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We are one of the largest and most renowned training centers for students of Industrial Engineering and Management in Germany. With a focus on inderdisciplinary research and study in the field of industrial engineering, informatics and economics, we are contributing to finding sustainable solutions to today’s most pressing challenges.

The degree programs Industrial Engineering and Management (BSc and MSc), Information Systems (BSc and MSc, jointly with KIT-Department of Informatics), Digital Economics (BSc and MSc), as well as Business Mathematics (MSc, jointly with KIT-Department of Mathematics) provide a broad and diverse learning environment for students. 

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Portrait Jumana Al SibaiMahle
WiWi Career Paths

Jumana Al-Sibai studied industrial engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and at HEC Lausanne/Switzerland in the 1990s. As a member of the MAHLE Group Management Board, she still benefits today from the structured and analytical way of thinking that she was taught during her studies. During our interview, she told us what it means to her to be an alumna of the KIT and which stages were important on her career path.

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Rakete
WiWi Start-Ups

In the KIT topic highlight March, everything revolves around spin-offs and transfer. We spoke to students and graduates who have founded a start-up. Find out more about innovative ideas in a wide range of areas and what tips the founders have, if you are considering founding.

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Frauen
Women in Science

February 11 was International Day of Women and Girls in Science. We took this day as an opportunity to ask female professors from the KIT Department of Economics and Management why they ended up in science and what they particularly like about it. You can look forward to exciting stories about women in science!

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Markus BilzBAI
BAI Science Award

Congratulations to Markus Bilz, who won the BAI Science Award of the German Alternative Investments Association (BAI) for his master's thesis "Improving Option Trade Classification With Machine Learning". The master's thesis was supervised by Professor Uhrig-Homburg. We wish Mr. Bilz continued success on his further - perhaps also scientific - career path. You can read more details about the master's thesis in the BAI's special newsletter.

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Professor Thomas Hirth, Wolfgang Grenke und Professor Orestis TerzidisKarlsruher Institut für Technologie
Scholarships for Young Researchers

At the end of last year, Professor Thomas Hirth, Wolfgang Grenke and Professor Orestis Terzidis met to sign the framework agreement for the new "Wolfgang Grenke Entrepreneurship Scholarships" at KIT. Grenke, an alumnus of the KIT Department of Economics and Management will support doctoral and post-doctoral students in the research field of entrepreneurship with the scholarships. The scholarships are awarded at EnTechnon.

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Gebäude am KronenplatzKarlsruher Institut für Technologie
New Year - New Institutes

On January 1, 2025, the Institute for Information Systems (WIN) was founded in Department II at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. WIN is made up of Professors Alexander Mädche and Christof Weinhardt as well as Prof. Dr. Jella Pfeiffer, who we have been able to welcome to KIT since January. The Institute for Information Systems and Marketing (IISM) is renamed to Institute for Customer Insights (CIN) and consits of Prof. Andreas Geyer-Schulz, Prof. Dr. Martin Klarmann, Prof. Dr. Ann-Kristin Kupfer and Prof. Dr. Benjamin Scheibehenne.

Fotocollage
Looking back at 2024

2024 is almost over - time for a review of the year. Whether inaugural lectures, cooperation with company partners, Dialogtag or graduation ceremony - we look back with pleasure and at the same time look forward to further highlights during the KIT anniversary year 2025.

Looking back 2024
Emilia Grass wird ein Preis von einem Mann und einer Frau verliehenWISDOM
YoungWomen4OR Award for Emilia Graß

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Emilia Graß has been chosen as one of this year's Young Women for Operations Research (YW4OR) awarded by WISDOM (Women in Society: Doing Operational Research and Management Science).

WISDOM is a forum within the EURO (The Association of European Operational Research Societies) that aims to support, empower, and encourage the participation of all genders in Operations Research and Management Science (shortly OR). One of the goals of WISDOM is to promote championing, networking, and mentoring, particularly of women at the early stages of their careers in OR. On Thursday, 14th November Emilia Graß will give insights into her current research at the YW4OR webinar.

