MVTec on Campus

Bring machine vision innovations to your campus

With MVTec on Campus, universities, teachers, and students gain access to our state-of-the-art, hardware-independent machine vision software. Free and discounted licenses make it easier to use the same technology applied in industrial environments for teaching and research.

FOR UNIVERSITIES & RESEARCH

Industry-Proven Machine Vision Software

MVTec on Campus brings industry-grade machine vision technology directly into academia. The program enables universities to teach and research with the same professional software used in real-world applications, lowering barriers through free and discounted licenses.

Student Licenses

Gain free access to HALCON or MERLIC with student licenses. Build hands-on experience in machine vision and start creating applications with the same tools used in the industry.

Free of charge: Student licenses are available at no cost.
AI included: Access the latest AI-based deep learning functions.
Simple request: Apply online – quickly and easily.
Flexible validity: License is valid for one academic term, with free extensions possible.

Student licenses

Lecturer Licenses

Equip entire classes with free access to state-of-the-art machine vision software through lecturer licenses.

Free of charge: Licenses are available at no cost.
For whole classes: Distribute licenses to all students in your course.
Latest AI features: Teach with integrated AI-based deep learning technology.
Simple request: Apply online in just a few steps.

Lecturer licenses

University Licenses

University licenses support long-term research projects with full access to MVTec’s machine vision software and technical expertise.

Discounted access: Reduced license fees for academic institutions.
Full support: Benefit from direct technical support.
AI-ready: Optional deep learning functions available.
Unlimited duration: No time restrictions on the license.

University licenses

Academic Teaching

MVTec researchers regularly lecture on machine vision at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and supervise bachelor, master, and doctoral theses. We also offer internships for students interested in gaining practical experience with machine vision technologies.

To honor outstanding academic work, MVTec sponsors the Dissertation Award of the German Association for Pattern Recognition (DAGM). The award recognizes exceptional dissertations in pattern recognition, image processing, machine vision, and machine learning.

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The MVTec on Campus Newsletter provides you on a regular basis with interesting insights and information on the MVTec on Campus program from first hand.

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Our Success Stories In Education & Research

Advancing machine vision education at Reutlingen University

At Reutlingen University, Professor Arnd Buschhaus has been integrating MVTec HALCON into the teaching curriculum since 2018. HALCON is used extensively in courses related to robotics and machine vision, providing students with practical experience i…

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Students and researchers using a robot with machine vision in a university lab to demonstrate the impact of MVTec HALCON on education and research.

Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt

At Technical University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt (THWS), Professor Christian Zirkelbach is teaching robotics and machine vision at Faculty of Applied Natural Sciences and Humanities. He has integrated advanced machine vision tools int…

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Autonomous Formula Student vehicle driving on a test track using machine vision for environment perception.

UPC ecoRacing – The award-winning Formula Student team

An award-winning student team of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC) designs, builds, and races autonomous electric vehicles. Numerous different fields, like industrial or aerospace engineering, design, or mathematics contribute to reach on…

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University of Paderborn, Heinz Nixdorf Institute

The Heinz Nixdorf Institute (HNI) joined the MVTec on Campus program in 2022. The University of Paderborn is a renowned research and educational institution specializing in the field of computer science and its applications in the context of digital…

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Robotics

Education, Research & Science

Robot Lab – Fondazione Brigatti & Camerani Pintaldi

A unique project empowers the next generation to use the MVTec HALCON library for their very first machine vision applications. Mr. Remo Sala, Assistant Professor at the Politecnico di Milano for the Robot Lab – Fondazione Brigatti & Camerani Pintald…

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Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

In the course "Optotechnology and Image Processing" (OBV) students get to work with MVTec HALCON in numerous lectures and laboratory exercises. In the following interview Mr. Michael Stelzl, lecturer, and Mr. Frank Friehl, laboratory engineer, of Dar…

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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

Students of the Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing can benefit from 20 Years of HALCON experience. Their professor, Prof. Dr. Markus Ulrich, tells us in an interview how he illustrates the subjects taught in his lectures with the MVTec HA…

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Education, Research & Science

Support of Intelligent Rooms by Image Processing

In recent years, rooms with intelligence are studied. This kind of rooms is becoming important not only for medical or welfare use, but also at offices or ordinary houses. Obviously, the man-machine interface to communicate human intention is a subst…

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HERON - Middleware for Image Retrieval Using Graphical Features Extracted by HALCON

The interdisciplinary HERON project aims to find images in digital libraries or large archives without detailed domain knowledge. Initially applied to heraldry, the methods can also be used in medical imaging or trademark collections. HERON uses inno…

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Camera test chart with line patterns and a Siemens star used for measuring resolution, contrast, and optical performance.

DCTau: A photographer's tool for testing digital cameras based on HALCON

DCTau by Anders Uschold, Munich, provides a standardized test for evaluating digital cameras with minimal operator input. Designed for both beginners and professionals, it measures resolution, contrast, noise, sharpening, distortion, and brightness l…

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Vision-guided robotic bartender system with dual robot arms serving drinks using machine vision and robotics.

Vision-guided robotic 'bartender' serves drinks - University of Brescia

The University of Brescia developed a vision-guided robotic bartender with two robot arms that identifies, opens and pours different beer bottles – driven by cameras and MVTec Software’s HALCON.

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Humanoid robot Robonaut R2 developed by NASA and GM using machine vision for object recognition and manipulation in space.

Vision-guided Robot Heads for Space – NASA

NASA and General Motors developed the humanoid robot Robonaut 2, the first humanoid robot in space, with support from MVTec HALCON. Equipped with 3D stereo cameras and Time-of-Flight sensors, HALCON enables precise real-time object and gripper detect…

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