Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is funded jointly by the Federal Republic of Germany and the State of Baden-Württemberg with about 8,800 employees and an annual budget of about 700 million Euros. At present about 20,000 students are enrolled in KIT. Research in nano- and microscale technology at KIT aims at developing application-tailored solutions at the interface of microsystem engineering and nanotechnology. This work provides major impulses to technical innovations in a variety of industrial sectors.
In the field of microtechnology KIT’s research is focused on materials processing and application oriented development in micro fluidics, micro process engineering, and in particular optics & photonics.