Bridge day on 15.05.2026
The Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Dean's Office will be closed on 15.05.2026 due to the bridge day.
Thank you for your understanding.
Welcome
Climate change, medical progress, modern communication systems: For the challenges of the 21st century, we need experts in electrical engineering and information technology. For many years, the KIT department Electrical Engineering and Information Technology has held a top position in the German university landscape for the education of engineers in electrical engineering and information technology.
The Bachelor's program offers a broad basic education. The master's program builds on the knowledge acquired in the bachelor's program and deepens it in one of numerous specializations.
This breadth of the bachelor's education in combination with the specialization in the master's program provides the best possible qualification for attractive and future-oriented professional fields:
Renewable energies, electromobility, information and communication technology, automation and systems engineering, micro- and nanoelectronics, photonics and quantum technology, medical technology.
The unique connection between university and the large-scale research center at KIT allows students insights into current large-scale research projects.
In addition, the department offers attractive opportunities for doctoral studies for graduates interested in research following the master's program.
Research for greater security and resilience of democracy. Against the background of a globally changing security situation, KIT aims to strengthen Germany's and Europe's security and sovereignty through research and innovation. A position paper now published by the Executive Board formulates KIT's willingness to make scientific contributions to strengthening internal and external security and thus to the resilience of democracy. It also underlines the need for a critically reflective and ethically sound approach. "The changing geopolitical situation has a significant impact on our security," says Professor Jan S. Hesthaven, President of KIT. "We stand for fundamental values such as democracy and freedom, including academic freedom. At the same time, we have our obligations to society. That is why we are determined to strengthen security through our work and to contribute to the common good as a public research institution."
KIT Innovators Homecoming is the alumni event of the KIT startup community - a platform for innovation, exchange and growth. Inspiring keynotes, exciting panel discussions, an exhibition of innovative startups as well as numerous networking opportunities and an aftershow provide the framework for making valuable contacts and sharing experiences. Professors are important allies here.
With the Department Teaching Awards, the Executive Board recognizes courses that stand out in particular for their research- and application-oriented teaching modules, as well as new forms of teaching and learning, interdisciplinarity, or the high relevance of the subject matter taught. This year, the introductory course “Information Technology and Automation Technology” in the second semester of the bachelor’s programs in Medical Technology, Electrical and Information Technology, and Mechatronics—taught by Prof. Mike Barth, Marwin Madsen, Marcel Auer, and Jakob Pfefferle—received the Department Teaching Award in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology. The Deprtment Teaching Award in Mechanical Engineering went to Prof. Sven Matthiesen, Oliver Liewerenz, and Christoph Wittig from the Institute for Product Development (IPEK) and Prof. Sören Hohmann and Armin Teltschik from the Institute for Control and Regulation Systems (IRS) for the course “Mechatronic Systems and Products.”
Researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have developed a novel component that uses advanced manufacturing technology to enable very fast, economical and reliable data transmission. The electro-optical modulator transmits data efficiently through fiber optic cables and can be produced cost-effectively in large quantities on standard semiconductor boards. This is important because data centers and fiber optic networks are reaching their performance limits due to AI applications and increasing data traffic. Results in Nature Communications.(DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-69769-3)
Sanda Wolf was the first woman to gain a doctorate at the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, formerly the Department of Electrical Engineering, around 50 years ago with her dissertation entitled "Thermal noise and frequency dependence of high-impedance resistors". She was the first woman ever to gain a doctorate in electrical engineering at the University of Karlsruhe (TH). Being the only woman among hundreds of men did not intimidate her either during her studies in her home town of Bucharest or during her doctorate in Karlsruhe. We would like to congratulate Dr.-Ing. Sanda Wolf on her golden doctorate.
From January 27 to January 29, our department supported Hackdays. Thirty-five students from Humboldt High School worked in teams on their own project ideas, using our Mobile Maker Space. In addition to working with microcontrollers, sensors, and actuators, the focus was also on providing insights into research and study. Marwin Madsen (IRS) gave the participants an insight into current research and the department's degree programs. We are pleased to be able to offer Hackdays at five more schools in the 2025/2026 school year. We would like to thank our project partners, the Center for Media Learning at KIT, the Klaus Tschira Foundation, and the Schroff Foundation.
