Teaching, learning, and research at a high level on the campus in the city centre and at the Schlosspark
The KIT-Department BGU takes a holistic approach to understanding, protecting, using, and sustainably shaping the environment as the basis of our lives in teaching, research, and innovations.
In this context, the geosciences and environmental sciences work closely together with the civil engineering sciences. Thus, the department makes an essential contribution to living in an attractive environment also in the future.
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Am 24.07.2026 im Alter von 101 Jahren ist Frau Berta Susanna (genannt Berti) Müller-Czerwenka verstorben.
Frau Müller-Czerwenka war Stifterin, private Förderin und seit 2024 Ehrenbürgerin des Karlsruher Instituts für Technologie (KIT). Dem KIT war Frau Müller-Czerwenka auf das Engste verbunden. Die Förderung von Forschung und Lehre, insbesondere des wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchses im Bauingenieurwesen, war ihr ein Herzensanliegen. Ihr geleisteter Beitrag als Mäzenin und Freundin des KIT ist unschätzbar wertvoll. Damit ist sie ein herausragendes Vorbild für gesellschaftliches Engagement.
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The history of the Alps’ formation has fascinated and engaged scientists for centuries. The main cause of the mountain range’s formation—the collision of two continental plates, one of which subducts while the other is pushed upward—is well known. Now, researchers at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in collaboration with partners at ETH Zurich, have gained new insights into how, during the collision of these plates, a portion of the subducting tectonic plate broke away beneath the Alps and spread out laterally.
learn moreUnder the motto "Timber structures – research for practice", we want to continue the long-standing and intensive exchange between science and practice – with new insights, an outlook on standardisation and plenty of room for discussion.
A first glimpse into the programme. The following presentations have already been confirmed:
- Force interaction (M-N-V) in fasteners, e.g. in hardwood
- Stiffness of screwed connections, e.g. in truss girders
- Design of connections according to the new Eurocode 5
- Earthquake design of timber structures according to the new Eurocode 8
- Robustness of timber structures – Innovations in Eurocode 5 and Swiss guidelines
- Moisture protection on construction sites – experiences, measurements and recommendations
- KARLA – Planning and execution of the 90-metre-high timber hybrid building