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Welcome to the Felix Klein Center for Mathematics!

Are you fascinated by mathematics? Then the Felix Klein Center for Mathematics is the right place for you! Whether your focus is on school, university studies, or a teaching career, the Center’s goal is to support mathematics enthusiasts and build networks.

The Felix Klein Center for Mathematics serves as the institutional link between the Department of »Mathematics« at the Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) and the Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Mathematics ITWM. It was founded in December 2008 as part of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate’s “Mathematics Initiative” and is named after the renowned mathematician and science organizer Felix Klein (1849–1925). The Center brings together excellent research and teaching in both pure and applied mathematics at the Kaiserslautern campus.

Latest: News and Events

Kaiserslautern / Information Session / 13.06.2026

Day of Mathematics 2026

Together with the the Fraunhofer ITWM we have an information booth at Mathematics Day at RPTU Kaiserslautern, where we provide information about career opportunities. In addition, the experts from Fraunhofer ITWM present four lectures under the theme »People Make Math – 30 Years of Applied Mathematics at Fraunhofer ITWM.«

Registration deadline: May 25, 2026

to the event page (itwm.fraunhofer.de)

Short News / 20.03.2026

Who Is Advancing to the Final?

The Mathematics Olympiad is a four-stage competition for exceptionally gifted students: after the school, regional, and state rounds in Rhineland-Palatinate, the top participants were honored as finalists at a ceremony at the Fraunhofer ITWM in Kaiserslautern. Intensive preparation in the Math Camp supported them along the way – now the best will compete in the federal final in Hamburg.

Blick über den Tellerrand / Hybrid Talk / 12.03.2026

Water bodies in the Anthropocene

Human activity leaves traces behind, the concentrations of which can now be measured with increasing accuracy – even in our waters, which are becoming increasingly polluted with chemicals. Prof. Dr. Mirco Bundschuh will shed light on the consequences for organisms and entire ecosystems in the next »Looking beyond the horizon.«

Colloquium / Kaiserslautern / 03.02.2026

Can one hear the shape of a Fullerence?

The lecture provides an overview of whether the shape of fullerenes can be determined from their spectrum and presents a stochastic approach based on spectral distributions of regular lattices. The approach is also applied to nanotubes; finally, current advances and open questions in spectral geometry are discussed.

Studying and Practical Research? With Us, You Can Do Both!

Learn more about studying mathematics and the everyday working life of mathematicians in the Lautrer Math Stories.

To the Video Series

Kaiserslautern – a charming, medium-sized city in the Palatinate Forest. What many people don't know is that pioneering technologies with international appeal are being developed on its unique science mile. Behind it all are some very special personalities, and mathematical stories are being written. Of course, this is also due to the attractive location: the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, with its excellent mathematics department, and the world's largest institute for industrial mathematics, the Fraunhofer ITWM, are within walking distance of each other, and everyone benefits from the synergies.

In short videos, mathematicians from Kaiserslautern tell us their Lautrer math stories:

Overview of the Video Series (itwm.fraunhofer.de)

Theory and Practice? Of Course, Both!

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