University of Karlsruhe
| Universität Karlsruhe (TH) | |
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| Type | Public |
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| Established | October 7, 1825 |
| Rector | Horst Hippler |
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276 |
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Administrative staff
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3,642 |
| Students | 18,245 |
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Universität Karlsruhe (TH) Kaiserstraße 12 76131 Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany 49°00′34″N 8°24′42″E / 49.00944°N 8.41167°ECoordinates: 49°00′34″N 8°24′42″E / 49.00944°N 8.41167°E |
| Website | www.uni-karlsruhe.de |
The University of Karlsruhe, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825. It recently merged with Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe to form the new institution, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
It is located in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany, and is one of the most prestigious technical universities in Germany - it is recognized as one of the leading research universities.
The University of Karlsruhe was founded as Polytechnische Schule, a polytechnical school, on October 7, 1825. It was modeled upon the École polytechnique in Paris. In 1865, Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (German: Friedrich) raised the school to the status of a Hochschule, a high educational institute. Since 1902 the university also has been known as the Fridericiana in his honour.
In 1885 the institution was renamed a Technische Hochschule, Institute of Technology, and in 1967 it became Universität, a full university, and the right to give regular doctorate degrees. Nevertheless in 1899 all technical universities, therefore including the University of Karlsruhe, were granted the right to award doctorate degrees for engineering identified as Dr. Ing..
The University of Karlsruhe has been one of the leading German institutions in computer science. A central computer laboratory was founded in 1966. The department of informatics was established three years later along with the possibilty to study informatics in a regular course. On 2 August 1984 the university received the first email in Germany.
On April 6, 2006 a contract for the foundation of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) was signed by Professor Horst Hippler and Dr. Dieter Ertmann from the University of Karlsruhe, and Professor Manfred Popp and Assistant Jur. Sigurd Lettow from Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe. The name was selected to emulate the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the leading technical university in the United States.
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