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Water research at KIT covers a wide range of water sciences and engineering fields such as Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Aquatic Ecology, Fluid-Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering, and Water Chemistry and Water Technology. Our research aims at an improved understanding of the role of the water cycle and related transport of matter for the functioning of environmental systems. We focus on the synthesis and implementation of foresightful and sustainable water resources management concepts and related technology.
In teaching, water plays also an important role: Several bachelor's and master's degree programs with a strong link to water are offered at KIT.
As part of the Helmholtz Association, KIT operates numerous infrastructures for large-scale research tasks that are unparalleled in the German higher education and science system. In order to strategically integrate this strength into teaching, KIT launched the RIRO – Research Infrastructures in Research-Oriented Teaching University of Excellence project. The course „Transport Processes in Rivers“ is a vivid example of research and teaching going hand in hand at KIT.
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Flooding events or droughts: a new Artificial Intelligence (AI) project at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) promises to be a game-changer in providing more precise, faster, and energy-efficient predictions of such events in a changing climate. In the “WOW – a World model of Our World” project, researchers will develop an AI world model that combines multiple specialized AI sub-models through shared “latent spaces”. The Carl-Zeiss-Foundation is funding the project with six million euros.
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As part of the Forensic Disaster Analysis (FDA) conducted by CEDIM at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), a new short report entitled ‘Heavy Rainfall in Central Europe (September 2025)’ has been published. The short report summarises the meteorological causes, the exceptionally high rainfall amounts and their statistical classification, and provides a brief assessment of the regional impacts.
On June 30 and July 1, 2025, about 40 researchers from six Helmholtz Centres came together to present models and datasets related to hydro-meteorological extremes within the Helmholtz community. This inventory was aligned along the entire process chain of hydro-meteorological events.
moreMaster's Programme 'Water Science and Engineering'
Deadline for applications for the summer semester 2026 is 30 November 2025!
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