Spotlight December: Looking back and ahead
A year of anniversary highlights!
In 2025, KIT celebrated 200 years of scientific achievement and pioneering spirit. Whether through knowledge-sharing and hands-on activities, parties, exhibitions, concerts, a light show, the big open house, or the third KIT Science Week: throughout the year, visitors experienced KIT as an open, multifaceted, and exciting place. Take a look at our photo review!
Spotlight November: Sharing Knowledge
Learn where others marvel!
From the lecture hall to the thrill of research: KIT is a place where knowledge is not only taught and learned, but also experienced. Whether soaring high in a glider, deep underground at CERN, or right in the middle of a laboratory, students and trainees explore innovative learning formats and exciting perspectives. Hands-on science – this is how learning and practice come together at KIT!
Spotlight October: City of the Future
Building for the Future with AI and Nature
Professor Moritz Dörstelmann from KIT and founder of Fiber GmbH explains how AI and digital manufacturing techniques can be used to make natural materials recyclable—paving the way for high-quality, sustainable housing of the future.
Spotlight September: Collaboration in Science
CERN, ESA und ITER: Science without borders
Major breakthroughs can only be achieved through international collaborations. Whether it's building the Future Circular Collider at CERN, investigating the atmosphere with ESA, or researching fusion energy with ITER, KIT supports major international projects.
Spotlight August: Science and Ethics
ARRTI: Because Science Doesn’t Happen in a Vacuum
The KIT Academy for Responsible Research, Teaching, and Innovation (ARRTI) focuses on the responsibility science holds toward society and the environment across research, education, and innovation. Its primary goal: to provide support in times of major challenges and growing uncertainty — enabling responsible action.
Spotlight July: Working At KIT
An Unusually Exciting Place To Work
KIT is the largest employer in Karlsruhe and the surrounding area. The variety of tasks is therefore as exciting as it is overwhelming. Check for yourself!
Spotlight June: KIT Meets Science Year
Future Energy for the Mobility Transition
Gasoline and diesel are made from petroleum and contribute significantly to environmental pollution. Tim Böltken wants to change that. He co-founded the company Ineratec with the goal of producing synthetic fuels using green electricity and CO₂.
Spotlight May: Science for Everyone!
Sunshine and Science for All – with KIT’s Real-World Laboratory
In the project “Your Balcony Power Plant” at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, citizens are working hand in hand with researchers to explore the use of solar panels in Karlsruhe. Together, they’re actively shaping both scientific research and the energy transition.
Spotligh April: Changing the World – From the Past to the Present for the Future
Inclusion in Focus: Overcoming Barriers Through Technology
The world’s first electric hand prosthesis, developed in 1946, marked not only a breakthrough in assistive technology but also the beginning of atmospheric research and the founding of the KIT Campus Alpin. To this day, inclusion remains a key element of research at KIT.
Spotlight March: Spin-offs and Transfer
Research, Transfer, Society: KIT Makes An Impact!
For 200 years, KIT and its predecessor institutions have been shaping society. Nanoscribe, Ineratec, and wbk show how.