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Business, science and research
Business
Business in Kaiserslautern means especially the information and communication technology and the automobile industry. Several famous companies and institutions belonging to these sectors are located in and around Kaiserslautern such as:
- Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG, belonging to the Freudenberg group
- Fuchs Lubritech group
- Research laboratory RICOH and Fraunhofer-Institut IESE
Science and research
Kaiserslautern has also a good reputation as center of science and research because of its university, university of applied science and numerous institutions of research.
- Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (10.100 students)
Main faculties:
industrial engineering, mathematics, computer science, architecture, structural engineering and timber processing technology, electrical engineering
- Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern (5.200 students)
Main faculties:
industrial engineering, architecture, construction engineering, financial services, bank management, digital media, applied computer science
Also important are the institutions of research:
- DFKI - Deutsche Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH
- Fraunhofer IESE - Fraunhofer-Institut für Experimentelles Software Engineering
- Fraunhofer ITWM - Institut für Techno- und Wirtschaftsmathematik
- IBWF e.V. - Institute of Biotechnology and Drug Research
- IFOS - Institut für Oberflächen- und Schichtanalytik GmbH
- ITA - Institut für Technologie und Arbeit
- IVW - Institut für Verbundwerkstoffe GmbH
- Max Planck Institute for Software Systems
- RHRK - Regionales Hochschulrechenzentrum Kaiserslautern
- TAS - Technische Akademie Südwest e.V.
- ZFUW - Zentrum für Fernstudien und Universitäre Weiterbildung
Recent fields of research:
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