The University of Kaiserslautern (German Technische Universität Kaiserslautern) is a university in Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern

Kaiserslautern is a city in southwest Germany, located in the Bundesland of Rhineland-Palatinate at the edge of the Palatinate forest . The historic centre dates to the 9th century. It is from Paris, from Frankfurt am Main, and from Luxembourg.Kaiserslautern is home to 99,469 people...

, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized into 12 faculties.

History

The University of Kaiserslautern was founded on 13 July 1970. Earlier it was part of the twin University Trier/Kaiserslautern. In the winter semester 1970/1971 student and scientific activities started with the matriculation of 191 new students the faculties in Mathematics, Physics and Technology. In 1972 the set-up of the faculties Chemistry and Biology gave a boost to the extension of a scientifically specialized structure. At the same time the faculty of Technology was split into the faculties Mechanical Engineering and Electrotechnology, Architecture/Regional and Environmental Planning/Educational Sciences.

The university became independent after the separation from its partner University of Trier

University of Trier

The University of Trier , in the German city of Trier, was founded in 1473. Closed in 1798 by order of the then French administration in Trier, the university was re-established in 1970 after a hiatus of some 172 years. The new university campus is located on top of the Tarforst heights, an urban...

 in 1975. The following faculties, which were established successively, continuously strengthened the university’s scientific character: Electrotechnology (1975), later Electrical and Computer Engineering (1999), Computer Science (1975), Engineering (1975), later Mechanical and Process Engineering (1995), Architecture/Regional and Environmental Planning/Civil Engineering (1978–1979) and Social and Economic Studies (1985). The official name of the University is Technische Universität Kaiserslautern according to the new law on Higher Education of the Land Rhineland Palatinate which came into force on 1 September 2003.

There are currently 12,510 students registered at the university (2010).

Organization

Faculties

These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided:

• Architecture
• Biology
• Civil Engineering
• Chemistry
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Computer Sciences
• Mechanical and Process Engineering
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Regional and Environmental Planning
• Social Sciences
• Business Studies and Economics

Research fields

Main fields of research in the university are:

• Active substances for the future
• Ambient intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence
• Innovative lightweight construction
• Materials for micro and nanosystems (MINAS)
• Mathematics and implementation
• Optical technologies and laser-induced processes
• Mobile Radio Communication

Research institutes and centres

There are many research institutes and centres associated with the university:

• Centre for Nanostructure Technology and Molecular Biological Technology (Centre für Nanostrukturtechnologie und molekularbiologische Technologie) (NBC) http://www2.dfki.de/web/
• German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
  German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence
  Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz , lit. German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence, is one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes in the field of innovative software technology based on Artificial Intelligence methods.DFKI was founded in 1988...
  
   (Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH) (DFKI)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (Fraunhofer Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering) (IESE) http://www.iese.fraunhofer.de/
• Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement (Fraunhofer Institut für Physikalische Messtechnik) (IPM)
• Fraunhofer Institute for Technical and Industrial Mathematics (Fraunhofer Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik) (ITWM) http://www.itwm.fraunhofer.de/en/zentral/index/
• Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research (Institut für Biotechnologie und Wirkstoffforschung e.V.) (IBWF)
• Centre for the Analysis of Materials and Surfaces (Institut für Oberflächen- und Schichtanalytik GmbH an der TU Kaiserslautern) (IFOS)
• Research Institute for Technology and Work (Institut für Technologie und Arbeit e.V.) (ITA)
• Institute for Composite Materials (Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH) (IVW)
• State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences
  State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS)
  The State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences connects two areas of research for which the University of Kaiserslautern has a national and international reputation, founded upon relevant contributions to the development of laser physics, photonics and plasmonics...
  
   (Landesforschungszentrum Optik und Materialwissenschaften) (OPTIMAS)

Location and contact

• Students' Service Centre:

Contact point for students and applicants of the University of Kaiserslautern

Hotline: 0049-(0)631-205-5252

From Monday to Friday 9.00 a.m. - 4.00 p.m.

