KIT Departments

The KIT departments contribute to advancing the respective scientific disciplines. On this basis, they organize teaching and academic affairs, offer study courses and post-graduate courses, conduct doctoral and postdoctoral studies, award the corresponding academic degrees, and handle the teaching-related and academic affairs of appointment and quality assurance procedures in the respective KIT division.

Modern white residential building with sharp, angular balconies against a clear blue sky.Markus Breig, KIT

Architecture

Scientist in a white lab coat examining green plants in a greenhouse.Riccardo Prevete, KIT

Civil Engineering, Geo- and Environmental Sciences

Automated laboratory pipetting system dispensing liquids into a microtiter plate.Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

Chemistry and Biosciences

Close-up of gloved hands using a brush to clean small 3D-printed parts on a build plate.Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

Chemical and Process Engineering

Close-up of an electric motor stator with copper windings and laminated steel core.Markus Breig, KIT

Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

A hand pulling a book by Gregor Maurach from a shelf of red Plautus comedies.Sophie Weiermann, KIT

Humanities and Social Sciences

A modern data center with rows of server racks and colorful cabling.Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

Informatics

Close-up of a precision-engineered metal part with a honeycomb structure in a technical setting.Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

Mechanical Engineering

Max Bill Sculpture (large, abstract white stone sculpture with organic curves) in the Mathematics building at Campus South.Amadeus Bramsiepe, KIT

Mathematics

Development of high-temperature composite materials: Scientist in lab gear observing a glowing sample inside a vacuum chamber.Chiara Bellamoli, KIT

Physics

Modern library or archive with rows of bookshelves.Sophie Weiermann, KIT

Business and Economics