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The award is aimed at outstanding scientists (senior scientists) and research managers from abroad who have distinguished themselves through their work in areas relevant to Helmholtz.

For the KIT International Days, a video competition for students, alumni, and members of KIT, who studied abroad for a while or came to KIT for studies, has started.

The KIT Alumniclub in Argentina and INTL will jointly organize a seminar on “Industrial sustainability, circular economy & de-centralized energy supply in Argentina”.

Der europäische Hochschulverbund EPICUR erhält von der Europäischen Kommission in den kommenden drei Jahren eine Förderung in Höhe von fünf Millionen Euro.

From June 27 to 29, 2019, the CuLTURE China Milestone Meeting will take place at KIT with a rich cultural program.

The Eucor programme QUSTEC offers 39 early stage researcher (ESR) positions and outstanding training opportunities in a highly international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral setting.

Universities in the Upper Rhine region present milestones in their cooperation and establish trans-boundary professorships.

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Ob mit dem Rennrad, dem Mountainbike oder dem Trekkingrad: Vom 19. bis 23. Juni 2019 geht es auf der 22. Tour Eucor wieder in die Eucor-Universitätsstädte Karlsruhe, Straßburg, Mulhouse, Basel und Freiburg.

The PhD School “Affordable Energy Transition: technological solutions and socio-economic constraints” will take place at Shanghai Jiaotong University (SJTU) and Zhejiang University (ZJU) in Hangzhou between 12 and 25 August 2019.

Five students of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte were warmly welcomed at the official reception within the MINTernship Program at KIT on May 24th, 2019.

„Was ich an Europa mag …“ das hielten Besucherinnen und Besucher des Verfassungsfests am Stand des KIT fest.

Die Veranstaltungsreihe im Juni 2019, eine studentische Initiative von Miriam Rateike, befasst sich mit zukunfts-gerichtetem Gedenken und gesellschaftlicher Diskussion.

On May 21 and 22, 2019, the KIT LINK network took part in the first BMBF International Forum "The Future of Work" for livable working worlds of the future in Berlin.

On May 10, the Chinese Minister-Counsellor of the Department of Science and Technology, Mr. Yin Jun, and his first secretary, Prof. Li Guoqiang, visited KIT.

At a joint stand, KIT and its university and industry partners presented transnational cooperation projects in education and innovation.

The workshop from June 3-5 aims to gather junior group leaders in the fields of chemistry, physics, and astronomy and their academic administrative leaders. Free places left, apply now!

On May 16, the next Humboldt Regional Group Karlsruhe-Pforzheim e.V. lecture "Natural Sciences and Engineering meet Economics" is given by Professor Dr. Dirk Wentzel and Dr. Erik Bründermann.

The VIII Global Energy Prize Summit held at the 10th of April at KIT was a huge success. It was organized by the Global Energy Association together with KIT International Affairs and the KIT Energy Center.

Andreas Schlüter, a KIT PhD candidate at the Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research - Tropospheric Research (IMK-TRO), is the only Schmidt Science Fellow from Germany.

Many disciplines at KIT cover global topics. To better communicate scientific work to such a broad public, KIT issues more and more publications in English.

From 10 to 12 May in Basel, the Eucor Festival offers students from the Upper Rhine region the opportunity for trinational ex-change. The program ranges from a bar tour and a brunch together to a party with live bands.

The German Rectors' Conference and the German Student Union are calling for students to participate in the European elections.

The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science's (JSPS) programs provide overseas researchers with an opportunity to collaborate with researchers in Japan.

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KIT is mourning the death of artist Tomi Ungerer. The great European from Alsace has been an honorary doctor of the KIT Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2004.

Globetrotter and scientist Alexander von Humboldt was born 250 years ago. To mark the anniversary, numerous ceremonies, conferences, lectures, projects and other activities will be taking place.

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120 cyclists, 5 days, 5 cities and 3 countries. Whether amateur or amateur athlete, whether young or old, whether student, scientific staff or alumni, the Tour Eucor offers you this challenge.

Until April 1, 2019, German young scientists who are planning a four- to six-month research project at a US university beginning after November 1, 2019, may apply.

