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The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is one of the largest and most prestigious research and education institutions in Germany, resulting from a merger of the university (Universität Karlsruhe (TH)) and the research center (Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe) of the city of Karlsruhe.
The university, also known as Fridericiana, was founded in 1825. In 2009, it merged with the former national nuclear research center founded in 1956 as the Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (KfK).
KIT is one of the leading universities in engineering and science in Europe, ranking 6th overall in terms of citation impact. In the 2011 performance ranking of scientific papers Karlsruhe ranked first in Germany and among the top ten universities in Europe in engineering and science.
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