The original company building in Essen is located centrally, directly opposite the central railway station in downtown Essen. The modern and comfortable conference centre comprises over 50 lecturing rooms of different sizes for up to 570 attendees.

HDT's traditional aim has been to present new discoveries in science and technology and to activate knowledge at a higher level as well as to enable the exchange of experiences among experts. HDT disposes of a network of about 10.000 reputed lecturers/speakers.

The diverse activities of Haus der Technik include among others the fields of:

• Automotive Engineering
• Building and Construction Technology
• Business Administration
• Chemical Engineering
• Chemistry
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical Engineering
• Electronics Engineering
• Environmental Protection
• Information and Communications Technology
• Materials Science
• Mechanical Engineering
• Medical Technology
• Pharmacy
• Power Engineering
• Process Engineering
• Production Technology
• Radiation Protection
• Quality Management
• Wind Energy

Special in-house seminars provide customized solutions that meet the individual requirements of companies.

The department for human potential development assists companies by analysing the demands for training and further education of employees.

HDT´s R&D department provides failure analyses in materials science. The department´s facilities include modern laboratories, stocked with the latest in analytic equipment.

Master degree programmes are being offered by HDT in cooperation with partner universities since 2005.

HDT´s scientific online-journal TM 2.0 (Technische Mitteilungen – Technical Reports) is a resumption of the traditional and renowned printed journal "Technische Mitteilungen" (TM), that was founded as early as 1907.

Apart from being an external institute of the RWTH Aachen University, collaboration agreements exist with the University of Duisburg-Essen, the Westfälische Wilhelms University of Münster, the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn and the Technical University Carolo-Wilhelmina of Braunschweig. Besides, HDT cooperates with various different research institutions and companies both in and outside of Germany.