RPTU - RPTU Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau

Campus

RPTU

Kaiserslautern-Landau

The University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) was created at the beginning of 2023 by merging the TU Kaiserslautern with the university location Landau.

Studierende

Study at RPTU

Education for successful careers

RPTU offers a broad range of subjects from engineering and natural sciences to social sciences and humanities combined with a comprehensive teacher education program.

Research

Research at RPTU

Knowledge and technology for the future

RPTU scientists gain new insights in modern basic research and develop innovative and sustainable solutions for the pressing issues of the future.

Transfer

Transfer at RPTU

Shaping together

RPTU engages in a broad innovation dialogue with business, society and educational institutions and promotes the establishment of future-oriented companies.

Region

RPTU in the Palatinate

In the heart of Europe

We live and work in the heart of Europe, in the cosmopolitan and traditional Palatinate, surrounded by vineyards and the Palatinate Forest - space for study with diverse perspectives, for creative science and for relaxation.

News

Guardian should make it easier to analyse medical image data in future. Credit: RPTU/Maack, Gillmann

03. November 2023

Medica 2023: New technology simplifies and enhances analysis and visualization of medical image data

Medical imaging generates a lot of data, for example during computer tomography. This data is important when it comes to personalised medicine.…

How does training with VR glasses work? Julia Müller (right) provides professional instructions to Jana Brandewiede. Copyright: RPTU/Koziel

02. November 2023

Health gamification at the RPTU: Health support via app and VR glasses

The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) in Rhineland-Palatinate helps students and employees alike to stay active. Digital technologies are…

Jan Petershans, a research associate on the team, shows the demonstrator, which consists of two collaborative robot arms. One roboter arm can be controlled by human hands through the guidance of the other. Copyright: RPTU/Koziel

31. October 2023

Remote-controlled robotics for surgery applications: What potential do 6G and AI unfold?

We are already experiencing the shortage of physicians and its consequences for patient care. Can mobile surgical robots provide a solution? Combining…

Professor Artur Widera (right) with Jennifer Koch (first author of the study, left) and Sian Barbosa (center), both from his research group, and Dr. Eloisa Cuestas, (co-author from Okinawa, front). Credit: RPTU/Koziel

28. September 2023

Study: RPTU researchers develop motor with quantum mechanical drive

Quantum physics deals with the laws of nature in the atomic and subatomic range. Findings gained from this research have, for example, enabled the…

22. August 2023

Study: Deficiency in certain brain proteins promotes compulsive behavior

Joint press release of RPTU and Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie (FMP)

Discover RPTU

Studies

At RPTU, we provide future shapers with the knowledge and tools they need to develop and expand their competencies and skills in more than 160 courses of study. We offer the best conditions for this inside and outside the lecture halls and laboratories.

Research

From engineering to natural and environmental sciences to subjects with social relevance: At RPTU, we combine research expertise from all important fields to jointly find answers to the pressing questions of our time. We shape the future.

Transfer

At RPTU, new ideas, insights and sustainable technologies are created. Our knowledge is applied in business and society. We are a partner for business, politics and society and address the people in our region with a wide range of offers.

About us

As a place of top international research, the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau in Rhineland-Palatinate offers excellent working conditions and career opportunities. Those who study, research or work at RPTU experience a cosmopolitan environment and shape the future.

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