Hochschule Karlsruhe – Technik und Wirtschaft

Institut für Angewandte Forschung IAF (Institute of Applied Research)

The Institut für Angewandte Forschung is the central applied research and development institution at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences. The Institute provides professors from all University departments with a suitable environment in all research areas, based on a set of administrative and usage regulations. It supports project initiators in the acquisition of external funds, helps in the development and implementation of their innovative ideas and arranges co-operative partnerships with other universities and the business world. The Institut für Angewandte Forschung handles the complete management of all projects, including staff support activities.

All research activities in progress at the University are coordinated and carried out at the Institut für Angewandte Forschung. Projects address a wide range of application areas, although the current focus for research projects is in the following fields:

• Applied computer science and geoinformatics
• Intelligent measurement systems and sensor technologies
• Construction, environmental, and process technology

The Institut für Angewandte Forschung co-operates with its research partners from the Karlsruher Informatik Kooperation (Karlsruhe Information Technology Co-operative) - KIK - in promoting technology transfer.

For more information, please see the German-language IAF pages.