Applied Research and Development

In addition to its teaching mission, HEIA-FR oversees ten applied research institutes working in the three fields of information and communication technologies, industrial technologies and construction and environment. They monitor technological developments and develop innovative and high-performance products and processes. The Instituts position themselves as a support for companies in their search for innovative solutions.
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Research and development institutes
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ChemTechInstitute of Chemical Technology
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ENERGYInstitute of Applied Research in Energy Systems
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HumanTechTechnology for Human Wellbeing Institute
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iCoSysInstitute of Complex Systems
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iPrintInstitute for Printing
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iRAPInstitute of Applied Plastics Research
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iSISInstitute of Smart and Secured Systems
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iTECInstitute of Construction and Environmental Technologies
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SeSiSustainable Engineering Systems Institute
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TRANSFORMInstitute of Architecture: Heritage, Construction and Users
Competence centers
The institutes collaborate, to varying degrees, in the development of four competence centers - Plastics Innovation Competence Center (PICC), ROSAS Center, Smart Living Lab and iPrint Center - the first three of them address social issues, respectively the bio-economy, the mobility of the future and the future of the built environment and the fourth the manufacturing by inkjet. The fields concerned strongly integrate the challenges of digitisation.