Technical University of Kaiserslautern
{{Short description|German research university}}
{{distinguish|University of Kaiserslautern-Landau}}
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| name = Technical University of Kaiserslautern
| native_name = Technische Universität Kaiserslautern
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| established = 1970{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/ueber-die-tuk/geschichte-der-universitaet//|title=History}}
| closed = January 1, 2023
| type = Public research university
| chancellor = Stefan Lorenz{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/en/about-us/organisation/university-leadership//|title=University Leadership}}
| president = Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter
| academic_staff = 2,418{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/ueber-die-tuk/organisation/zahlen-und-fakten//|title=Facts and Figures}}
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| city = Kaiserslautern
| state = Rhineland-Palatinate
| country = Germany
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| website = {{URL|1=https://www.uni-kl.de/en/home/|2=www.uni-kl.de}}
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Technical University of Kaiserslautern (German: Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, also known as TU Kaiserslautern or TUK) was a public research university in Kaiserslautern, Germany.
On January 1, 2023, the university was merged with the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau into the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, or Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) in German.
There are numerous institutes around the university, including two Fraunhofer Institutes ({{ill|Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE|lt=IESE|de|Fraunhofer-Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering IESE}} and {{ill|Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM|lt=ITWM|de|Fraunhofer-Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik}}), the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI SWS), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) and the Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis (IFOS), all of which cooperate closely with the university.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/en/about-us/organisation/institutes-and-research-centres/|title=Institutes and Research Centres|website=www.uni-kl.de|language=en-EN|access-date=8 October 2019}}
TU Kaiserslautern was organized into 12 faculties.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/en/faculties//|title=Faculties}} Approximately 14,869 students are enrolled at the moment.{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/ueber-die-tuk/organisation/zahlen-und-fakten//|title=TU Kaiserslautern}} The TU Kaiserslautern is part of the Software-Cluster along with the Technische Universität Darmstadt, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Saarland University. The Software-Cluster won the German government's Spitzencluster competition, the equivalence to the German Universities Excellence Initiative for clusters.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spitzencluster.de/de/software-cluster-1713.html|title=Software-Cluster – BMBF Spitzencluster|last=Internetredaktion|first=Redaktion: BMBF LS5|website=Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF Spitzencluster|language=de|access-date=8 October 2019}}{{Cite web|url=http://software-cluster.org/|title=Software-Cluster {{!}} Europas leistungsstärkstes Netzwerk von Unternehmen, Ausbildungs- und Forschungseinrichtungen im Bereich der Software-Entwicklung|language=de-DE|access-date=8 October 2019}}
History
The University of Kaiserslautern was founded on 13 July 1970 by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate as a constituent member of the twin University of Trier-Kaiserslautern. 191 students matriculated in the winter semester 1970/1971 in the Faculties of Mathematics, Physics and Technology. In 1972 the Faculties of Chemistry and Biology were founded. At the same time the Faculty of Technology was split into the Faculties of Mechanical Engineering and Electrotechnology, Architecture/Regional and Environmental Planning/Educational Sciences.
In 1975 the twin university was split into two independent universities: University of Trier and the University of Kaiserslautern. The 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.
On January 1, 2023, the university was merged with the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau to form the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau.
Organization
=Faculties=
These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided:
- Architecture{{Cite web |title=Fachbereich Architektur |url=https://www.architektur.uni-kl.de/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU |language=de-DE}}
- Biology{{Cite web |title=Fachbereich Biologie |url=https://bio.rptu.de/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU |language=de}}
- Civil Engineering{{Cite web |title=Department of Civil Engineering |url=https://bauing.rptu.de/en/startseite |access-date=22 December 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Chemistry{{Cite web |title=Fachbereich Chemie |url=https://chem.rptu.de/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU |language=de}}
- Electrical and Computer Engineering{{Cite web |title=Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |url=https://eit.rptu.de/en/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Computer Science{{Cite web |title=Department of Computer Science at RPTU in Kaiserslauten |url=https://www.cs.rptu.de/en/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Mechanical and Process Engineering{{Cite web |title=Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering |url=https://www.mv.uni-kl.de/en/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Mathematics{{Cite web |title=Department of Mathematics |url=https://www.mathematik.uni-kl.de/en/home/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Physics{{Cite web |title=Department of Physics |url=https://physik.rptu.de/en/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Regional and Environmental Planning{{Cite web |title=Fachbereich Raum- und Umweltplanung |url=https://ru.rptu.de/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU |language=de}}
- Social Sciences{{Cite web |title=Fachbereich Sozialwissenschaften |url=https://sowi.rptu.de/home/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU |language=de}}
- Business Studies and Economics{{Cite web |title=International Office of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics |url=https://wiwi.rptu.de/international/startseite/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
=Research fields=
The integration of engineering and natural sciences is one of TU Kaiserslautern's main objectives. The state of Rhineland-Palatinate funds several research initiatives at the University of Kaiserlautern:
- Advanced Materials Engineering (AME){{Cite web |title=Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) |url=https://rptu.de/en/ame/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Complex Data Analysis in Life and Biotechnology (BioComp){{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/en/research/research-initiative-rlp/biocomp/|title=BioComp}}
- State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS)
- Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Cognition and Learning{{Cite web |title=AI Enhanced Cognition and Learning |url=https://rptu.de/forschung/forschungsinitiative-rlp/ai-enhanced-cognition-and-learning/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Mathematics applied to real-world challenges (MathApp){{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/forschung/forschungsinitiative-rlp/mathapp/|title=MathApp}}
- Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat){{Cite web|url=https://www.mv.uni-kl.de/biovt/nanokat/startseite.html|title=Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat)}}
- Symbolic Tools in Mathematics and their Application (SymbTools){{Cite web |title=SymbTools – Symbolic Tools in Mathematics and their Application |url=https://rptu.de/forschung/forschungsinitiative-rlp/symbtools/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT){{Cite web |title=Zentrum für Nutzfahrzeugtechnologie |url=https://rptu.de/znt/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.unisport.uni-kl.de/en/ueber-uns/sport-facilities/|title=University sports facilities}}
Associations and student initiatives
{{Cite web|url=https://www.uni-kl.de/hochschulgruppen/|title=Student Initiatives}}
- Leo-Club Kaiserslautern – a youth organisation of Lions Clubs International.
- Karat Racing Team e.V. – Formula Student team.{{Cite web |title=KaRaT – Kaiserslautern Racing Team e.V. |url=https://www.karat-racing.de/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=KaRaT |language=en-US}}
- Bonding studentinitiative e.V.
- AEGEE-Kaiserslautern – local group of the European Students' Forum, fostering intercultural exchange and cross-border communication and striving for European integration.
- STEP e.V. – a non-profit organization to support foreign exchange of the Faculty of Business Studies and Economics{{Cite web |title=STEP e.V. - STudent Exchange Program |url=https://step.wiwi.uni-kl.de/en/home/ |access-date=10 February 2023 |website=RPTU}}
- EMECS-thon – an embedded systems marathon open to all students from EMECS consortial universities and partner universities, where the participating teams have 48 hours to develop an embedded systems project from scratch. The event is carried out simultaneously in the universities of the EMECS consortium, as well as in several partner universities each year.{{Cite web|url=https://emecs.eit.uni-kl.de/events/emecs-thon|title=EMECS-thon}}
- Muslimische Studierenden Gruppe Kaiserslautern – A non-profit group of University of Kaiserslautern Muslim students.
References
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External links
- [https://www.uni-kl.de/en/home/ Official website]
- [https://www.uni-kl.de/isgs International School for Graduate Studies (ISGS)]
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