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University of Kaiserslautern …always at the fore!. Centrally located. History. 1970: Foundation of the twin Universities of Trier and Kaiserslautern 1st September, 2003: Renaming to Kaiserslautern University of Technology
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History • 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
Locational advantages • Attractive variety of courses of studies and disciplines • Excellent quality of research and study • 1 of the 6 winners in the “Excellence in Higher Education” competition • Reputable research centres located directly on campus • 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 • Wide variety of sporting, cultural, and leisure activities • Modern and manageable universitycampus • Excellent student-professor ratio • Practice-oriented education • Foreign study programmes • Future-oriented courses of study • Favourable costs of living
Data, figures, facts • 12 departments with more than 100 study programs • ca. 14,200 students • ca. 2,000 employees • 178 Professors and Juniorprofessors • 943 Scientific staff • 631 Administration and technical staff • 124 Trainees • Land area: 36 ha (ca. 94 acres)
Departments • Architecture • Biology • Chemistry • Civil Engineering • Computer Science • Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Departments • Mathematics • Mechanical and Process Engineering • Physics • Social Sciences • Urban and Environmental Planning • Economics and School of Management
State Research Centers • (CM)² – Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling • OPTIMAS – Centre for Optics and Material Sciences
State Research Units • Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) – Development and use of new materials • Ambient Systems (AmSys) – Technologies and Applications • BioComp – Complex Data Analysis in Life Sciences and Biotechnology
State Research Units • Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat) - A more efficient use of raw materials • HiPerCon – High Performance Composite Constructions • Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT) – Interdisciplinary research and technology transfer
Priority research Fields With High Potential • Cognitive Science • Coordination of Value Co-Creation Service Networks (CoVaCo) • Wood-Engineering – Center for Wood Architecture and Wood constructational materials • Region and City
Collaborative Research Centres • SFB/TRR 49 "Condensed matter systems with variable many-body interactions" (since 2007) • SFB/TRR 88 "Cooperative effects in homo- and heterometallic complexes (3MET)" (since 2011) • SFB 926 "Component surfaces: Morphology on a micro scale" (since 2011)
International Research Units (DFG/JST) • 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)
Research Training Groups • IRTG 1131 (int. Research Training Group) "Visualization of large and unstructured data volumes" (since 2005) • 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)
Research Training Groups • GRK 1932 "Stochastic Models for Innovations in the Engineering Sciences" (since 2014) • Ph.D. program in Information Technology (since 2003)
DFG Priority Programmes • 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) • SPP 1538 "Spin Caloric Transport (SpinCaT)" (since 2011, cooperation) • SPP 1608 „Ultrafast and temporally precise information processing: normal and dysfunctional hearing“
Fraunhofer - Institutes • Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE) • Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM)
Institutes • 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 • Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research (IBWF) • Max-Planck-Institute for Software-Systems (MPI) • Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V
Service facilities • eTeaching Service Center (eTSC) • Nano Structuring Center (NSC) • Foundation Office TU and FH • Centre for Distance Learning and Further Education (ZFUW) • Day nursery (KiTa)
Service facilities • Patent Information Centre (PIZ) • Student Union • Technology Transfer • Uni-Shop (VBK e.V.) • Innovational Management GmbH (IMG) • KIT (Information and Technology Transfer Office)