In 2011, Bielefeld UAS and the Gütersloh-based domestic-appliance manufacturer Miele opened the Mieletec laboratory. Since then, students can work as research assistants for Miele and study for their master’s degree at the Bielefeld UAS at the same time. »This way, we succeed in involving students in practical research early on. We gain fundamental insight into the physical causal chain by interlocking experiment and simulation, thus paving the way for future leaps and bounds in technology«, said Prof. Dr. Christian Schröder, former Vice President for Research and Transfer, who runs the Mieletec laboratory together with Prof. Dr. Sonja Schöning.