SHARE Network

Company-on-Campus

The company-on-campus concept, i.e. the presence of Schaeffler employees on the university campus in dedicated offices, fosters a close collaboration between Schaeffler employees and researchers, PhD candidates and students. It provides a structured approach for a fast and thorough transfer of research output into industry and provides significant benefits for both sides:

• Knowledge gain in R&D / innovations
• Long-term oriented, close collaboration with universities
• Advance the state of research on strategic future topics
• Synergetic use of competencies and infrastructure of both partners
• Long-term oriented qualification and inclusion of PhD candidates and students
• Securing know-how by providing an attractive and inspiring work environment

Future-oriented research projects are usually carried out by a team of Schaeffler employees, doctoral candidates and students from the respective university partner. In order to ensure the transfer of the results, representatives of the departments are always involved in addition to SHARE employees:

SHARE at KIT

In cooperation with KIT, we research solutions for future mobility

• SHARE at KIT was founded in 2013 as one of the leading technical universities in Germany
• 20 permanent employees supervise 10-15 doctoral theses and several funded research projects
• A total of over 80 employees, researchers and students work in the SHARE at KIT network on strategically important research projects in the field of future mobility

The working groups work closely with the departments from the Automotive Division and focus on the following topics:

SHARE at FAU

Together we shape smart and holistic solutions for people and machines in the digital domain.

• Strategic research partnership with the most innovative university in Germany (according to Reuters Innovation Ranking) since 2016
• Focus on artificial intelligence (AI) and data science
• Holistic, interdisciplinary research approach in a future-oriented field that is important for the whole of Schaeffler

AI methods and algorithms are finding their way into almost all manufacturing areas and products. At SHARE at FAU, the employees perform research in the following areas:

SHARE at NTU

Mechatronics lab for collaborative industrial production robots

• The partnership with the one of the world’s best young universities started in 2016 initially with a focus on urban mobility.
• In 2020 Schaeffler founded a new, larger “Corporate Lab” at NTU for research in the field of robotics and industry 4.0 with an initial program duration of three years

As part of the current robotics / I4.0 research program, SHARE at NTU deals with the following topics:

SHARE at SWJTU

Based on the China railway market, we lead railway technology and product innovation.

• Close cooperation with China's leading university for railroad technology since 2017
• Special focus on components and systems for high-speed trains
• Observation of new train technologies such as Maglev, Hyperloop, hydrogen-based drive technology and vehicle digitization

In close cooperation with the research partner SWJTU, diverse topics from the field of rail technology are processed, including:

SHARE at OSU

We focus on next-generation battery technology

• SHARE at OSU was established in 2021 as a center for solid state battery excellence
• The multidisciplinary research is performed in close collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research

The following topics are currently in focus: