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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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.
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
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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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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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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