Kaiserslautern is an innovative university city at the north western edge of the Palatinate Forest located in the south of Rhineland-Palatinate. With 100 000 inhabitants it’s one of the biggest cities in the south west region. It earned its reputation as a location of science with innovations and technology, which were developed at the local universities. This recent development is visible in the growing number of technical and scientific company foundations and settlements of science institutes. The universities of Kaiserslautern are the Technische Universität and the Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern. Especially in the MINT-Section, the Technische Universität enjoys excellent international reputation. Almost 15 000 students study in twelve, often interdisciplinary orientated courses of studies. The „Distance and Independent Studies Center“ (short: DISC), associated to the Technische Universität, is one of the biggest centers of distance learning in Germany. DISC offers ideal possibilities for further education while working and was awarded as „most popular center of further education“ last year in Germany.
Hochschule Kaiserslautern is a university for science and forming with a detailed profile of applied research and development. It spreads over three locations and counts more than 6000 students in five subject areas. Furthermore, Kaiserslautern is the location of the Max-Plank-Institut of software systems and two Fraunhofer centers (Fraunhofer IESE and Fraunhofer ITWM). The city bundles innovative and interdisciplinary solutions for science and economy under the roof of the „Science-Alliance Kaiserslautern e.V. “. Technische Universität, Hochschule Kaiserslautern, more than ten famous research institutes, a growing number of innovative companies and a big number of conveying members share their goal to represent and position Kaiserslautern as a location of science. Kaiserslautern offers its inhabitants and visitors, apart of economy and science factors a lot more: Close to the Palatinate Forest it offers culture, progress and nature for a high standard of life quality.