Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is granted the “Deutscher Hochschulbaupreis 2016” (2016 German University Construction Award) for the refurbished Mathematics Building on Campus South. The Award in the amount of EUR 15,000 will be handed over by Federal Minister for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, Dr. Barbara Hendricks, to the President of KIT, Dr. Holger Hanselka, during the 8th Gala of German Science on April 04, 2016 in Berlin in the presence of 300 guests.
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