Press Release 046/2013

KIT Informatics Continues to Be Number One of HR Managers

Business and Electrical Engineering Are also Top in the 2013 WirtschaftsWoche Ranking

The informatics program of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is ranked top by the WirtschaftsWoche magazine, now for the fourth time in succession. KIT’s business and electrical engineering programs are ranked in second place. The rankings are based on interviews of HR managers of large and medium-sized German companies.

 

As in the past years, the best informatics graduates come from KIT. This year, the KIT informatics program is ranked in first position together with RWTH Aachen. The good results of KIT in the ranking are complemented by the third position of mechanical engineering and the fifth place of natural sciences.

 

For the university ranking, the Universum Communications consulting company interviewed 523 HR managers, with a particular focus lying on the practical relevance of education.

 

Further information on the ranking is provided at www.wiwo.de. The complete results are published by WirtschaftsWoche in its issue of Monday, April 08.

 

In close partnership with society, KIT develops solutions for urgent challenges – from climate change, energy transition and sustainable use of natural resources to artificial intelligence, sovereignty and an aging population. As The University in the Helmholtz Association, KIT unites scientific excellence from insight to application-driven research under one roof – and is thus in a unique position to drive this transformation. As a University of Excellence, KIT offers its more than 10,000 employees and 22,800 students outstanding opportunities to shape a sustainable and resilient future. KIT – Science for Impact.

le, 08.04.2013
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