GSC 1085:  Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

• Subject Area: Particles, Nuclei and Fields
• Term: from 2012 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 194668631

The Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA) is the Graduate School of the KIT Center Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics (KCETA). The Graduate School covers the fields of elementary particle physics, astroparticle physics and related advanced technologies. The Graduate School’s distinguishing feature is the joint doctoral research of young physicists and engineers on thesis topics centred around large-scale projects of particle and astroparticle physics. This concept builds on - and in turn strengthens - the key feature of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), which combines the vivid academic environment of a university with the "big science" infrastructure of a national research centre. An important characteristic of the Graduate School is the international, multicultural environment that originates from our leading participations in the AMS, Auger, Belle, Belle-II, CDF, CMS, EDELWEISS, JEM-EUSO, KASCADE and KATRIN collaborations and from the large number of foreign scientists in the KIT Center KCETA. The leitmotif of the Graduate School is the optimal training of young researchers for careers in science and industry through research within international interdisciplinary large-scale projects. The doctoral researchers may enter the Graduate School with a master or diploma degree in physics, electrical engineering, informatics/computer science or another degree qualifying her or him for research in KCETA. Our training programme for doctoral researchers follows the motto "deeper - broader - better": First, the doctoral researchers shall learn the state-of-the-art of their individual fields of research ("deeper"). Second, the Graduate School shall bridge the gaps of knowledge between physicists and engineers to build a strong basis for their common research ("broader"). We intend to open this part of the programme to external participants in form of the recurring "KSETA Topical Courses on Physics and Technology". Third, the Graduate School shall improve the individual and social skills of its members ("better"). Our preferred means of teaching are block courses, which are time-efficient and well suited to attract excellent external lecturers. We aim at an overall number of 120 doctoral researchers in the Graduate School, including those financed from other sources. KSETA builds on the decade-long experience of our 43 physicists and engineers contributing to the Graduate School. We have supervised 210 dissertations in the past five years within several coordinated programmes.

• DFG Programme: Graduate Schools
• Applicant Institution: Karlsruher Institut für Technologie
• Spokespersons: Professor Dr. Johannes Blümer, until 3/2015; Professor Dr. Ulrich Nierste
• Participating Researchers: Professor Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Becker; Professor Dr. Wim de Boer (†); Dr. Beate Bornschein; Professor Dr. Guido Drexlin; Professor Dr. Michael Feindt; Professor Dr.-Ing. Steffen Grohmann; Professor Dr. Ulrich Husemann; Professor Dr. Frans R. Klinkhamer; Professor Dr. Johann Kühn; Privatdozentin Dr. Luminita Nicoleta Mihaila; Professorin Dr. Milada Margarete Mühlleitner; Professor Dr. Thomas Müller; Professor Dr. Bernhard Neumair; Professor Dr.-Ing. Mathias Noe; Professor Dr. Günter Quast; Professor Dr. Michael Siegel; Professor Dr. Matthias Steinhauser; Professor Dr. Achim Streit; Privatdozentin Dr. Jeannine Wagner-Kuhr; Professor Dr. Marc Weber; Professor Dr. Dieter Zeppenfeld