…always at the fore! University of Kaiserslautern

2 Centrally located

3  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

4  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  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

5  Reputable research centers located directly on campus Locational advantages

6  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

7  Architecture  Biology  Chemistry  Civil Engineering  Computer Science  Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Departments

8  Mathematics  Mechanical and Process Engineering  Physics  Social Sciences  Urban and Environmental Planning  Economics and School of Management Departments

9  (CM)² – Centre for Mathematical and Computational Modelling  OPTIMAS – Centre for Optics and Material Sciences State Research Centers

10  Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) – Development and use of new materials  Ambient Systems (AmSys) – Technologies and Applications State Research Units

11  BioComp – Complex Data Analysis in Life Sciences and Biotechnology  Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat) - A more efficient use of raw materials State Research Units

12  HiPerCon – High Performance Composite Constructions  Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT) – Interdisciplinary research and technology transfer State Research Units

13  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

14  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

15  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)

16  GRK 1932 "Stochastic Models for Innovations in the Engineering Sciences" (since 2014)  Ph.D. program in Information Technology (since 2003) Research Training Groups

17  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

18  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

19  SPP 1538 "Spin Caloric Transport (SpinCaT)" (since 2011, cooperation)  SPP 1608 „Ultrafast and temporally precise information processing: normal and dysfunctional hearing“ DFG Priority Programmes

20  Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)  Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM) Fraunhofer - Institutes

21  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

22  Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research (IBWF)  Max-Planck-Institute for Software-Systems (MPI)  Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V Institutes

23  Foundation Office TU and FH  Centre for Distance Learning and Further Education (ZFUW)  Day nursery (KiTa) Service facilities

24  Student Union  Innovational Management GmbH (IMG)  KIT (Information and Technology Transfer Office) Service facilities

25  eTeaching Service Center (eTSC)  Nano Structuring Center (NSC)  Patent Information Centre (PIZ)  Technology Transfer  Uni-Shop (VKB e.V.) Service facilities