…always at the fore!

University of Kaiserslautern

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Centrally located

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1970: Foundation of the twin Universities of Trier and Kaiserslautern

1st September, 2003: Renaming to Kaiserslautern University of Technology

The only technology and science oriented University in Rhineland-Palatinate

Germany’s second largest University for distance learning

History

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Attractive variety of courses of studies and disciplines

Excellent quality of research and study

Together with the institutes IESE, ITWM, DKFI and ITA double winners of the world-class research clusters by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research

Locational advantages

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1 of the 6 winners in the “Excellence in Higher Education” competition

Reputable research centers located directly on campus

Locational advantages

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12 departments with more than 100 study programs

ca. 14,200 students

2,070 employees (incl. Profs and research assistants)

Land area: 36 ha (ca. 94 acres)

Data, figures, facts

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Architecture

Biology

Chemistry

Civil Engineering

Computer Science

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Departments

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Mathematics

Mechanical and Process Engineering

Physics

Social Sciences

Urban and Environmental Planning

Economics and School of Management

Departments

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(CM)² – Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling

OPTIMAS – Centre for Optics and Material Sciences

State Research Centers

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Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) – Development and use of new materials

Ambient Systems (AmSys) – Technologies and Applications

State Research Units

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BioComp – Complex Data Analysis in Life Sciences and Biotechnology

Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat) - A more efficient use of raw materials

State Research Units

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HiPerCon – High Performance Composite Constructions

Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT) – Interdisciplinary research and technology transfer

State Research Units

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Cognitive Science

Coordination of Value Co-Creation Service Networks (CoVaCo)

Wood-Engineering – Center for Wood Architecture and Wood constructational materials

Region and City

Priority research Fields With High Potential

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SFB/TRR 49 "Condensed Matter Systems with Variable Many-Body Interactions" (seit 2007)

SFB/TRR 88 "Kooperative Effekte in homo- und heterometallischen Komplexen (3MET)" (seit 2011)

SFB 926 "Bauteiloberflächen: Morphologie auf der Mikroskala" (seit 2011)

Collaborative Research Centres

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FOR 967 "Functions and mechanisms of ribosomal tunnel exit ligands" (since 2008)

FOR 1061 "Dynamic storage functions of plant vacuoles" (since 2008)

FOR 1464 "Advanced spintronic materials and transport phenomena" (since 2010)

International Research Units (DFG/JST)

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GRK 1932 "Stochastic Models for Innovations in the Engineering Sciences" (since 2014)

Ph.D. program in Information Technology (since 2003)

Research Training Groups

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IRTG 1830 (int. Research Training Group) "Complex Membrane Proteins in Cellular Development and Disease" (since 2012)

IRTG 2057 „Physical Modeling for Virtual Manufacturing Systems and Processes“ (since 2014)

International Research Training Groups

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SPP 1337 "Aktive Mikrooptik” (since 2008, cooperation)

SPP 1391 "Ultrafast Nanooptics" (since 2009)

SPP 1489 "Algorithmic and Experimental Methods in Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory" (since 2010)

DFG Priority Programmes

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SPP 1538 "Spin Caloric Transport (SpinCaT)" (since 2011, cooperation)

SPP 1608 „Ultrafast and temporally precise information processing: normal and dysfunctional hearing“

DFG Priority Programmes

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Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental SoftwareEngineering (IESE)

Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics(ITWM)

Fraunhofer - Institutes

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German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)

Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis (IFOS)

Institute for Composite Materials (IVW)

Research Institute for Technology and Work (ITA)

Institutes

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Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research(IBWF)

Max-Planck-Institute for Software-Systems (MPI)

Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V

Institutes

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Foundation Office TU and FH Centre for Distance Learning and

Further Education (ZFUW) Day nursery (KiTa) eTeaching Service Center (eTSC) Nano Structuring Center (NSC)

Service facilities

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Student Union Innovational Management GmbH

(IMG) KIT (Information and Technology

Transfer Office) Patent Information Centre (PIZ) Technology Transfer Uni-Shop (VKB e.V.)

Service facilities