The programme enables the Helmholtz centres to integrate up to 50 postdocs in projects that they are implementing or intend to establish with partner institutions in China.

La transferencia de conoci-mientos y la investigación aplicada deberían ayudar a desarrollar soluciones para los retos concretos de la industria chilena. El KIT Chile Cluster está dedicado a esta tarea.

With its strategic partners in China, KIT is building up an intercultural competence network.

The Philipp Schwartz Initiative of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation grants fellowships for threatened foreign researchers for a period of up to 24 months. The 5th call is now open.

In mid-December, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security visited KIT. The topic was the Helmholtz OCPC program.

Conference on Renewable Energies Focused on Exchange with KIT Alumni.

Since July, Professor Chen Jie is the President of Tongji University. His first visit abroad now led him to KIT.

Under the motto "I3: Inter-nationalization, Innovation and Inclusion in Scientific Work", the 7th Annual Meeting of the Red INVECA Network took place at KIT in mid-October.

On October 25, the universities in the European Cluster Network met for their biannual meeting. Topics included Entrepreneurship in Studies and Digitalization.

Am 29. November empfing das KIT die Generalkonsulin Frank-reichs in Baden-Württemberg, Frau Veber in Begleitung der Direktorin der Stiftung Centre Culturel Franco-Allemand Karlsruhe, Frau Rigler.

KIT and Universidad Nacional de San Martin in Buenos Aires have inaugurated the Helm-holtz International Research School for Astroparticle Physics and Enabling Technologies (HIRSAP).

On September 18, 2018, the event Enterprising for a Better Globe "Silicon Valley Insights - Trends and Developments ranging from Artificial Intelligence to Health" took place in Santa Clara.

Start your Career: The KIT and TechnologyRegion event informed students, doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers from abroad.

Science networks KIT is taking part in demand to stress excellence and cooperation in the coming Framework Programme for Research & Innovation.

The French-German Institute for Industry of the Future of KIT and Arts et Métiers will be exhibiting at Salon Industries du Futur from 20 to 21 November 2018 at the Parc Expo Mulhouse.

The future of science and technology was discussed by around 50 universities in the European science network CESAER at their annual meeting in October in Bucharest.

A position paper argues that universities are crucial players in regional innovation ecosystems and play an open and collaborative leadership role that goes beyond the more passive “Third Mission”.

Vortrag am 13. Dezember 2018 von Dr. Cora Francisca Jungbluth, Senior Expert im Programm Megatrends der Bertelsmann Stiftung, Gütersloh.

Information and networking were the focus of the 14th Humboldt Day in early October, to which the International Scholars and Welcome Office (IScO) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (AvH) had invited.

The 2018 KIT-Department of Architecture yearbook questions why we build? How we build? And who it is we are building for? Each project offers a unique answer to these questions. 

Zum Auftakt der Traumfabrik #16 „CHINA im Kino: Interkulturelle Annäherungen, zwischen Tradition und Globalisierung" zeigen am Dienstag, 16. Oktober 2018 um 18 Uhr das KIT-Projekt CuLTURE China gemeinsam mit dem ZAK den Film „Hero“ und laden zur Diskussion und Networking ein.

On September 25, 2018, KIT and the Jiangsu Industrial Technology Research Institute (JITRI) signed a joint project management agreement in Stuttgart.

KIT employee Robert Schmitt will be singing with his choir Fetz Domino at the Inter-national Gospel Church Day in Karlsruhe from the 21st to the 23rd of September. Eoin Schnell talked to him.

On September 11, 2018, the 3rd KIT Innovation Day took place at KIT China Branch in Suzhou Industrial Park. The topic of this year's event was "Automation, Mobility Systems, Robotics".

In her talk, Dr. Margot Schüller analyzed the opportunities and challenges for cooperation between China and Germany associated with this reorientation of the economic model.

The prize, endowed with € 1,000 per university, will be awarded to foreign students for special academic achievements and outstanding social commitment.

In early July, international Bachelor and Master students organized an excursion to Heidelberg as part of the seminar "Welcome to Karlsruhe" of the International Students Office (IStO).