E-mail: service@uni-kl.de

• Postal Address

TU Kaiserslautern

Postfach 3049

67653 Kaiserslautern

Tel: 0049-(0)631-205-0

Fax: 0049-(0)631-205-3200

E-mail: info@uni-kl.de

• Delivery Address

TU Kaiserslautern

Gottlieb-Daimler-Strasse

67663 Kaiserslautern

Degree programmes

The university offers the following English-language degree programs:

• Master Mathematics International
• Technomathematics
• Mathematics
• Economathematics
• Master Computer Sciences
• Master Applied Computer Sciences
• Master Electrical & Computer Engineering
• Master BioSciences
• Master Water Technology and Sustainable Development (in preparation)
• Master Commercial Vehicles Technology
• Erasmus Mundus Programs
• European Master of Industrial Mathematics
• European Master on Software Engineering
• Embedded Computing Systems

Graduate Schools

• Mathematics as a Key Technology
• Commercial Vehicle Technology
• Klaus Tschira Graduate School on the Architecture of Highly Reliable Software Systems
• Strongly Correlated Quantum Systems (MATCOR)
• Condensed Matter Systems with Variable Many-Body Interactions

Doctoral Research Training Groups taught in English

• Mathematics and Practice
• Engineering Materials at Multiple Scales
• Molecular, physiological and pharmacological analysis of cellular membrane transport
• Nonlinear Optics and Ultrafast Physics
• Visualization of Large and Unstructured Data Sets
• Engineering Materials and Processes
• Dependable Adaptive Systems and Mathematical Modeling (DASMOD)

Well-known Professors

• Rolf Arnold
• Hans Corsten
• Wolfgang Demtröder
• Horst W. Hamacher
• Hans Hasse
• Theo Härder
• Reiner Hartenstein
• Michael von Hauff
• Dieter-Heinz Hellmann
• Burkard Hillebrands
  Burkard Hillebrands
  Burkard Hillebrands, Prof. Dr. is a German professor of physics and since 2006 the Vice President for Research and Technology at the University of Kaiserslautern. Furthermore he is the leader of the magnetism research group at the Department of Physics.- Academic career :Burkard Hillebrands was...
  
  
• Reinhold Hölscher
• Klaus Landfried
• Peter Liggesmeyer
• Heiner Müller-Merbach
• Manfred Regitz
• Dieter Rombach
• Eberhard Schock
• Albert Speer, Jr.
• Heinrich Wolfgang von Weizsäcker
• Martin Grothaus

Sports facilities

The university has a Sports Hall in building 28 which includes facilities for badminton, gym, table tennis, etc. Running, hockey, basketball and football can be played in the accompanying sports grounds.

Website: http://www.uni-kl.de/wcms/hssp.html (German)

Associations

• Referat für Ausländer des AStA der TU Kaiserslautern - student government and service bureau for international students
• AEGEE-Kaiserslautern - local group of the European Students' Forum
  Association des Etats Généraux des Etudiants de l'Europe
  AEGEE, or Association des États Généraux des Étudiants de l'Europe, known as European Students' Forum in English, is one of Europe's largest cross-faculty student organisations....
  
  , fostering intercultural exchange and cross-border communication and striving for European integration
• AG-Auslandskontakte - international exchange programs of the University of Kaiserslautern
• STEP e.V. - a non-profit organization to support foreign exchange of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics

Eating places

• Main Cafeteria (Mensa)

Location: University building Nr 30 (first floor)

Opening Times: Main Menu I and II: Monday to Friday: 11:30 till 13:45

Freeflow-Buffet: Monday to Thursday: 11:15 till 14:00

Weekly Menu: http://www.studierendenwerk-kaiserslautern.de/index.php/Mensa_aktuelle_Woche/562/0/ (German)

• Cafeteria Atrium

Location: University building Nr. 30 (ground floor)

Daily Menu: http://www.studierendenwerk-kaiserslautern.de/index.php/Cafeteria_Atrium/443/0/ (German)

Dinner menu: http://www.studierendenwerk-kaiserslautern.de/index.php/Abendmensa/417/0/ (German)

Opening Times: Dinner: Monday to Thursday: 17:30 till 18:30 (only during lectures period)

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 till 18:30 and Friday: 8:00 till 14:30 (during lectures period)

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 till 16:00 and Friday: 8:00 till 14:30 (during lecture-free period

• Bistro 36

Location: University building 36

Opening Times: Monday to Thursday: 8:30 till 14:30 and Friday: 8:30 till 13:30 (open only during lectures period)

• Pavillon 1

Location: University building 1

Opening Times: Monday to Friday: 9:00 till 14:00 (open only during lectures period)

• Pavillon 52

Location: University building 52

Opening Time: Monday to Friday: 9:00 till 13:30 (open only during lectures period)

• Fraunhofer Cafeteria

Location: Fraunhofer, Trippstadter str.

Menu: http://www.iese.fraunhofer.de/lunch/print/speisen.php

External links

• University of Kaiserslautern Website
• Graduate Education & Research