HKA as an employer
Engineering & research at first hand
Working at a university means keeping up with the latest developments. It is a fulfilling and meaningful job to accompany young people on their educational career and provide decisive stimuli for their lives. As a university of applied sciences, we also make a relevant contribution to society by generating innovations and addressing pressing questions of the future. How do we want sustainable mobility in cities and in rural areas to look like? How can we ensure energy supply by using renewable energy sources? Or how can we advance digitization? These are just a few of the questions we are addressing. With our particularly broad spectrum of research topics, HKA has a leading position in Baden-Wuerttemberg. You are part of this exciting environment and help shape HKA either by teaching and research as a professor, or by making your contribution as an employee.
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences is one of the largest and most research-intensive universities in Baden-Württemberg. It employs about 200 professors, more than 330 research assistants and approx. 270 administrative and technical staff members. In addition, more than 400 lecturers support teaching.
Mission Statement and Corporate Design
If you ask someone on campus about the values that HKA represents, you will probably get at least one of these three features in reply: Application-oriented, Competent, Passionate. We not only create knowledge to be applied but we also have tons of fun doing it!
Conviviality and events
Regular celebrations and events on campus are an important part of the University society. These can be solemn, such as the Annual Academic Celebration, where the year’s best graduates are honored. Some are casual and feature a DJ and beer benches, as the campus festival or Campus Day. Either way, the academic calendar’s highlights provide great opportunities to chat and mingle.
Public service benefits
As a major employer in the Karlsruhe Technology Region, we offer above all a crisis-proof job in the public sector, combined with a number of benefits, such as an occupational pension from the Versorgungsanstalt des Bundes und der Länder (VBL), a subsidy for the use of public transport (JobTicket BW), and subsidized meals in the student canteen and cafeteria. In addition, university members have access to academic facilities such as the library and the information services in the university network.
Culture in Karlsruhe
In the European Commission's 2019 Culture and Creative Cities Ranking, Karlsruhe ranks second in Europe after Florence in the category with 250,000-500,000 inhabitants. Prominent institutions in Karlsruhe include the Center for Art and Media (ZKM), the Baden State Museum, the State Art Museum, and the Baden State Theater. The cultural landscape is enriched by jazz and rock clubs as well as the cultural centers Tollhaus and Tempel. Major events include DAS FEST, the European Culture Days, the Handel Festival, the Castle lightshow, and various film festivals. At the European theater festival Premières, young directors show their first productions. Artists and designers present their work at the art Karlsruhe and EUNIQUE art fairs.