Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
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Services
Student services
The International Student Office is the contact point at KIT for all international students and prospective students from abroad as well as for KIT students interested in going abroad.
Services for Current and Prospective International Students as well as Exchange Students:
- Advice and support for current and prospective international students from first contact to successful graduation
- Support for international exchange students (ERASMUS, DAAD, Baden-Württemberg-prgram) with their first steps in Karlsruhe
- Introduction
- Integration activities
- Individual assistance for graduates from German schools abroad
- Individual assistance concerning financial and personal problems etc.
- Financial aid
Housing services
The accommodation situation in Karlsruhe is quite tense, therefore we recommend you to apply for several housing options as soon as possible.
Library services
The KIT Library provides information resources and services to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences (HsKA) and the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Karlsruhe (DHBW-KA).
ICT services
The Software library is a collection of software descriptions coming along with download links. It contains software suites for full waveform inversion as well as tools required in the context of such applications. This covers waveform filters, data and model visualization and seismogram simulation.
Student Life
Campus life
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is distributed over several locations. While the campus north is situated in the administrative district of Karlsruhe near Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, the campus south is about 10 km away in the heart of the city of Karlsruhe. Moreover, there are further locations in the city of Karlsruhe, as well as in the city of Dresden, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Ulm. Before you plan to visit us, please make sure to get informed about how to reach the location you are looking for.
Sports facilities
The walk-in center for fitness, health and diagnostics at the Institute of Sports and Sports Science is really a health-oriented gym. The opportunities include individual strength and endurance training on state-of-the-art fitness equipment under expert guidance, an extensive range of courses, comprehensive in-depth diagnostics and use of the sauna and swimming pool.
Student clubs
Student Organizations
- General Student Committee (AStA)
- working groups
- AStA registered student university groups
- Student Council Architecture
- Fachschaft Bauingenieurwesen
- Department of Chemistry and Life Sciences
- Fachschaft Elektro- und Informationstechnik
- Student Council Humanities and Social Sciences
- Fachschaft Geodesy and Geoinformatics
- Fachschaft Geosciences
- Fachschaft Art History
- Fachschaft Maschinenbau / Chemical Engineering
- Fachschaft Mathematik / Informatik
- Student Council Physics
- Student Council Sports
- Student Council WiWi