University of Karlsruhe
A mainly technical University in the town of Karlsruhe (Germany).
Founded in 1825, full name: Universität Karlsruhe (TH) or Fridericiana
Fields of study: Architecture, Chemistry, Chemical engineering, Biology, Computer Science, Civil engineering, Economics, Electrical engineering, Geology, Mathematics, Mechanical engineering, Physics, Social sciences
Numbers (2002): Students: 15.686, Staff: 3955, Professors: 271 [More Facts & Figures (PDF)]
Famous Discoveries
- Ferdinand Redtenbacher (1809-1863), founder of mechanical engineering in Germany .
- Karl Benz (1844-1929), the inventor of the automobile, studied here and received an honorary Ph.D. in 1914.
- Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) developed the cathode ray tube in 1897 which is widely used in today's televisions. In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for it.
- Otto Lehmann (1855-1922).
- Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) discovered electromagnetic waves in 1887 which are the basis of radio. The SI unit of frequency, hertz is named after him.
- Fritz Haber (1868-1934) developed the high-pressure synthesis of ammonia in 1909 and won a Nobel Prize.
- Wolfgang Gaede (1878-1945) founded vacuum technology.
- Wilhelm Nusselt (1882-1957) co-founded technical thermodynamics.
Current and former faculty staff
- Prof. Dr. Horst Hippler (current rector)
- [Faculty of Computer Science]
- Prof. Abeck, Sebastian
- Prof. Beth, Thomas
- Prof. Calmet, Jacques
- Prof. Deussen, Peter
- Prof. Dillmann, Rüdiger
- Prof. Görke, Winfried
- Prof. Goos, Gerhard
- Prof. Hanebeck, Uwe D.
- Prof. Krüger, Gerhard
- Prof. Lockemann, Peter
- Prof. Nagel, Hans-Hellmut
- Prof. Prautzsch, Hartmut
- Prof. Schmid, Detlef
- Prof. Schmitt, Alfred
- Prof. Schmitt, Peter H.
- Prof. Waibel, Alexander
- Prof. Zitterbart, Martina
