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Your vision becomes reality in Schaffhausen

Use the Swiss networks in autonomous mobility for ground and air vehicles and stay up to date with the latest developments.

Bring your technology to Schaffhausen and benefit from the opportunity to use it in a real-life environment.

Swiss Transit Lab

The Swiss Transit Lab is a unique platform for research and development of new mobility technologies in a real-life environment.

The Schaffhausen Swiss Transit Lab (STL) is an initiative and association of private companies and the Schaffhausen transport authority. Since 2017, it has provided a platform for research and development under real-life conditions. The STL has attracted national and international attention with the use of an automated vehicle, establishing Schaffhausen as a centre of excellence for the mobility of the future. The Swiss Transit Lab invites interested parties from business, science and society to jointly develop solutions for the mobility of the future. 

The STL is an initiative of private companies - from the mobility, information technology and smart city sectors -, the Schaffhausen transport company VBSH and the regional and location development of the Canton of Schaffhausen.

Drones and more

Switzerland is one of the leading countries in the research and development of innovative drone technologies. There are over 80 companies in the Schaffhausen region that are active in this field and have brought globally leading applications to market.

As a region where tomorrow's technologies are already being used today, Schaffhausen is the ideal location to take your technology into the air.

Take the opportunity to test and further develop innovative drone technologies in a real-life environment at the Schmerlat airfield!

Shaping tomorrow's agriculture today

The digital transformation has long since reached agriculture. Switzerland is one of the leading countries in the research and development of innovative technologies in the agricultural sector. Agricultural companies test their prototypes in the fields of the canton of Schaffhausen and develop them into marketable products. A network of research institutions and local farmers is available for this purpose.

AGCO, Adama and GVS are already here: Take advantage of the opportunity to test and further develop innovative agricultural technologies in a real-life environment on Schaffhausen fields and farms!

As a "one-stop shop", we are the central point of contact for smart mobility projects in Schaffhausen.

Robin Sticher

Your personal contact 

Why choose Schaffhausen

In Schaffhausen, the distances to business, research and decision-makers are short. This is where entrepreneurs and international companies meet concentrated industrial expertise and collaboration. A region worth living in - A region for makers!

News

By Gina Ochsner 20 Jul, 2023
The new Stokarberg innovation centre in Schaffhausen has opened. Together with GVS Schachenmann AG, the tenant and manager of the site is gaining new experience in viticulture through the use of new smart farming technologies. With this innovation base, the canton of Schaffhausen is triumphing in the field of smart farming.
24 Mar, 2023
Swiss Transit Lab Automated driving
28 Nov, 2022
The Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT) is changing its name and will become the Constructor Group at the end of November 2022. The new name reflects SIT's evolution into a global ecosystem with partnerships in industry as well as universities and students in over 100 countries. Since its founding (2019) in Schaffhausen, Switzerland, Schaffhausen Institute of Technology SIT has grown rapidly to become a global organization with over 700 employees from more than 17 countries, operations in nine countries, over 1800 students and over 6000 alumni from more than 110 countries. In the form of a change of name, the Schaffhausen Institute of Technology (SIT), as well as Jacobs University (JUB), will be merged into the new "Constructor Group". As a global institution dedicated to the creation of knowledge through research, science, education and technology. The Constructor ecosystem includes Constructor University, a research-focused higher education organization that offers more than 25 accredited degree programs ranging from bachelor's to master's to Ph.D. degrees. The private, English-language university has an institute in Schaffhausen as well as the former Jacobs University in Bremen. Thanks to digital and hybrid study formats and partnerships with top-tier universities around the world, such as Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Geneva, Constructor University is expanding into a global campus - with roots in Schaffhausen. Constructor Group
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