Technical University of Kaiserslautern (German: ''Technische Universität Kaiserslautern'', also known as TU Kaiserslautern or TUK) was a

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Kaiserslautern Kaiserslautern (; ) is a town in southwest Germany, located in the state 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, 666 kilometers (414 m ...

, Germany. On January 1, 2023, the university was merged with the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau into the

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, or Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) in German. There are numerous institutes around the university, including two

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( and ), the

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(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. TU Kaiserslautern was organized into 12 faculties. Approximately 14,869 students are enrolled at the moment. The TU Kaiserslautern is part of the Software-Cluster along with the

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, the

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and

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. The Software-Cluster won the German government's ''Spitzencluster'' competition, the equivalence to the

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for clusters.

History

The University of Kaiserslautern was founded on 13 July 1970 by the state of

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...

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 The Trier University (), 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 camp ...

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

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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

Organization

Faculties

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

Biology Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms. It is a broad natural science that encompasses a wide range of fields and unifying principles that explain the structure, function, growth, History of life, origin, evolution, and ...

*Civil Engineering *

Chemistry Chemistry is the scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a physical science within the natural sciences that studies the chemical elements that make up matter and chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules a ...

Electrical and Computer Engineering Electrical engineering is an engineering discipline concerned with the study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems that use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism. It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the l ...

* Computer Science *Mechanical and Process Engineering *Mathematics *

Physics Physics is the scientific study of matter, its Elementary particle, fundamental constituents, its motion and behavior through space and time, and the related entities of energy and force. "Physical science is that department of knowledge whi ...

*Regional and Environmental Planning *

Social Sciences Social science (often rendered in the plural as the social sciences) is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of society, societies and the Social relation, relationships among members within those societies. The term was former ...

*Business Studies and Economics

Research fields

The integration of engineering and natural sciences is one of TU Kaiserslautern's main objectives. The state of

funds several research initiatives at the University of Kaiserlautern: * Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) * Complex Data Analysis in Life and Biotechnology (BioComp) *

State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS) The State Research Center for Optics and Material Sciences (OPTIMAS) is a research center associated with the University of Kaiserslautern within the framework of the research initiative of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate that pursues research ...

* Artificial Intelligence Enhanced Cognition and Learning * Mathematics applied to real-world challenges (MathApp) * Nanostructured Catalysts (NanoKat) * Symbolic Tools in Mathematics and their Application (SymbTools) * Center for Commercial Vehicle Technology (ZNT)

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.

Associations and student initiatives

* Leo-Club Kaiserslautern – a youth organisation of

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. * Karat Racing Team e.V. –

Formula Student Formula Student is a student engineering competition held annually. Student teams from around the world design, build, test, and race a small-scale formula style racing car. The cars are judged on a number of criteria. It is run by the Instit ...

team. * 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 * 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. * Muslimische Studierenden Gruppe Kaiserslautern – A non-profit group of University of Kaiserslautern Muslim students.

References

External links

Official websiteInternational School for Graduate Studies (ISGS)
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