In the middle of July, a twelve-member KIT delegation visited the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. The aim was to explore further potential for future collaboration in various fields.

A six-member delegation from INSA Lyon visited KIT in mid-July to explore and discuss the develop-ment of joint teaching and research activities between both universities in the future.

With an innovatice concept, KIT has won the final of the competition "MINTernational innovativ". It gets 100,000 euros to bring more internationality into the STEM subjects.

Who? Where? What? The new "Pre-Arrival Guide" of the International Students Office (IStO) offers international students many useful infor-mation in compact form before starting their studies at KIT.

In the current "U-Multirank", an evaluation funded by the EU Commission, KIT ranks second in the category "Internationalization: International Academic Staff", right after TU Munich.

Four doctoral students from the University at Charlotte begin their research internship at KIT. The International Students Office (IStO) presented information about research opportunities at KIT.

At a Work Shadowing Seminar in mid-May, international guests from Sweden and the Netherlands learned about the approaches KIT is using to help refugees integrate into campus life.

The representatives of the Helmholtz Centers responsible for international cooperation met for an exchange at KIT. Among the discussed topics were for example joint activities.

At the end of May, KIT presented cooperation agreements with French and German institutions at Viva Technology in Paris on the topic "Industry of the future".

At the beginning of May, the three-person group from the University of Leeds visited KIT and met with Vice President Hirth. The focus was on the future cooperation between the two universities.

In the middle of April, the welcome event for international students at KIT took place - providing lots of important information about studying and living in Karlsruhe in lectures and booths.

At the Rectors' Conference of the HeKKSaGOn university network in Osaka, the partner universities formulated a "Joint Statement". It describes a common strategy for future cooperation.

At the end of March, a university fair took place at the German School "Max Uhle" in Arequipa, Peru. Regional science alumna Dora Guillén told the students about studying at KIT.

In 2017, Michael Grätzel was awarded the Global Energy Prize for the development of cost-effective and efficient so-lar cells. The professor at the École Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne gave a talk at KIT.

The EUCOR Pitch Event for French and German students took place in mid-February. Prior to the event the organ-izers talked about the quest for internationalization and the en-trepreneurial spirit of students.

KIT is member of Cluster, EUA and CESAER. In a joint statement, these associations and other networks discussed the European Commission's proposal for the funding programme Horizon Europe. 

In mid-March 2018, Lilla Mérabet, Vice President for Competitiveness, Digital and Sector of Excellence of the Grand Est Region, visited KIT. Representatives of the region and EDF accompanied her.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang invited international represent-atives of science and industry working in China to a talk. Among them was Prof. Jürgen Fleischer from the wbk - Insti-tute for Production Technology.

A Helmholtz research group, the Fraunhofer Society and the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong have signed a memoran-dum of understanding on cooperation in the field of life sciences.

The State of Baden-Württem-berg plans to develop the university network Eucor - The European Campus into a Euro-pean university. Hans-Jochen Schiewer, President of Eucor, explains what that means.

The Consul General of the Netherlands, Peter Vermeij, visited KIT at the end of February. The focus lay on the strengths of both countries and topics such as Urban Mobility and Smart City.

On February 19, guests from Queensland University of Technology visited KIT. Prof. Bronwyn Harch and Shelagh Whittleston spoke with Prof. Kraft about the cooperation between the two universities.

At the end of February, a twelve-member delegation from Brazil visited KIT. The focus of the visit was on "Vocational Education 4.0" - the influence of Industry 4.0 on vocational training.

The Tour Eucor will take place from 4 to 9 June 2018. Students, employees and alumni of the five universities are heading towards the Eucor cities in Germany, France and Switzerland.

On February 7, 2018, 6 pm, economist Afaf Rahim will talk about refugees’ labour market integration barriers and the question of the causal relation-ship between economic and social integration.

With funding from the Eucor joint project, KIT can set up a new cross-border degree program in collaboration with the German, French and Swiss partner universities on the Upper Rhine.

January 31st, representatives of the Communauté Université Grenoble Alpes visited KIT. Successful student exchanges and joint degree programs have been existing for more than 20 years.