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Logo 50 Jahre WiWiChristine Heinrich
50 Years WiWi - Chronicle

Do you need something to read for cozy autumn days? In 2022, the KIT Department of Economics and Management celebrated its 50th anniversary. On the occasion of this anniversary, a comprehensive chronicle of the department's history was compiled. If you would like to receive one or more copies, please contact Melanie Ungemach.

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WiWo Ranking 2024

In the current ranking of Wirtschaftswoche, KIT once again came in third place in the Industrial Engineering and Management degree program. HR managers at German companies, thus confirm, that KIT-graduates in Industrial Engineering and Management are in high demand on the job market. KIT also recently achieved very good results in the QS World University Ranking and is ranked 102nd worldwide.

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03.Apr
Audimax, KIT Campus Süd, Straße am Forum 1, 76131 Karlsruhe
Der „Girls’ Day – Mädchen-Zukunftstag“ ist ein bundesweiter Berufsorientierungstag für Mädchen* ab der 5. Klasse. Schülerinnen wird durch den Girls’ Day die Möglichkeit gegeben, Einblicke in Berufsfelder zu erhalten, die selten von Frauen gewählt werden – Felder in den natur- und technikwissenschaftlichen Bereichen.
 
Um den gängigen Vorurteilen entgegenzusteuern, gibt der Girls’ Day Einblicke in das Studium und in die Ausbildungsstätten am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT) mithilfe von Vorträgen, Workshops und Erfahrungsberichten von Mitarbeiter*innen am KIT. Den Schulabsolventinnen soll das breite Berufsspektrum aufgezeigt werden, um ein Interesse an Informatik, Chemie, Mathematik etc. für die Berufswahl zu fördern.   

Am Girls’ Day möchte das KIT und die Organisatorin der Geschäftsstelle Chancengleichheit alle Schülerinnen dazu einladen, an Vorträgen, Workshops und Erfahrungsberichten teilzunehmen und die Vorurteile gegenüber „Männerdomänen“ abzulegen, indem Mitarbeiter:innen des KIT über ihre Erfahrungen in natur- und technikwissenschaftlichen Berufen berichten.

Der nächste Girls' Day am KIT wird am 03. April 2025 stattfinden.

Weitere Informationen zum Girls'Day 2025 und alle angebotene Workshops findet man auf der Seite der Chancengleichheit des KIT: Girl's Day 2025
17.May
10:00
KIT Campus Süd
Der Tag der offenen Tür ist ein Wissenschaftsfest für die Öffentlichkeit und bildet den Auftakt für das Karlsruher Wissenschaftsfestival "EFFEKTE". Unter dem Slogan „Effektvoll am KIT“ stellt das KIT alle zwei Jahre Experimente und Labore vor und bietet Aktivitäten für Groß und Klein, Vorträge und Mitmachangebote sowie ein unterhaltsames Bühnenprogramm.
Beim Campustag stellen die KIT-Fakultäten ihre Studiengänge vor und bieten tolle Mitmachaktionen, Experimente, Führungen u.v.m. an. Natürlich kommen auch Themen wie Auslandsstudium, Karrierechancen, Bewerbung und Zulassung oder die Unterstützung beim Studieneinstieg nicht zu kurz. Auf Campustouren mit Studienberaterinnen und Studierenden lernt man die wichtigsten Einrichtungen des KIT kennen und kann Fragen zum Studium stellen. Die Hochschulgruppen präsentieren sich auf dem Forum und zeigen die Vielfalt des Campuslebens.
26.Jun
15:45
Gebäude 09.20, Blücherstraße 17, 76185 Karlsruhe
The KIT Department of Economics and Management invites you to the “Dialogtag - Business & Technology” on June 26, 2025! In line with the Science Year 2025 and the focus topic of the 200th anniversary of KIT, the guiding theme of the Dialogtag is: “Affordable and Reliable Energy”. We are very pleased that Prof. Antonio J. Conejo, Professor at the Integrated System Engineering Department and the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Ohio State University, will give a keynote speech. In addition, doctoral researches will give insights into current research projects in the “WiWi Junior Research Talks”.
The Dialogtag will conclude with the annual faculty celebration and the presentation of the science awards as well as a get-together. All employees, students of the Department of Economics and Management and other interested parties are cordially invited.