University of Kaiserslautern-Landau

University of Kaiserslautern-Landau
Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau
TypePublic
EstablishedJanuary 1, 2023[1]
PresidentMalte Drescher
Academic staff
Over 1,500[2]
Total staff
Over 2,600[2]
StudentsAbout 17,000[2]
Location
Kaiserslautern and Landau in der Pfalz
,
Rhineland-Palatinate
,
Germany
Websitehttps://rptu.de/

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.[3][4]

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 [de] 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.[5]

RPTU is organized into 16 faculties.[6] About 17,000 students are enrolled at the moment.[7] 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.[8][9]

History

RPTU was founded on January 1, 2023 [1] by the merger of TU Kaiserslautern and the university in Landau. The newly founded university was led by a dual presidential leadership consisting of the former president of the TU Kaiserslautern, Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter, and the former vice-president of the Landau location, Gabriele Schaumann. Since the 1st of October 2024 Malte Drescher is president of the university.[10]

Organization

Administration building

Faculties

These are the 16 faculties in which the university is divided:[6]

Rankings

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QS World[citation needed]
THE World 2024[27] 601-800 46-48
ARWU World[citation needed]
QS Europe[citation needed]
QS Employability[citation needed]
THE Employability[citation needed]

In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2024, the university is placed at 601-800 globally and 46-48 within the country.[27]

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.[28] There are further sports facilities in the Landau campus.[29]

Associations and student initiatives

More than 80 student groups and initiatives are registered at the university.[30]

  • Leo-Club Kaiserslautern – a youth organisation of Lions Clubs International.
  • Karat Racing Team e.V. – Formula Student team.[31]
  • Bonding studentinitiative e.V.
  • AEGEE-Kaiserslautern[32] – 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[33]
  • 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.[34]
  • Muslimische Studierenden Gruppe Kaiserslautern – A non-profit group of University of Kaiserslautern Muslim students.

References

  1. ^ a b "History and present of RPTU".
  2. ^ a b c "Data and facts about the RPTU".
  3. ^ Grundordnung der Rheinland-Pfälzischen Technischen Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau vom 27. Juni 2022 [Basic Regulations of the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau of 27 June 2022] (PDF) (in German). RPTU. 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  4. ^ Protokoll der integrierten Senatssitzung vom 13.11.2024 [Protocol of the integrated Senate meeting of 13 November 2024] (in German). RPTU. 2024.
  5. ^ "Institutes and Research Centres". www.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  6. ^ a b "Faculties at the RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau". RPTU. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  7. ^ "About the RPTU". RPTU. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  8. ^ 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)
  9. ^ "Software-Cluster | Europas leistungsstärkstes Netzwerk von Unternehmen, Ausbildungs- und Forschungseinrichtungen im Bereich der Software-Entwicklung" (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  10. ^ "History and Present of the RPTU". RPTU. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
  11. ^ "Fachbereich Architektur an der RPTU". architektur.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  12. ^ "Department of Biology at RPTU". bio.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  13. ^ "Department of Civil Engineering at RPTU". chbauingem.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Department of Chemistry at RPTU". chem.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  15. ^ "Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology at RPTU". eit.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Fachbereich Erziehungswissenschaften an der RPTU". ezw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  17. ^ "Dept. of Computer Sci.: Computer Science in Kaiserslautern". cs.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  18. ^ "Fachbereich Kultur- und Sozialwissenschaften RPTU". ksw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  19. ^ "Mechanical and Process Engineering – Department of Mechanical and Process Engineering at RPTU". mv.rptu.de. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Department of Mathematics at RPTU". math.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  21. ^ "Fachbereich Natur- und Umweltwissenschaften an der RPTU". nuw.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  22. ^ "Department of Physics – Faculty of Physics at RPTU". physik.rptu.de. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
  23. ^ "Fachbereich Psychologie an der RPTU". psy.rptu.de (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  24. ^ "Department of Spatial and Environmental Planning at RPTU". ru.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  25. ^ "Faculty of Social Sciences at RPTU". sowi.rptu.de. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
  26. ^ "Startseite – TU Kaiserslautern". international.wiwi.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  27. ^ a b "World University Rankings 2024". Times Higher Education World University Rankings. 27 September 2023. Retrieved 27 September 2023.
  28. ^ "University sports facilities".
  29. ^ "Sport Facilities LD - ZSGW Center for Sports, Health and Wellbeing at RPTU". zsgw.rptu.de. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
  30. ^ "Student Initiatives".
  31. ^ "KaRaT – Kaiserslautern Racing Team e.V." Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  32. ^ AEGEE Kaiserslautern
  33. ^ "Home – TU Kaiserslautern". step.wiwi.uni-kl.de. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  34. ^ "EMECS-thon".

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