Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)

• Location: Karlsruhe, Germany,
• Programs: around 100 bachelor's and master's degree programs,
• Status: University of Excellence.

KIT is a permanent member of the top ten best German universities. The main feature of the educational institution is the stability in occupying high positions in terms of the prestige level of education. The Technological Institute in Karlsruhe is rightly proud of the departments with the highest rating among incoming young people. The most applicants are applying for specialized courses. Especially popular is:

• The study of engineering.
• The development of a complex of natural and social sciences.
• Getting a manager's diploma.
• Preparation of highly qualified chemists and physicists.

The quality of education is determined by the position in the first two hundred of the world teaching rankings. International employers highly value graduates with a diploma of this university. On the German labor market, finding a job for such a specialist is also quite simple.

KIT's doctoral programs offer an interdisciplinary research environment, structured training, and academic supervision. The programs support career development, academic independence, international collaboration, early professional networking, and interdisciplinary work.

KIT's graduate schools cover broad, usually interdisciplinary research fields and include around 50–100 doctoral researchers. Research training groups focus on narrower topics and include around 10–25 doctoral researchers. KIT's doctoral collaborations include double doctoral degree programs, joint doctoral training with universities of applied sciences, and industry doctoral programs.

• Researchers at KIT and the University of Tsukuba developed the first heat-driven elastocaloric cooling system to use waste heat and solar energy,
• COOLWEAVE, led by Jingyuan Xu, and DATAARK, led by Maryia Rusak, each received a European Research Council Starting Grant worth 1.5 million euros over five years,
• KIT Future Fields funded 119 high-risk innovative projects, while KIT Centers – Matching Funds supported another 31 projects.

• The art collection at KIT's former research center has been developed since the late 1960s and promotes interaction between science and art,
• compared with 2019, the share of women among professors rose from 14% to more than 19%,
• over the same period, the number of junior professorships tripled.

• KIT University Sports offers recreational and competitive programs to students, employees, and members of partner organizations,
• the Walk-In fitness center offers health-focused strength, fitness, and endurance training to students and employees,
• KIT Sport-Club 2010 offers health-focused activities.

• The HEiKA strategic partnership brings KIT and Heidelberg University together in research, teaching, support for early-career researchers, and innovation,
• through POLiS, KIT collaborates with the University of Ulm, the University of Giessen, and the Center for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg,
• through Eucor, KIT established three joint professorships with the Universities of Strasbourg and Haute-Alsace in quantum computing, water and sustainability, and digital process engineering for sustainable materials and energy.

Campus South Library is open 24 hours a day with automated book checkout and returns and a collection security system. The KIT library system offers around 1,600 individual and group workspaces.

KIT facilities include:

• Karlsruhe Decision & Design Lab, with two separate laboratory areas, 40 soundproof, climate-controlled booths, accessible experiment booths, and two rooms for group experiments,
• a 2,500 m² experimental hall in the hydraulic engineering laboratory, with permanently installed research flumes, an on-site workshop, and a soil physics laboratory,
• the 70-meter-long KATRIN experiment,
• an archive with collections of photographs, plans, historical objects, and written records.

An interdisciplinary panel reviews applications and research ideas for YIG Prep Pro. Shortlisted applicants then present their projects online. Smapse specialists will guide you through every stage of enrollment.

In order to be enrolled in the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology it is necessary to provide documents from the previous educational institution about the results of examinations and academic performance. After this, the exam takes place. Due to the specifics of the higher educational institution, the contest varies between 3 people per seat. Each academic year here traditionally consists of two equivalent semesters.

The cost of acquiring knowledge is quite low for Europe - 3 199 cu. for one academic year. With such a small payment in the university there are scholarship programs covering part of the student expenses.

The official site of the educational institution will provide detailed information on the procedure for admission, scholarships and methods of payment for various destinations.

YIG Prep Pro is intended for international researchers who received their doctoral degree no more than three years ago and have substantial international research experience.

• The YIG Prep Pro Funded Fellowship runs for two years and covers salary, initial equipment, and consumable materials,
• the YIG Prep Pro Remote Fellowship is intended for researchers who hold funded positions abroad and covers travel costs for up to two guest visits to KIT per program year.

• Guardianship services during the studies
• Student supervision