Interdisciplinary Education and Research
The university allows a broad range of education with the possibility of cross studies and work. The studium generale (English: general studies) was established in 1949, allowing students to attend lectures not directly pertaining their study field.
The "Zentrum für Angewandte Kulturwissenschaft und Studium Generale" (English: Center for Applied Culture and General Studies) was founded in 1989 to support the students as a central institution for their interdisciplinary study. Nowadays it offers specialised qualifications in the fields of "Leadership and Entrepreneurship", "Media - Culture - Communication", "Internationalisation and intercultural decision-making and responsibility", "Diversity Management", "European Integration and Identity Studies", as well as the classical studium generale. A possibility for a concomitant study in applied culture science is given as well.
In 1979, the "Interfakultatives Institut für Anwendungen der Informatik" (English: Interfacultative institute for applications of informatics) was founded. It binds together research in the fields of physics, mathematics and engineering which are based on computer science. Its mathematical pendant is the "Institut für Wissenschaftliches Rechnen und Mathem. Modellbildung" (English: Institute for scientific calculations and mathematical modeling). Its aim is to enhance the exchange between mathematics and engineering in the fields of scientific calculations.
The "Interfakultatives Institut für Entrepreneurship" (English: Interfacultative institute for entrepreneurship) was established by SAP funding. Its teaching professors were entrepreneurs on their own. Before being shut down in 2010 the former professor was Götz Werner, founder of dm - Drogeriemarkt.
In 2001, the Center for Functional Nanostructures (CFN) was established. It merges the fields of material sciences, biology, chemistry, engineering, and physics which are related to nano technology. The CFN is one of the three Exzellenzzentren (English: Excellence Instituitions) of the University of Karlsruhe. A second interdisciplinary excellence institution is the Center for Disaster Management and Risk Reduction Technology (CEDIM).
The Karlsruhe School of Optics & Photonics (KSOP) was established in 2006 as a public funded project by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) within the scope of the Excellence Initiative by the German Federal and State Governments to promote Science and Research at German universities. KSOP is the first graduate school at the Universität Karlsruhe (TH) and covers the research areas Photonic Materials & Devices, Advanced Spectroscopy, Biomedical Photonics, Optical Systems and Solar Energy. It is supported by several Institutes and Professors of the university.
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