The close dovetailing of industry, science and education is a core issue of future development. Closeness and cooperation with local enterprises is a matter of course for the scientific and educational facilities in Bremerhaven. Many innovation projects have been implemented in recent years – thanks in no small degree to the support from BIS. 

Bremerhaven is recognized as having an above-average number of scientific institutions.

These top-class facilities include:

• Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (AWI)
• Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences
• Fraunhofer Institute for Wind Energy and Energy System Technology
• Institute of Shipping Economics and Logistics (ISL)
• Institute of Wind Energy at Bremerhaven University of Applied Sciences
• Technology Transfer Centre (ttz) Bremerhaven
• vonThünen Institute for Fisheries
• Institute for Marine Resources (IMARE)
• Centre for Aquaculture Research (ZAF)
• German Shipping Museum (DSM)

Taken together with Bremen’s scientific landscape, this constitutes an excellent innovation cluster for the State of Bremen. Come and see for yourself.