2025 Annual Report Documents KIT’s Anniversary Year

KIT’s new annual report provides insights into research, teaching, and technology transfer and presents key developments and current key figures for 2025.
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The 2025 Annual Report documents the past anniversary year of KIT.

The 2025 Annual Report of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) has been published. The report summarizes the key developments of the anniversary year and provides information on activities in research, teaching, and technology transfer. As in previous years, and for reasons of sustainability, it is no longer published in large print runs and is instead available for download from the KIT website. With its concise text section, the report offers a quick overview of the year’s most important topics.

Focus on Research, the Anniversary, and Key Figures

Key areas of focus in the 2025 Annual Report are quantum technologies as well as energy and environmental topics. Other subjects include advances in materials research and fundamental research. 

KIT’s 200th anniversary occupies a prominent place in the annual report. It also covers the promotion of early-career researchers, internationalization, and the future-oriented topics of sustainability and digitalization. In addition, the report documents numerous awards received by KIT employees in 2025. Contributions on everyday work and student life complement the report and provide insights into life at KIT. 

A detailed section containing key figures rounds out the annual report.

jh, August 14, 2026