Portrait photo of Prof. Dr. Karim Khakzar

Professor Dr. Karim Khakzar

President of Fulda University of Applied Sciences

Spokesperson of the HRK Universities of Applied Sciences Member Group
HRK-Vice-President for Interfaces in the Higher Education System

YearEvent
1960Born in Stuttgart, Germany
1980-1986Diplom-Ingenieur degree in Electrical Engineering from University of Stuttgart, Germany
1986-1991Assistant at the Institute for Network and System Theory at the University of Stuttgart, Germany
1991Doktor-Ingenieur (PhD) degree from University of Stuttgart, Germany
1991-1994Alcatel SEL AG, Stuttgart, Germany, System engineer for telecommunication
1994-1996Alcatel Telecom, Zaventem, Belgium, company-wide coordination and management of development and standardization activities in telecommunication
since 1996Professor at Fulda University of Applied Sciences in the faculty of Computer Science, Germany
1998-2004Scientific director of the Institute for Digital Media and Communication GmbH, Fulda, Germany
2000-2004Course Director Master of Science in Electronic Business
2003-2004Dean of the faculty of Computer Science
2004-2008Vice President for research and development of Fulda University of Applied Science
since 2008President of Fulda University of Applied Sciences
2013-2015Spokesman of the Hessian Universities of Applied Sciences
since 2016Member of the working group „Cooperative Promotions“ in the HRK
since 8/2016HRK Vice-President for Interfaces in the Higher Education System, Spokesman of the Universities of Applied Sciences within the HRK