Information Management and Media
Teaching at the Faculty IMM
In addition to the regular lectures, the IMM faculty offers a variety of courses to support you in starting your studies and in your everyday life as well as to give you an insight into the practical applications in your field of study.
Stiftungsprofessur Radverkehr
The endowed professorship for cycling at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences looks at cycling primarily from a social science perspective and has been headed by Prof. Dr. Claudia Hille since the summer semester 2024. The professorship will receive around €1.7 million in funding from the Federal Ministry of Transport until August 2027.
The professorship currently has a team of five academic staff members.
Offers
Pools and laboratories
In order to implement the theoretically developed study contents in practical projects, there are various pool rooms and laboratories in the faculty where all students can work independently.
Poolrooms
Computer workstations with up-to-date hardware and software are available for Bachelor's and Master's students for their respective courses of study: Geoinformation Systems and Digital Image Processing, Visualization, Illustration, Typography, Laboratory for GNSS and Navigation, Metrology, Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Media Production, E-Learning, Language and Translation Management, Content and Information Management, and Analytics. Here, our students work alone and in groups on their projects and final papers.
Contact: Günther Baumgärtner and Viatcheslav Hahne
Photography and film studio
In the Informationsdesign program, in addition to documentary photography and films in real environments, people and objects are also staged in the studio. Students get a theoretical introduction to camera technology and studio lighting, as well as learning how to use targeted lighting to bring out plasticity and materiality while also creating moods in images or placing people in different environments using a green screen.
Director: Prof. Anja Grunwald, Prof. Sebastian Krügler
Contact: Bernd Kiefer
Map Collection
The map collection includes wall maps, topographic and thematic maps, leisure and tourism maps, more than 1,000 atlases and atlas volumes, as well as various globes. In addition, there are national and international reference books, journals and reference works. It is worthwhile to just "browse".
Opening hours: Tuesday 11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and Thursday 8:00 - 9.30 a.m.
Director: Prof. Dr. Gertrud Schaab
Contact: Sieglinde Meppiel
Multimedia Lab
The Multimedia Lab provides workstations with software for creating 3-D simulations, AR and VR applications. Each semester, the Muditmedia-AG meets here to put the latest technologies to the test.
Director: Prof. Martin Schober
Contact: Günther Baumgärtner
Prototyping Lab
In the Prototyping Lab, students have access to a variety of tools and manufacturing options to turn project ideas into prototypes and familiarize themselves with new techniques. In addition to a fully equipped workbench, 3D printers, and laser cutters, the lab also features a soldering station and a range of microcontrollers and sensors to integrate design and technology. Technical support is also available for working with CAD and 3D software.
Director: Prof. Moritz Schell
Contact: Sören Göbel
Usability-Lab
Equipped with cameras, microphones and studio lighting, students here conduct so-called usability tests on various media and technical products. This is often done in cooperation with project partners from industry. In recent years, for example, they have tested instructions for Bosch do-it-yourself appliances or the integrated multimedia user manual for the BMW 7 Series.
Director: Prof. Martin Schober
Contact: Günther Baumgärtner
Weather station
Always up to date: the weather station of the faculty IMM on the roof of the building in Hoffstraße
Contact: Konrad Berner
Research at the Faculty IMM
At the Faculty of Information Management and Media, research and development is carried out in various research projects and institutes in an applied manner on all topics related to our core areas. In many of these projects, students are involved via study projects and theses, thus transferring current issues and research results into teaching . There is also the possibility to do a doctorate at our faculty via cooperation procedures.
Research focus
As the most diversified and youngest faculty of the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe - Technik und Wirtschaft, we cover a wide range of current and future-oriented topics in the fields of geomatics, traffic systems and media and communication sciences in inter- and transdisciplinary projects, taking into account the aspects:
- Media
- Communication
- Mobility
- Space
- Data
- Technology
Research structure
For the implementation of our research and development projects, an adequate infrastructure exists that creates the appropriate framework conditions for our researchers. In addition to modern laboratories, there are institutes and research groups that enable and promote interdisciplinarity and exchange among each other.
Due to our activities in teaching and research, our faculty received the award as ESRI Development Center (EDC). This initiative of the company ESRI, the world market leader in the field of geoinformation systems, supports institutions that excel in sound and up-to-date GIS teaching and conduct research on and with GIS.