The competence centers of the OTH Regensburg represent interdisciplinary and cross-faculty research units. Research topics of strategic relevance are integrated under the umbrella of these centers. An extensive network of researchers ensures a corresponding depth, breadth and continuity of the research topics being dealt with.
13 research units are available:

•  Combustion Engines and Emissions Control Laboratory - CEEC
•  Competence Center for Software Engineering - CCSE
•  Historical Building Research
•  Friedrich Mielke Institute for Scalalogy - FMI
•  Innovation Center for Production Logistics and Factory Planning - IPF
•  Institute for Social Research and Technology Assessment - IST
•  IT User Center - ITZ
•  Laboratory for Safe and Secure Systems - LaS³
•  Mechatronics Research Unit - MRU
•  Sustainable Building - KNB
•  Nanoanalytics and Semiconductor Chemistry - Nanochem
•  Regulation and Control Systems - RST
•  Sensor Application Centre - SappZ