…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