The Verein der Freunde der Hochschule Karlsruhe e.V. (Friends of HsKA) was founded in 1953.
In order to facilitate the contact between graduates and their former faculty or study program, a number of "Freundeskreise" (faculty-level friends' associations) were founded.
Associations related to a faculty or degree program
The "Freundeskreise" (friends' associations) are a meeting point for everybody who is interested in enriching a study program and help its students, to network and to discuss, and to keep teaching and research up-to-date.
Graduates, as well as representatives of companies and businesses, are invited to join one of the following Freundeskreise:
| Degree program | Chairman |
| Baubetrieb und Baumanagement (Construction Management & Economics) | Dipl.-Ing. Jochen Knecht MBA |
| Bauingenieurwesen (Civil Engineering) | Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Johannes Ritter |
| Elektro- und Informationstechnik (Electrical Engineering & Information Technology) | Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Thomas Eisebraun |
| Geomatik (Geomatics) | Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Alexander Georg |
| Informatik (Computer Science) | Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Klaus-Dieter Hüttel |
| Maschinenbau (Mechanical Engineering) | Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Günter Raupp |
| Mechatronik und Fahrzeugtechnologie (Mechatronics and Automotive Engineering) | Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter Kalchschmidt |
| Sensorsystemtechnik (Sensor Systems Technology) | Prof. Dr. Christian Langen |
| Wirtschaftsinformatik (Business Information Systems) | Martin Dührkop (B.Sc.) |
| Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Management Science & Engineering) | Prof. Dr.-Ing. Christian Wurll |