Map of Europe Building science, technology and innovation policies Prof. Dr. sc. tech. Horst Hippler Rector of the University of Karlsruhe innovasia 2005 Conference & Exhibition 21 23 September 2005 Queen Sirikit National Convention Center
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History 1825 Founded as a polytechnical school, modeled after the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris 1885 Renamed Technical College 1902 The name Fridericiana was added in commemoration of its patron Grand Duke Friedrich von Baden 1967 Renamed Universität Karlsruhe (TH) Main hall of the Universität Karlsruhe (TH)
Outstanding Researchers at the University Heinrich Hertz Born: February 22, 1857 in Hamburg Died: January 1, 1894 in Bonn Professor of physics in Karlsruhe from 1885 to 1889. Discovered electromagnetic waves, providing the basis for radio transmission technology and modern information systems Fritz Haber Born: December 9, 1868 in Breslau/Wroclaw, now Poland Died: January 29, 1934 in Basel/Switzerland Professor at the Chemical-Technical Institute from 1898 to 1911. In 1909 he succeeded in synthesizing ammonia, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1918
Organizational Structure 11 Faculties Mathematics Physics Chemistry and Life Sciences Humanities and Social Science Architecture Civil Engineering-, Geo- and Environmental Sciences Mechanical Engineering Chemical and Process Engineering Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Computer Sciences Economics and Business Engineering Central / interdisciplinary / other institutions
Enrollment Statistics 2002 2003 2005 Students (total) 16,201 16,889 17,666 male 11,747 12,274 12,850 female 4,454 4,615 4,816 foreign students 3,265 3,408 3,701 new students and 3,620 3,955 4,225 first time enrolled Examinations graduating students (not counting education majors) 1,431 1,483 1,470 Doctoral examination 297 304 274 Postdoctoral lecturing 32 16 13 qualification examination
Internationalization About 4816 (27%) foreign students out of 17666 1st from Asia: 2nd from France: China, India, Indonesia, very few from Thailand, Vietnam, etc. special exchange programs 3rd from middle and eastern Europe: Hungary (Budapest), Bulgaria (Sofia), Rumania, Poland, Russia, etc. 4th from Africa and South America: Cameroon, Chile, and Brazil 5th from English speaking countries: US, Canada, Australia, Great Britain
Faculty Staff 2002 2003 2004 PERMANENT FACULTY STAFF professors 275 275 275 other faculty 821 817 811 library staff 71 71 69 administrative staff 370 366 363 technical staff 742 739 732 permanent faculty and staff (total) 2,280 2,269 2,250 TEMPORARY FACULTY AND STAFF faculty 1,078 1,193 1,025 staff 269 249 204 temporary faculty and staff (total) 1,347 1,442 1,229 OTHER research assistants 1,914 1,941 1,802 lecturers 236 231 256 trainees 138 138 154
Finances (in millions of Euro) 2002 2003 2004 Personnel expenses 124 123 125 Supply expenses 26 26 26 Investment expenses 6 6 5 Expenses financed by third parties 83 88 82 Total expenses 239 243 238 Building expenses 19 15 17
Building science, technology and innovation policies 3 Internationally Recognized Centers of Excellence in Research 1. DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) (7.5 million per year) 2. Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM) (2 million per year) 3. Center for Elementary Particle and Astro-Particle Physics (ETA) (5 million per year) Karlsruhe elementary particles physicists using the DELPHI detector at CERN in Geneva
Building science, technology and innovation policies 11 Collaborative Transdisciplinary Research Centers (1) Carbon from the gas-phase: elementary reactions, structures, materials (2) Design, production and quality assurance of molded micro parts constructed of metals and ceramics (3) Strong earthquakes: a challenge for Geosciences and Civil Engineering (4) High-performance sliding and friction systems based on advanced ceramics (5) Information technology in medicine: computer and sensor-aided surgery (6) Humanoid robots - learning and cooperating multimodal robots
Building science, technology and innovation policies 11 Collaborative Transdisciplinary Research Centers (7) Non-stationary combustion: transport phenomena, chemical reactions, technical systems (8) Computational particle physics (9) Integration of forming, cutting and joining for flexible manufacture of lightweight frame structures (10) Electric fatigue in functional materials (11) Rationalization concepts, behavior on decision and economical modeling
Building science, technology and innovation policies Basic Research is the driving force for new technologies excellent higher education in basic sciences e.g. mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, computer science, higher education to become a problem solver of the future ability to recognize new problems (analytical thinking) ability to solve new problems (methodic approach)
Building science, technology and innovation policies strong interaction between different disciplines engineering (e.g. mechanical, electrical, chemical, computer ) and Transdisciplinary Research is the origin of innovation basic sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, life sciences, )
Building science, technology and innovation policies transfer of technology (patents etc.) collaboration with industry (common research projects) state government and universities support outsourcing (new companies new jobs) industry supports new research fields industry foundations to install new professors
Building science, technology and innovation policies research universities integration of research and teaching professors have personal responsibility for their research project and for technology transfer research is driven by individual interest and personal concern research cannot be done on command and order
Building science, technology and innovation policies Challenge for the Society setting the framework for science, technology and innovation judicial framework fiscal framework financial framework
Art on campus Building science, technology and innovation policies Denker (Thinker) by Karl-Heinz Krause
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