University of Karlsruhe

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The Universität Karlsruhe (TH) is a mainly technical university in the city of Karlsruhe, Germany.

Contents

1 History 2 Faculties 3 Famous people and discoveries 4 External links

History

The University of Karlsruhe was founded as a Polytechnische Schule (polytechnical school) on October 7, 1825. In 1865 Grand Duke Frederick I of Baden (German: Friedrich) raised the school to the status of Hochschule (roughly "college"), and the university has also been known since 1902 as the Fridericiana in his honour. In 1885 the institution was renamed a Technische Hochschule (Institute of Technology), and in 1967 it became a university.

Faculties

The university has 11 faculties:

1. Mathematics
2. Physics
3. Chemistry and Biology
4. Social sciences
5. Architecture
6. Civil engineering and Geology
7. Mechanical engineering
8. Chemical and process engineering
9. Electrical engineering
10. Computer Science
11. Economics

Famous people and discoveries

• Ferdinand Redtenbacher (1809-1863), founder of mechanical engineering in Germany .
• Carl Benz (1844-1929), the inventor of the automobile, studied here and received an honorary Ph.D. in 1914.
• Karl Ferdinand Braun (1850-1918) developed the cathode ray tube in 1897 which is widely used in today's televisions. In 1909 he received the Nobel Prize for it.
• Otto Lehmann (1855-1922), the "father" of liquid crystal research.
• Heinrich Rudolf Hertz (1857-1894) discovered electromagnetic waves in 1887 which are the basis of radio. The SI unit of frequency, hertz is named after him.
• Fritz Haber (1868-1934) developed the high-pressure synthesis of ammonia in 1909 and won a Nobel Prize.
• Wolfgang Gaede (1878-1945) founded vacuum technology.
• Wilhelm Nusselt (1882-1957) co-founded technical thermodynamics.
• Edward Teller (1908-2003) known as the father of the hydrogen bomb

External links

• University Homepage (http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/Uni/index_en.html)
• Facts & Figures (PDF,2003) (http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~presse/download/dec_2003.pdf)
• Even More Facts & Figures (PDF,2004,German) (http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~presse/download/dfz0504.pdf)fr:Université de Karlsruhe

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