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The fifth doctoral students meeting “Pro.Motion” took place in 2009, giving doctoral students
the opportunity to present their doctoral projects and the current status of their research work.
The doctoral students meeting provides a vital forum for specialist exchanges between doctoral
students, but also for the employees and management of the Audi Group.
The “Youth Educational Forum” series of events also seeks to promote interaction between aca-
demia, schools and the public, with 250 school students and teachers attending last year’s pro-
gram in Ingolstadt. This opportunity was provided at Neckarsulm for the first time in 2009. The
projects are realized in partnership with the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-
Nuremberg and the University of Stuttgart.
2009 also saw around 1,200 guests attend a total of 12 public colloquiums of the research
partnerships INI.TUM (Ingolstadt Institutes of the Technical University of Munich) and HIN
(Neckarsulm University Institutes: Technical University of Karlsruhe, University of Stuttgart).
AUDI AG extended its strategic partnership with the Ingolstadt University of Applied Science in
2009 and assisted the university with the development of the new field of expertise “Production
and Automation Technology,” which brings together projects spanning the subject areas of mo-
bile robotics, body manufacturing, automation technology, resistance spot welding, paint mix-
ing processes and logistics. AUDI AG has now assigned a member of the Production Division to
take charge of the new field of expertise at the university.
AUDI GROUP PARTNERSHIPS WITH UNIVERSITIES
INI.KU – Ingolstadt Institutes
of the Catholic University of
Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
Since 2008; focus:
Human Resources, Management,
Procurement
INI.LMU – Ingolstadt Institutes
of Ludwig-Maximilian University
of Munich
Since 2008; focus:
Human Resources, Marketing,
Sales
INI.FAU – Ingolstadt Institutes
of Friedrich-Alexander University
Erlangen-Nuremberg
Since 2006; focus:
Information Technology and
New Materials
IAF – Institute for Applied
Research, Ingolstadt University
of Applied Science
Since 2004; focus:
Development and Production
INI.TUM – Ingolstadt Institutes
of the Technical University of
Munich
Since 2003; focus:
Driving Analysis, Simulation
HIN – Neckarsulm University
Institutes: Technical University
of Karlsruhe and University of
Stuttgart
Since 2005; focus:
Engines and Lightweight
Construction
Audi Hungaria Chair of Internal
Combustion Engines – SZE Gy r
Since 2008; focus:
Engine Manufacturing and
Technology
AHI – Audi Hungaria Institutes:
Technical University of Budapest
and SZE Gy r
Since 2006; focus:
Engines and Production
EBS – European Business School,
Oestrich Winkel
Since 2007; focus:
Human Resources Management
and Business Administration
ALL – Audi Logistics Laboratory,
Fraunhofer Institute for
Material Flow and Logistics (IML),
Dortmund, Graduate School of
Production Engineering and
Logistics, Technical University of
Dortmund
Since 2007; focus:
Logistics
Neckarsulm location Other partner universities
Gy rlocation
Ingolstadt location
LOCATION-BASED ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS
As a globally operating company, the Audi Group actively and comprehensively embraces social
responsibility. The principle of sustainable management that inspires its continuous efforts to
reconcile economy and ecology is therefore of pivotal importance. With its many technological
innovations and efficient resources management, the Company is thus contributing to major
advances in protecting the environment and proudly bears the European Union’s symbol of envi-
ronmental excellence (EMAS validation) as a mark of its efforts to protect the environment.