initiative, resilience and high motivation.

Your added value

  • Up to 42 students (7 teams of 6 hand-picked students) work methodically coached by IPEK supervisors on your task. This gives you access to a large pool of potential newcomers ("trainee program light").

  • Numerous new product profiles (potentials), product concepts and prototypes with high innovation potential (3-7 patent applications per project) - the exploitation rights are held by the cooperation partner.

  • Experience innovative development methods in practice - train employees and inspire them for methodical development.


Your needs

  • Inspire KIT talents with your company and attract them as future employees

  • Product ideas with high innovation potential from a fresh perspective

  • Learn methods, processes and tools for the product development of tomorrow and bring them into the organization



Our offer

  • An innovation process that has proven itself in over 25 years of research, teaching
    and continuously developed innovation process

  • Professional project leadership, management, candidate selection and partner communication

  • Self-organized, agile, collaborative and methodically coached high-performance teams



Your contact person

Sascha_OttMagali Hauser, KIT
akad. Dir. DI Sascha Ott
Managing Director Institute of Product Engineering
Managing Director KIT Center Mobility Systems

+49 721 608 43681sascha ott ∂does-not-exist.kit edu

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