Mission statement at RPTU
Preamble
The Technical University of Kaiserslautern and the Landau campus of the University of Koblenz-Landau are growing together to form the future-oriented RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau. This is characterized by a lively inter-campus cooperation.
In the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, it is the heir to two locations with a long tradition of being rooted in the Palatinate and is the only technical university that also offers teacher training for all types of schools.
Tasks
We see it as our task to provide students with a comprehensive education in order to contribute to solving the challenges facing society as a whole. In a complex and rapidly changing world, we provide them with the necessary skills to take on responsibility in business, society and science.
We are committed to national and international cutting-edge research to the highest standards, in particular transparency and reproducibility. To this end, we continuously support our members in developing their potential.
In partnership with society, business and politics, we bear responsibility for the country and the region. We are also a driving force for national and international networking and Digitalization.
Core values
We see ourselves as a community of students, academics and employees for the promotion of science and education. We guarantee unrestricted freedom of teaching and research. Our basic values are the foundation for our cooperation.
Excellence
We promote research, education and further education in the subjects and beyond the specialist disciplines, based on the highest performance standards. In particular, as a constantly evolving university, we promote the competition of ideas and international networking.
Collegiality
We foster a collaborative relationship between students, academics and staff. Joint university self-administration promotes democratic and responsible action with a view to the well-being of the university. Appreciation and openness in encounters and respect for diversity are the guiding principles of our cooperation. We create a climate that strengthens everyone's motivation and health.
Cooperation
We value partnership-based, interdisciplinary and cross-location collaboration, characterized by productive cooperation between administration and service, academic management, research and teaching. To this end, we particularly promote service orientation and the establishment of short communication channels. We maintain existing and establish new academic, economic and social partnerships at national and international level.
Integrity
Our success is based on an appreciative environment of people from different backgrounds, cultures, ideas and perspectives in a climate of trusting cooperation. We are committed to promoting equality, diversity and equal opportunities and oppose all forms of discrimination. In this way, we ensure mutual respect for the different biographies, lifestyles and family models of our members through a culture of recognition.
Social responsibility
We question the consequences of our actions. We accompany and support innovation processes in cooperation with politics, society and business through the transfer of knowledge, ideas and technology and reflect critically on these processes. Sustainability is the fundamental core value of our university organization; in particular, we are committed to the goals of Agenda 2030.
Guidelines
Research orientation in studies and teaching
In line with the guiding principles of "research-oriented studies" and "education through science", we see research and teaching as a synergetic and integrative unit. Our degree programs combine scientific expertise with systemic and critical thinking, create starting points for application orientation and interdisciplinarity and provide space to address future topics with a cross-sectional character. In this way, we create an attractive environment for high-achieving and enthusiastic students. In doing so, we aim to enable our students to continue their education independently, pass on their knowledge and gain new scientific insights.
Outstanding international research
We actively focus our research on innovation, both in the specialist disciplines and across disciplines. We are measured against the highest national and international standards, and we drive their further development ourselves. We are committed to the DFG's guidelines for good scientific practice. We strive for an outstanding position in international competition both in basic research and in application-oriented research, manifested by excellent publications, successful acquisition of third-party funding and a high reputation in the scientific community.
To this end, we promote profile areas that can hold their own in coordinated programs through scientific excellence at national and international level. We cooperate with leading national and international research partners and non-university research institutes.
Funding at all levels
For us, sustainable success is closely linked to the potential and commitment of people in all areas of work and at all levels. We therefore accompany, support and promote students, academics and employees in all phases of their lives and work in a needs- and goal-oriented manner.
Innovative educational research and teacher training
RPTU offers teacher training for all types of schools. With a broad range of subjects and based on proven specialist sciences and outstanding educational research, we offer teacher training courses that enable future teachers to act competently both professionally and pedagogically and to think and develop schools on the basis of the latest scientific findings.
Research in the field of tension "Technology-Society-Environment"
Due to the broad spectrum of engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences disciplines, we also see the area of tension "technology-society-environment" as a central research topic at our university. Research at the interfaces between these areas specifically promotes innovation and the acquisition of knowledge.
We combine existing expertise in the engineering and natural sciences with that of the humanities and social sciences in order to make a significant contribution to the sustainable development of society.
Continuing education and lifelong learning
Building on the existing tradition of the two locations, we offer lifelong scientific education and continuing education in addition to undergraduate teaching. These are complemented by strong research expertise along the entire education chain and consolidate our leading position in distance learning.
Networking, position in the country and region, social responsibility
As a research-oriented university of technology, we take our responsibility for our country and the region seriously and make a key contribution to the transfer of knowledge to society.
We participate in regional, national and international discourses, provide evidence-based and critical support for current social developments and are actively involved in national and international committees.
In the area of teacher training for all types of schools, we take on the special task of networking schools, research, education and working life.
The university accelerates and supports the innovative strength and competitiveness of the economy and industry in the region through research and transfer.
As an employer and by promoting spin-offs, it makes a contribution to the labor market and the attractiveness of the location.
Networking with society and the region is also significantly driven by our alumni.