The School´s activities cover the engineering, technological and economic knowledge necessary to develop new products, material and production processes in a sustainable fashion as concerns technical management, financial profitability and the environment.

One precondition for innovation and enterprise is the study and application of basic physical and chemical phenomena as well as the integration of new, often multidisciplinary technologies, methods and tools. Core knowledge areas include industrial design and innovation, product and production development, materials development, micro and nano technology as well as industrial economics, organisation and management.