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20-543: In 2003, the station building was renovated and it now houses among other things, a service point and several shops. The station provides step-free access to all platforms. The redesigned Kaiserslautern station forecourt includes a busy bus station, allowing a convenient transfer between bus and rail. Buses run to the University of Kaiserslautern , Betzenberg and the central bus interchanges at Schillerplatz and Rathaus, where there are connections to all bus routes. Prior to

40-586: A future concept does often, but not necessarily result in a superior overall budget compared to other German universities. For example, due to its small size, the University of Constance is, despite this additional funding, not included in the top 20 funded universities in Germany. According to the Third European Report on Science & Technology Indicators , an official document compiled by

60-803: A second time after having been funded in the first round (2006). The three first-time excellence universities are the University of Bonn , University of Hamburg , and TU Berlin (as part of the Berlin University Alliance). Out of the 140 universities in Germany 11 universities were chosen, among them five new winners ( HU Berlin , University of Bremen , University of Cologne , TU Dresden , University of Tübingen ) and six title holders: RWTH Aachen , FU Berlin , Heidelberg University , University of Konstanz , LMU Munich , and Technical University of Munich . As in 2006 and 2007, also other universities were awarded for special clusters of excellence and renowned graduate schools. The funding for

80-660: A successful, international course." Source: Federal Ministry of Education and Research Whether the Excellence Initiative has had a positive effect is currently a matter of debate. A report by the WZB Berlin Social Science Centre indicates that the program failed to create more diverse education options and produced little in the way of lasting change. Additionally, the Goethe Institut claims that an additional criticism

100-528: A third time: RWTH Aachen , FU Berlin (as part of the Berlin University Alliance ), Heidelberg University , University of Konstanz , LMU Munich , and Technical University of Munich . Three further universities retained their status for a second consecutive time: HU Berlin (as part of the Berlin University Alliance), TU Dresden , and the University of Tübingen . The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology returned to excellence status for

120-586: Is a public research university in Kaiserslautern and Landau in der Pfalz , Germany. The university was formed by the merger of the Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz and Landau on January 1, 2023. There are numerous institutes around the university, including two Fraunhofer Institutes ( IESE  [ de ] and ITWM),

140-461: Is that "competition up to now has focussed exclusively on the research rather than the teaching at universities", that prevailing qualitative imbalances in East and West German education systems may potentially be perpetuated via the program (by favoring more established Western universities over their younger Eastern counterparts), and, furthermore, that the funding may actually be insufficient to achieve

160-610: The European Commission , four of the Universities of Excellence are among Europe's top 10 universities: Technical University of Munich (joint 3rd), Freiburg (joint 6th), Karlsruhe (joint 6th), and Heidelberg (joint 9th). In the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2012, Technical University of Munich (53), LMU Munich (60), Heidelberg (62), and Freiburg (99) are included in the global top 100, heading

180-668: The German Science and Humanities Council (WR). More than 30 universities in total received funding. It includes three lines of funding: Altogether €2.7 billion (€1.9 billion for 2007–2012) of additional funds will be distributed over the coming five years, most of this coming from the federal government. The WR is responsible for the third line of funding, and the DFG is responsible for the first and second lines of funding. 11 future concepts across 13 universities were selected for funding in 2019. Six universities retained their status for

200-756: The Max Planck Institute for Software Systems (MPI-SWS), the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) , the Institute for Composite Materials (IVW) and the Institute for Surface and Thin Film Analysis (IFOS), all of which cooperate closely with the university. RPTU is organized into 12 faculties. Over 20,000 students are enrolled at the moment. The RPTU is part of the Software-Cluster along with

220-724: The Technische Universität Darmstadt , the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Saarland University . The Software-Cluster won the German government's Spitzencluster competition, the equivalence to the German Universities Excellence Initiative for clusters. The RPTU was founded on January 1, 2023 by the merger of TU Kaiserslautern and the university in Landau. These are the 16 faculties in which

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240-472: The Excellence Initiative aims to strengthen some selected public universities more than others in order to raise their international visibility. Thus, the German "Universities of Excellence" are sometimes considered the German Ivy League of public institutions, and these universities are commonly referred to by the media as "elite universities". The initiative is conducted by the DFG together with

260-691: The Landau campus. 49°25′26″N 7°45′11″E  /  49.42389°N 7.75306°E  / 49.42389; 7.75306 German Universities Excellence Initiative The Excellence Initiative of the German Council of Science and Humanities and the German Research Foundation (DFG) aims to promote cutting-edge research and to create outstanding conditions for young scholars at universities, to deepen cooperation between disciplines and institutions, to strengthen international cooperation of research, and to enhance

280-729: The closure of the Einsiedlerhof marshalling yard, Kaiserslautern was a significant rail freight hub. Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof was opened in 1848 along with the Homburg–Kaiserslautern section of the Palatine Ludwig Railway . The Palatine Ludwig Railway is still the most important line serving the station. On 16 May 1871 the Alsenz Valley Railway was completed from Bad Münster to Hochspeyer ; its trains ran into Kaiserslautern. To shorten

300-586: The field of German universities by those criteria. Eight of the eleven Universities of Excellence are included in the world's top 250 universities, according to the QS World University Ranking 2012: Technical University of Munich (53); Heidelberg (55); LMU Munich (60); Free University of Berlin (87); Humboldt University of Berlin (130); Tübingen (144); RWTH Aachen (150); Cologne (247). The Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2012 ranks 8 of these 11 Universities of Excellence among

320-433: The international appeal of excellent German universities. It is the result of lengthy negotiations between the federal government and the German states. Since almost all German universities are public (most private universities do not have the official German "Universitätsstatus"), and therefore mainly paid by taxes and generally egalitarian, there is no German Ivy League of private higher education institutions. However,

340-533: The route for long-distance traffic, a line was opened on 15 May 1875 between Kaiserslautern and Enkenbach (at the closest point on the Alsenz Valley Railway), allowing trains to run between Kaiserslautern, Bad Kreuznach and the Ruhr and between Kaiserslautern , Worms and Frankfurt without having to pass through Hochspeyer. It received a new entrance building in 1879. The Lauter Valley Railway

360-511: The university is divided: In the Times Higher Education World University Rankings of 2024, the university is placed at 601-800 globally and 46-48 within the country. The university has a Sports Hall which includes facilities for badminton, gym, table tennis, etc. Running, hockey, basketball and football can be played in the accompanying sports grounds. There are further sports facilities in

380-414: The world's 250 top universities: LMU Munich (45); Heidelberg (73); Technical University of Munich (88); Humboldt University of Berlin (109); Free University of Berlin (151); RWTH Aachen (168); Tübingen (187); Konstanz (194). Federal Education Minister Annette Schavan said following the awards ceremony, "The excellence initiative is writing scientific history. Research at German universities finds itself on

400-948: Was opened on 15 November 1883 between Kaiserslautern and Lauterecken- Grumbach . In 1913 the Kaiserslautern– Waldfischbach line opened, completing the Biebermühl Railway to Pirmasens . The second station building was badly damaged in the Second World War and demolished after the war. The current station building was completed in the early 1950s. It was rebuilt in 2003. There are the following long-distance and local transport connections: EC/RJ 62 [REDACTED] Media related to Kaiserslautern Hauptbahnhof at Wikimedia Commons University of Kaiserslautern The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (German: Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau , also known as RPTU )

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