Adhesive bonds offer a high potential for glass connections in structural applications. The strength, rigidity, durability and other material parameters of selected adhesive systems and substrates need to be assessed by intensive testing to identify suitable adhesives. The test programs cover short, long-term and dynamic load scearios. Current research is also increasingly focused on hybrid products, where several tasks are combined in the same structural element. The combination of brittle glass and ductile materials expands the scope of potential applications beyond the initial limita-tions of glass. Glass-polycarbonate composite panels and glass-steel beams offer a distinctly improved post-breakage behaviour compared to standard products. Experi-mental research focuses mainly on the ageing behaviour, post-breakage performance and manufacturing technology. Further impulses arise from studies on specific applications of bonded glass, which are developed from a first idea to the final solu-tion in close collaboration with industrial partners. To demonstrate this, the experi-mental analysis for bonded frames of an all glass cabinet is presented.