Guided Tours on Campus North – Large-Scale Research Sector

Campus North offers two types of guided tours for the interested public: Visits with a scientific focus and visits of the art collection. The Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt offers programs for pupils.

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Due to the high demand we can currently no longer offer free viewing appointments at KIT Campus North. We thank you for your understanding. As soon as tours are possible again, we will inform you on these pages.
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Visits of Scientific-technical Installations

Pilotanlage bioliq

bioliq® process: Production of synthetic fuel from straw and other biomass feedstocks.

 

KATRIN experiment: Determination of the mass of neutrinos.

 

Aerosol research facility AIDA

  

Your guided tour consists of an introductory presentation of the main activities of KIT and a visit of several scientific-technical installations. Groups may visit up to three of the following facilities.

 

KIT Climate and Environment Center

 

KIT Materials Center

 

KIT Energy Center

 

KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics

 

For planning your visit, note the following information:

  • Campus North of KIT can be visited from Monday to Friday, 9 – 16 hrs. Kindly register for group visits about eight weeks in advance.
  • A guided visit takes about three hours.
  • Unless stipulated otherwise, your visit will start at the Fortbildungszentrum für Technik und Umwelt (FTU, Center for Advanced Technological and Environmental Training), the building left of the main entrance. There, the group will be met by a guide.
  • The program of the visit will start with a presentation of the main activities of Campus North, followed by a discussion and round trip on the area of two square kilometers as well as a visit of two to three scientific-technical large-scale research facilities.
  • As regards the size of the group, the number should not exceed twenty persons. In case of larger numbers, the group will be split.
  • Participants must not be younger than 16 years.
  • For the visit on the premises, a bus equipped with a loudspeaker system is required. In exceptional cases, KIT will make available a company bus to groups arriving without an own bus.

For interested individuals or small groups of less than seven persons, no separate tour can be organized. However, these persons are invited to join a group visit.

 

For questions please contact team eventmanagement via event∂kit.edu.

 

You can apply for a campus tour here:

Application Form is closed at the moment.

 

 

Virtual Visits

You can visit some of our installations virtually:

 

Guided Tours to the Works of Art

 

The former Research Center has been collecting works of art since the late 1960s, the objective being to promote interactions between science and art. When purchasing new works of art, the focus lies on the support of young, regional, and meanwhile famous artists.

Contact:

Andrea Stengel
kunst∂kit.edu

 

 

 

Guided Tours for Groups of Pupils

Programs for groups of pupils are offered by the Center for Advanced Technological and Environmental Training (german).