In January 2005 the “Institute for Software Systems in Technical Applications (FORWISS Passau)” was founded at the University of Passau.

FORWISS acts as an interface between university and insdustry.

From October 1988 until 2001 FORWISS was an institute of the three universities Munich TU, FAU Er­la­ng­en, and UP Pas­sau with decreasing funding over the years. Six research groups with different interests were established.

The research group at Passau continued its research projects and industry cooperations during the years 2002-2004 without funding of the government.