The KIT-Gründerschmiede is one of the largest university start-up centers in Germany and the central point of contact for technology-based start-ups at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). Since 2013, it has been supporting founders in all phases of starting a business—from the initial idea to scaling up.
With a comprehensive range of coaching, mentoring, and event formats, the KIT Start-up Incubator supports innovative business ideas. It facilitates access to support programs and accelerators, connects start-ups with industry, investors, and strategic partners, and actively participates in KIT spin-offs.
The aim is to build high-performance technology companies and strengthen the innovation potential of KIT in the long term.

Facts about our company

Address: KIT - Gründerschmiede, Kaiserstraße 26, 76131 Karlsruhe, Germany

Branch: Science & research, Business consultancy, auditing & law, Pharmaceutical industry, Medical technology, Agriculture, forestry, fishery & horticulture, IT & Internet, Power & water supplies, waste management, Electrical engineering & optics, Printing, paper & packaging industries, Chemical & mineral oil processing industries, Mining & metal producing industries, Building trade & building materials trade, Architecture & design, Plant & machine building, Agency, advertising, marketing & PR

Industry sectors: Administration, Training & development, Design & art, IT & information technology, Medicine & health, Research, Production, Project management, Finance & accounting, Consulting

Preferred fields of study: Architecture, Biological engineering, Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Business engineering, Business management, Chemical & process engineering, Chemistry, Civil engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Electrical engineering & information technologies, Energy Engineering and Management, Engineering Education (deprecated now in Others), Engineering Structures, Financial Engineering (deprecated now in ECLS), Fincinal Engineering, Informatics, Information Engineering, Material sciences & engineering, Mathematics, Mechanical engineering, Mechatronics & information technologies, Mechatronics and Information Technology, Medical technology (deprecated now in ENSC), Physics, Physics, Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management (deprecated now in ECLS, Science, media & communication, Sports science, Techno-Mathe­matics, Technology and Management in Construction

Possibilities for international students: Jobs within Germany – Spoken Language English, Jobs within Europe – Spoken Language English