1. University of Kaiserslautern
…always ahead!

2. Centrally located

3. History
1970: Founding of the twin Universities of Trier and Kaiserslautern
the only technology and science oriented University in Rhineland-Palatinate
second largest distance learning University in Germany

4. Location advantages
attractive range of disciplines with numerous study options
excellent quality of research and study
one of the six winners in the German-wide competition “Exzellenz der Lehre (“Excellence in Teaching”)
the University of Kaiserslautern as well as the institutes IESE, ITWM, DKFI and ITA are two-time winners in the BMBF’s (German Federal Ministry of Education and Research) Top Cluster Contest

5. Location advantages
Reputable research centers located on campus

6. Location advantages manageable size of the University
excellent student-teacher ratio
practical experience through internships and periods abroad
future-oriented courses of study
wide range of leisure and sporting facilities, variety of cultural options
reasonable costs of living

7. Data, figures and facts 12 departments offering 100 study programs
about 14,500 students
about 2,070 employees (including the professors and research assistants)
area: 36 ha (about 94 acres)

8. Departments Architecture Biology Business Studies and Economics
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science

9. Departments Electrical and Computer Engineering Mathematics
Mechanical and Process Engineering
Physics
Spatial and Environmental Planning
Social Sciences

10. State Research Centers
(CM)² – Center for Mathematical and Computational Modelling
development, application and improvement of
mathematical models in the engineering sciences and
in further applications
OPTIMAS – Center for Optics and Material Sciences
dedicated to combine optics and material sciences under
the research themes of spin-light-matter

11. State Research Units
Advanced Materials Engineering (AME) – Development and use of new materials
Ambient Systems (AmSys) – studies and develops ambient applications for the area of medicine as well as for productive and leisure time activities

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

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

14. Priority research Fields - High Potential
Cognitive Science
Coordination of Value Co-Creation Service Networks (CoVaCo)
Region and City
Wood-Engineering – Center for Wood Architecture and materials for timber contructions

15. DFG Collaborative Research Centers
CRC/TRR 88 3MET – Cooperative effects in homo- and heterometallic complexes (since 2011)
CRC/TRR 173 Spin+X – Spin its collective environment (since 2016)

16. DFG Collaborative Research Centers
CRC/TRR 175 The Green Hub – Central coordinator of acclimation in plants (since 2016)
CRC/TRR 185 OSCAR – Open System Control of Atomic and Photonic Matter (since 2016)
CRC 926 MICOS – Component Surfaces: Microscale Morphology of component Surfaces (since 2011)

17. DFG-Research Training Groups
GRK 1932 "Stochastic Models for Innovations in the Engineering Sciences" (since 2014)

18. DFG-International Research Training Groups
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)

19. DFG Priority Programmes
SPP 1486 “Particles in Contact – Micromechanics, Microprocess Dynamics and Particle Collectives”
(since 2010)
SPP 1489 "Algorithmic and Experimental Methods in Algebra, Geometry and Number Theory" (since 2010)
SPP 1538 "Spin Caloric Transport (SpinCaT)" (since 2011, cooperation)

20. DFG Priority Programmes
SPP 1608 „Ultrafast and temporally precise information processing: normal and dysfunctional hearing“
(since 2012)
SPP 1740 “Reactive Bubbly Flows” (since 2014 cooperation)

21. Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.
The University of Kaiserslautern, the University of Applied Sciences Kaiserslautern, eleven renowned research institutes and research-oriented institutions, six companies as well as numerous supporting members have joined forces to form the Science Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V.

22. Fraunhofer - Institutes
Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE)
Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics (ITWM)
Fraunhofer Institute for
Physical Measurement
Techniques – Department
Materials Characterisation
and Testing (IPM)

23. Institutes Max-Planck-Institute for Software-Systems (MPI)
German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)
Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis (IFOS)
Institute for Composite Materials (IVW)

24. Institutes Research Institute for Technology and Work (ITA)
Institute for Biotechnology and Drug Research (IBWF)

25. Service facilities Foundation Office TU and FH
Center for Distance Learning and Further Education (ZFUW)
Day nursery (KiTa)

26. Service facilities Studierendenwerk Innovations Management GmbH (IMG)
Information and Technology Transfer Office (KIT)

27. Service facilities eTeaching Service Center (eTSC)
Nano Structuring Center (NSC)
Patent Information Center (PIZ)
Information and Technology Transfer Office
Uni-Shop (VKB e.V.)