A special donation by the Klaus Tschira Foundation to Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is to strengthen the latter for future research and education tasks: On Campus South of KIT, east of Adenauerring, the Klaus Tschira Foundation plans to construct a six-story building for KIT. Upon completion, the Foundation will donate this building to the State of Baden-Württemberg for use by KIT. The donation also includes the refurbishment of a neighboring listed institute building. In total, an area of 8500 m² will be made available to KIT.
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The Klaus Tschira Foundation (KTS) supports natural sciences, mathematics, and computer science and wishes to contribute to the appreciation of these subjects. It was established in 1995 by the physicist and SAP co-founder Klaus Tschira (1940 – 2015) with private funds. Its three funding areas are education, research, and science communication. The Foundation’s work in Germany starts in the kindergarten and continues at schools, universities, and research institutions. The Foundation pushes new forms of conveying natural sciences. More information can be found at: www.klaus-tschira-stiftung.de (in German only).
Being “The Research University in the Helmholtz Association”, KIT creates and imparts knowledge for the society and the environment. It is the objective to make significant contributions to the global challenges in the fields of energy, mobility, and information. For this, about 10,000 employees cooperate in a broad range of disciplines in natural sciences, engineering sciences, economics, and the humanities and social sciences. KIT prepares its 22,800 students for responsible tasks in society, industry, and science by offering research-based study programs. Innovation efforts at KIT build a bridge between important scientific findings and their application for the benefit of society, economic prosperity, and the preservation of our natural basis of life. KIT is one of the German universities of excellence.