4.800
IT companies
Data, facts and figures
The digital location Karlsruhe
in figures
10.000
It-related students
30.000
IT employees
12
Start-up incubators
1984
Receiving Germany’s first e-mail
Further key facts
At a glance
1972
Foundation of the first computer science faculty
45% of trade tax
derived from the digital industry
26 research institutions
including those at the 10 universities
At 13.4 %
Second-highest proportion of start-ups in the high-tech sector in Germany
CyberForum
is the largest regionally active high-tech entrepreneur network
“Schlosslichtspiele”
as one of the largest audiovisual digital artworks in Europe
2,500 pupils
at 120 schools in technology clubs
4th place
Germany-wide in new start-ups in 2023 per 100,000 inhabitants and 1st place in Baden-Wuerttemberg in new start-ups in 2023 per 100,000 inhabitants
Top awards for outstanding achievements
Karlsruhe is Germany’s #1 tech center of the future
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) is a university of excellence
Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences repeatedly achieves top positions in rankings
Among the top 5 locations in the German games industry
de:hub for applied artificial intelligence
UNESCO City of Media Arts
ZKM | Centre for Art and Media among the top 5 of world museums
1st place for Karlsruhe as the most liveable city in the Morgenstadt City Index
German Sustainability Award for regiomove mobility platform
2nd place at Bitkom Smart City Award
3 of Germany’s 41 award-winning schools in the Bitkom Smart School competition from Karlsruhe
“Digital Skills” and “MINT+” region through Karlsruhe technology initiative “technika”
1st place in the “Creativity & Cultural Heritage” category at the “European Smart Capital of Smart Tourism Award” 2020