Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), University of Karlsruhe We bundle the missions of both precursory institutions: A university of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg with teaching and research tasks and a large-scale research institution of the Helmholtz Association conducting program-oriented provident research on behalf of the Federal Republic of Germany. Within these missions, we are operating along the three strategic fields of action of research, teaching, and innovation.