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University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

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The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (German: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, also known as RPTU) is a public research university in Kaiserslautern and Landau in der Pfalz, Germany.

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The university was formed by the merger of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz and Landau on January 1, 2023.

There are numerous institutes around the university, including two Fraunhofer Institutes (IESE and ITWM), 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.[2]

RPTU is organized into 12 faculties.[3] Over 20,000 students are enrolled at the moment.[4] The RPTU 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.[5][6]

History

The RPTU was founded on January 1, 2023 [1] by the merger of TU Kaiserslautern and the university in Landau.

Organization

Administration building

Faculties

These are the 12 faculties in which the university is divided:[3]

Rankings

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In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2024, the university is placed at 601-800 globally and 46-48 within the country.[23]

Sports facilities

The university has a Sports Hall which includes facilities for badminton, gym, table tennis, etc. Running, hockey, basketball and football can be played in the accompanying sports grounds.[24] There are further sports facilities in the Landau campus.[25]

Associations and student initiatives

[26]

  • Leo-Club Kaiserslautern – a youth organisation of Lions Clubs International.
  • Karat Racing Team e.V. – Formula Student team.[27]
  • Bonding studentinitiative e.V.
  • AEGEE-Kaiserslautern[28] – 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[29]
  • 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.[30]
  • Muslimische Studierenden Gruppe Kaiserslautern – A non-profit group of University of Kaiserslautern Muslim students.

References

  1. [1]
    "History and present of RPTU".
  2. [2]
    "Institutes and Research Centres". www.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Faculties".
  4. [4]
    "About the RPTU".
  5. [5]
    Internetredaktion, Redaktion: BMBF LS5. "Software-Cluster – BMBF Spitzencluster". Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung – BMBF Spitzencluster (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    "Software-Cluster | Europas leistungsstärkstes Netzwerk von Unternehmen, Ausbildungs- und Forschungseinrichtungen im Bereich der Software-Entwicklung" (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Fachbereich Architektur an der RPTU". architektur.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  8. [8]
    "Department of Biology at RPTU". bio.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Department of Civil Engineering at RPTU". chbauingem.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  10. [10]
    "Department of Chemistry at RPTU". chem.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  11. [11]
    "Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RPTU". eit.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. [12]
    "Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaften an der RPTU". ezw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  13. [13]
    "Dept. of Computer Sci.: Computer Science in Kaiserslautern". cs.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  14. [14]
    "Fachbereich Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften RPTU". ksw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  15. [15]
    "Mechanical and Process Engineering – Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at RPTU". mv.rptu.de. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  16. [16]
    "Department of Mathematics at RPTU". math.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  17. [17]
    "Fachbereich Natur- und Umweltwissenschaften an der RPTU". nuw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  18. [18]
    "Department of Physics – Faculty of Physics at RPTU". physik.rptu.de. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  19. [19]
    "Fachbereich Psychologie an der RPTU". psy.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  20. [20]
    "Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning at RPTU". ru.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  21. [21]
    "Faculty of Social Sciences at RPTU". sowi.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  22. [22]
    "Startseite – TU Kaiserslautern". international.wiwi.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  23. [23]
    "World University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  24. [24]
    "University sports facilities".
  25. [25]
    "Sport Facilities LD - ZSGW Center for Sports, Health and Wellbeing at RPTU". zsgw.rptu.de. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  26. [26]
    "Student Initiatives".
  27. [27]
    "KaRaT – Kaiserslautern Racing Team e.V." Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  28. [28]
    AEGEE Kaiserslautern
  29. [29]
    "Home – TU Kaiserslautern". step.wiwi.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  30. [30]
    "EMECS-thon".

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