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University in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany
The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (German: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau, also known as RPTU) is a public research university in Kaiserslautern and Landau in der Pfalz, Germany.[3][4]
The university was formed by the merger of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz and Landau on 1 January 2023.
There are numerous institutes around the university, including two Fraunhofer Institutes (IESE [de] and ITWM), the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) and the Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis (IFOS), all of which cooperate closely with the university.[5]
RPTU is organized into 16 faculties.[6] About 17,000 students are enrolled at the moment.[7] RPTU is part of the Software-Cluster along with the Technische Universität Darmstadt, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Saarland University. The Software-Cluster won the German government's Spitzencluster competition, the equivalence to the German Universities Excellence Initiative for clusters.[8][9]
RPTU was founded on 1 January 2023 [1] by the merger of TU Kaiserslautern and the university in Landau. The newly founded university was led by a dual presidential leadership consisting of the former president of the TU Kaiserslautern, Arnd Poetzsch-Heffter, and the former vice-president of the Landau location, Gabriele Schaumann. Since 1 October 2024 Malte Drescher is president of the university.[10]
Administration building in KaiserslauternThese are the 16 faculties in which the university is divided:[6]
In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2024, the university is placed at 601-800 globally and 46-48 within the country.[27]
The university has a Sports Hall which includes facilities for badminton, gym, table tennis, etc. Running, hockey, basketball and football can be played in the accompanying sports grounds.[28] There are further sports facilities in the Landau campus.[29]
Associations and student initiatives[edit]More than 80 student groups and initiatives are registered at the university.[30]
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