Since the foundation of the first ceramics chair in 1921 in Berlin on the initiative of the Deutsche Keramische Gesellschaft (DKG), ceramics has been an integral part of materials science education and research at German universities. Traditionally, many individual institutes are members of the DKG.
The regular exchange of knowledge, e.g. in application-related research projects, generates impulses from a wide range of specialist areas and thus accelerates the development of new products, but can also highlight new challenges for science.
DKG supports this process, e.g. by mediating between industry and science. This networking can lead to joint research projects; additionally supported by funding and third-party funds (see also Forschungsgemeinschaft der Deutschen Keramischen Gesellschaft e.V. (FDKG)).