President Anders Bjarklev and CEO Jens Maaløe from Terma shake on the new partnership agreement. Photo: Thorkild Amdi Christensen

Closer research and education partnership with Terma

DTU and the Danish high-tech company Terma A/S have entered into an agreement that will strengthen collaboration, benefitting students and researchers alike.
On Monday 8 August, DTU and Terma A/S signed a strategic partnership agreement aimed at intensifying their existing cooperation.

Terma A/S is a high-tech company which develops products and systems for civil, military and security purposes, including command and control systems, radar systems, aircraft protection systems, space travel technology, and structural components for the aircraft industry.

DTU and Terma A/S have pinpointed five focus areas for closer cooperation:

1. Student internships at Lockheed Martin Corporation
A cooperation agreement between DTU, Terma A/S and Lockheed Martin Corporation provides for a number of MSc Eng students—from among other places DTU—to work on the Joint Strike Fighter project at Lockheed Martin Corporation in Fort Worth, Texas, USA. Read web news ‘DTU signs internship agreement with Lockheed Martin’.

2. Student projects
The partnership will target student projects that are mutually relevant for Terma A/S and DTU study programmes.

3. Research collaboration
Among other things, research collaboration encompasses the industrial PhD programme and co-financed research. 

4. Terma visibility at DTU
Terma A/S can enjoy greater visibility with researchers and students through participation in DTU’s job fairs, company presentations, contributions to lectures at DTU, sharing actual cases from Terma A/S, and data that Terma can make available to research groups and students.

5. Loan/lease of equipment and competences
Sharing of highly specialized equipment or competences for advanced studies.

The agreement is part of DTU’s development of both public and private partnerships in defence and security with a view to consolidating and developing the University’s technological competences and research level.