The main activities of 4TU.High-Tech Materials are:
- Enhancing the visibility of the field of materials science and engineering (through this website, and by means of social media)
- Stimulating the materials science and engineering community to collaborate and develop innovative engineering solutions.
- Providing funding for joint materials science activities
- Participating in the joint Master Honours programme 4TU.Responsible Sustainability Challenge
- Organizing Joint Workshops, for example with M2i, LDE, 4TU.Energy and with the University of Groningen
- Exploring the collaboration with other 4TU.Centres
Earlier 4TU.HTM had its own research programme:
- 'New Horizons in Designer Materials' (2016-2019)