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The Department of Mechanical Engineering is part of KIT's Area 3 "Mechanical and Electrical Engineering" together with the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, four Helmholtz programs, and eight institutes of the large-scale research area. The department consists of more than 20 institutes with about 1,000 employees, including about 40 professors, 460 scientific employees, and 200 employees in administration and technology. In addition, there are several hundred tutors and scientific assistants.
At the suggestion of the NwT students, the lecturers of our department Prof. Dr.-Ing. Sven Matthiesen and Dr.-Ing. Patric Grauberger from the Institute of Product Development (IPEK) as well as Prof. Dr. Claus Mattheck and Dr.-Ing. Iwiza Tesari from the Institute of Applied Materials - Mechanics of Materials and Interfaces (IAM-MMI) were honored by the NwT study commission at the NwT teaching degree annual celebration. The NwT teaching prizes are awarded for special commitment to teaching for the NwT course. The NwT students justified their choice above all with the high relevance of the courses for their later work as NwT teachers, the authentic insights into engineering processes and working methods and the dedicated teaching of the content, which enables them to gain valuable experience for their future professional practice.
At the Mechanical Engineering Day on July 19, 2024 in and around the Audimax of the KIT Campus South, institutes, their partners from industry and students who would like to find out about internships, bachelor's, master's and doctoral theses as well as career entry are invited. The keynote speech at this year's colloquium will be given by Dr. Katja Jöchen, Director Group Innovation Mobility Solutions at Volkswagen AG.
No registration is required for the fair and the lecture series. Graduates will receive their personalized registration link for the colloquium and the reception by e-mail. Guests please register with this link.
Update 23.07.2024: The group pictures of the Master's and Bachelor's graduates as well as impressions of the day can be found in our . Graduates will soon receive an email with a link to download the handshake pictures with the Dean.
20 students traveled to Metz and Paris on this year's Pentecost excursion. In Metz, they explored the old town and the KIT students were cooked dinner by students from ENSAM (École nationale supérieure d'Arts et Métiers). They gained many impressions of student life and made new contacts. The program also included a welcome from the director of ENSAM Metz, presentations by doctoral students and alumni as well as visits to workshops and laboratories. The group also attended VivaTech in Paris, the largest start-up trade fair in Europe.
In addition to the B.Sc. and M.Sc. at KIT, KIT students can also obtain the Diplôme d'Ingénieur or a Master National from the French elite university. Erasmus stays are possible in all study programs of KIT Mechanical Engineering. Double degree
The KIT Campus Day will take place on Saturday, June 8, 2024 from 10 am to 4 pm. Mechanical Engineering will present various hands-on experiments and exhibits in front of the Mechanical Engineering building (Building 10.91) on the Ehrenhof and will be available to answer any questions prospective students may have. Information lectures on the Mechanical Engineering, MatWerk and MIT degree programs will take place in the Carl Benz lecture hall in the immediate vicinity of the faculty stand. We look forward to your visit!
Program Mechanical Engineering
Update: Saturday 8.6.2024 You can already find the first impressions in our picture gallery
The Institute of Reciprocating Engines (IFKM) is once again offering a Whitsun excursion this year. This time it's off to MTU Friedrichshafen on Tuesday 21.05.24. In addition, the IFKM will visit Audi Formula Racing GmbH in Neuburg an der Donau with the students the following day on 22.05.2024. The participants can look forward to two days of exciting insights into top companies.
The number of participants is limited to 20 students.
To register, please send an email to exkursion@ifkm.kit.edu.
Further organizational information can be found here.
With the Südwestmetall sponsorship awards, the association honors outstanding young academics. The awards are announced annually at all nine state universities and presented at an academic ceremony. The faculties range from business administration and economics to engineering, business mathematics, information science and law. This year, Mr. Ali Riza Durmaz received the Südwestmetall Sponsorship Award at KIT for his dissertation entitled "Experimental and Data-driven workflows for Microstructure-based Damage Prediction". The faculty would like to congratulate Dr. Durmaz.
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