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The '''Universität Karlsruhe (TH)''' is a mainly technical university in the city of [[Karlsruhe]], [[Germany]] and is a leading research university. In the natural sciences there is no university nationwide getting more money from the [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft]] than the Universität Karlsruhe<ref>[http://www.presse.uni-karlsruhe.de/pm_1293.html ''Exzellent in Naturwissenschaften.'' 03.07.2003]</ref>. In the engineering sciences the university is in the TOP 3 after [[RWTH Aachen]] and [[University of Stuttgart]].
 
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[[Category:UniversitiesDefunct universities and colleges in Germany|Karlsruhe, University of]]
==History==
The University of Karlsruhe was founded as a ''Polytechnische Schule'' (polytechnical school) on [[October 7]], [[1825]] having as an example the [[École polytechnique]] in Paris. As such it is the first Technical University or Technische Hochschule (TH) in Germany. In [[1865]] [[Grand Duke]] [[Rulers of Baden|Frederick I of Baden]] (German: ''Friedrich'') raised the school to the status of ''[[Hochschule]]'' (roughly "college"), and the university has also been known since [[1902]] as the ''Fridericiana'' in his honour. In [[1885]] the institution was renamed a ''[[Technische Hochschule]]'' (Institute of Technology), and in [[1967]] it became a university.
 
On [[April 6]], [[2006]] the contract for the foundation of the [[Karlsruhe Institute of Technology]] (KIT) was signed by Prof. [[Horst Hippler]] and Dr. Dieter Ertmann from the [[University of Karlsruhe]] and Prof. Manfred Popp and Ass.jur. Sigurd Lettow from [[Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe]]. The name was given after the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT), the leading US technical [[university]].
 
==Admission and Education==
The '''Universität Karlsruhe (TH)''' is not selective in its admission procedures. However, the actual selection process takes place in the [[Grundstudium]] (study period leading to a [[Diplom|Vordiplom]]).
Education at '''Universität Karlsruhe (TH)''' tends to be theoretically oriented with a high amount of mathematics involved throughout the courses.
 
==Faculties==
The university has 11 faculties:
 
#[[Mathematics]]
#[[Physics]]
#[[Chemistry]] and [[Biology]]
#[[Humanities]] and [[Social sciences]]
#[[Architecture]]
#[[Civil engineering]] and [[Geology]]
#[[Mechanical engineering]]
#[[Chemical engineering|Chemical and process engineering]]
#[[Electrical engineering]]
#[[Computer Science]]
#[[Economics]]
 
Many departments cooperate, some are shared with the [[Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe]].
 
==Famous people and discoveries==
* [[Ferdinand Redtenbacher]] (1809-1863), founder of [[mechanical engineering]] in Germany .
* [[Carl Benz]] (1844-1929), the inventor of the [[automobile]], studied here and received an honorary Ph.D. in 1914.
* [[Karl Ferdinand Braun]] (1850-1918) developed the [[cathode ray tube]] in 1897 which is widely used in today's [[television]]s. In 1909 he received the [[Nobel Prize]] for it.
* [[Otto Lehmann]] (1855-1922), the "father" of [[liquid crystal]] research.
* [[Heinrich Rudolf Hertz]] (1857-1894) discovered [[electromagnetism|electromagnetic waves]] in 1887 which are the basis of [[radio]]. The [[SI]] unit of [[frequency]], [[hertz]] is named after him.
* [[Fritz Haber]] (1868-1934) developed the high-pressure synthesis of [[ammonia]] in 1909 and won a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in [[1918]].
* [[Wolfgang Gaede]] (1878-1945) founded [[vacuum]] technology.
* [[Wilhelm Nusselt]] (1882-1957) co-founded technical [[thermodynamics]].
* [[Hermann Staudinger]] (1881-1965) won a [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] in [[1953]], for his discoveries in the field of [[macromolecule|macromolecular]] chemistry.
* [[Edward Teller]] (1908-2003) known as the father of the hydrogen bomb
 
=== Famous students ===
 
{| class="wikitable"
! Department
! Names
|-
| [[Architecture]]
| [[Oswald Mathias Ungers]], [[Albert Speer]]
|-
| [[Civil Engineering]] und [[Geology]]
| [[Robert Gerwig]], [[Dieter Ludwig]]
|-
| [[Mechanical Engineering]]
| [[Carl Benz]], [[Emil von Škoda]] ([[Škoda]]), [[Bernhard Howaldt]], [[Franz Reuleaux]], [[August Thyssen]], [[Roland Mack]]
|-
| [[Mathematics]]
| [[Fritz Noether]]
|-
| [[Physics]]
| [[Johann Jakob Balmer]], [[Fritz-Rudolf Güntsch]], [[Edward Teller]], [[Klaus Tschira]], [[Bernd Schmidbauer]]
|-
| [[Electrical Engineering]], [[Informational Technology]]
| [[Rolf Wideröe]], [[Dieter Zetsche]], [[Hasso Plattner]], [[Dietmar Hopp]]
|-
| [[Business Engineering]]
| [[Michael Rogowski]]
|}
 
==Presidents==
* 1968 - 1983 Professor Dr. Dr.-Ing. h. c. Heinz Draheim
* 1983 - 1994 Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Heinz Kunle
* 1994 - 2002 Professor Dr. [[Sigmar Wittig]]
* 2002 - current Professor Dr. sc. tech. [[Horst Hippler]]<ref>[http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/info/en/rektorat.php ''Office of the President of Universität Fridericiana'']</ref>
 
== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://www.uni-karlsruhe.edu/index_en.php University Homepage]
**[http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/info/en/503.php Facts & Figures]
**[http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/download/dfz0504.pdf Further Facts & Figures (PDF, 2004, German)]
 
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