Initiatives and Associations

In addition to its original task - the care of foreign students - the International Office also maintains contacts with its alumni and guests of KIT from abroad. Together with KIT Alumni, it is especially dedicated to the support of international alumni.

The ADKG strives to actively support participants of the programmes, to enthuse new students for the exchange and to maintain contacts with alumni.

The FFI was founded in 1990, making it one of the first computer science friendships at faculty level.

Studying regional science at the IfR offers the opportunity to establish personal contacts with people from all over the world. In order to provide these contacts with a platform beyond their studies, the institute has set up a mailing list to which former regional science students can register. A support association offer further opportunities to maintain contact with other alumni.

Karlsruher Burschenschaft Teutonia

The Karlsruhe Fraternity Teutonia is an association of former and active students at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology with about 180 members. We were founded in 1843 as the first fraternity in Germany at a technical university. We support committed young members in their studies and for life. After successful studies, lifelong friendship and solidarity remain in our community.

The Corps Saxonia Karlsruhe has been a community of young and former students of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) since 1856. We see ourselves as a tolerant and cosmopolitan student fraternity in which traditional values are lived out in a future-oriented way. To us, successful studying means developing yourself academically and personally with fun and among friends.

The Corps Alemannia, which was founded in 1860, is a community of students and graduates of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). We live the principle of tolerance and our friendship goes far beyond our studies. For us, tradition means: studying successfully together, individual development and the courage to take responsibility.

The Corps Franconia Karlsruhe is a cosmopolitan community of active and former KIT students. Since 1839, we have been united by the common will to complete a successful academic education as well as by our attachment to the traditional values of our association and of KIT far beyond our studies.

The Corps Friso-Cheruskia is an intergenerational academic community of about 150 KIT graduates. It represents the principle of tolerance. The Corps' mission statement includes commitment to a future-oriented education and science as well as respect for human dignity, freedom, responsibility, leadership, courage, and achievement alongside friendship and fun.