Project participants

Collective Incubator

The Collective Incubator was founded in 2017 by students of RWTH Aachen University. Today, there is a student initiative with approximately 30 students from various disciplines, who are primarily responsible for community and event management, public relations and contact with corporate partners. This ensures that the Collective Incubator is closely oriented to the community and its needs.

Since 2022, there is also the RWTH Aachen Collective Incubator GmbH, which is concerned with the sustainable continuation of the Collective Incubator and drives the real estate project development. In addition, it serves as a sparring partner for the student board.

Exzellence Start-up Center NRW

As part of the programme, the NRW Ministry of Economics has been funding RWTH start-up activities since 2019 with a total of 23.3 million euros over five years. The Collective Incubator is the largest single measure and will be equipped with a first-class infrastructure for building new start-ups and developing primarily technological prototypes.

RWTH Aachen University

More than 47,000 students study at RWTH Aachen University, mainly in technical and natural sciences. According to rankings, the university regularly occupies the top places in the fields of study, employability and start-up success. Every year, around 100 start-ups and spin-offs are founded at RWTH Aachen University. The Collective Incubator is the central innovation platform for students, researchers and companies and leads to new ventures across all faculties.

RWTH Innovation GmbH

RWTH Innovation GmbH encompasses research transfer and start-up support at RWTH Aachen University and is the closest partner of the Collective Incubator. All activities from raising awareness of the topic of start-ups among students and researchers to ideation and incubation programmes and coaching come together here.