The team around Professor Ingrid Ott at ECON cordially invites you to a panel discussion on Wednesday, June 26 from 14:00-16:00 on the topic "Science and Society in South Africa". Scientists from South Africa, the Netherlands, France and Germany will discuss the complex relationship between scientific progress and social development in South Africa. The event will take place both in person and online. Registration is requested.

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.

On July 17, the KIT Department of Economics and Management organizing the "Dialogue Day - Business & Technology". A very varied program awaits you: insights into current student projects, contact with companies, presentation of current research projects, keynote speech and presentation of the science awards. The program is based on this year's main theme "Openness and transparency in economics". We cordially invite all students and employees of the KIT Department as well as other interested parties.

Congratulations to Markus Bilz, who received the BAI Science Award 2024 for his master's thesis at FBV entitled: "Improving Option Trade Classification With Machine Learning". The Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI) has been honoring scientific work in the field of alternative investments since 2010.

Together with Prof. Armin Heinzl (University of Mannheim) and Prof. René Riedl (Johannes Kepler University), Prof. Mädche has published a new textbook for the field of information systems. In addition to the importance of business informatics as a science, the purpose and goal of business informatics as well as digitalization and digital transformation are also discussed.

Karlsruher Institut für Technologie

Bachelor's and Master's students of the KIT Information Systems program can apply for the Information Systems Scholarship of the association "Die Wirtschaftsinformatik e. V." until July 31, 2024. The selected scholarship holders will receive a monthly grant of €300 for 12 months from 01.10.2024. This year, the funding will be provided by Schwarz IT KG. We wish you every success with your application.

Markus Breig, KIT

The Industrial Engineering and Information Systems master degree programs receive extremely positive ratings in the current CHE Master's ranking. The "range of courses" category is particularly highlighted, especially for the "breadth of course content", "opportunities for individual specialization in the degree course" and "digital teaching elements". The Master's in Industrial Engineering and Management also achieved excellent ratings in "General study situation" and "Support during studies". In the Master's in Information Systems, KIT scores above average in "Research orientation of the degree program", with positive ratings for student participation in research projects and integration of current research results into teaching.