Our pagoda park

Tough Shell and Soft Core - the Diversity of Molluscs

Discover the second-largest animal group in the world in a whole new way and be amazed by the variety of shapes and colors of mollusks, such as snails, clams, and cephalopods. Get ready to explore the largest clam in the world and many other treasures from the Zoological Museum Kiel. Here's what awaits you:

• Microscopy station featuring objects from the collection
• Microscopy station with live animals from the Kiel Fjord (mussels, snails, and plankton)
• Discovery box - What can be found on the beach?
• Public preparation of a squid and a mussel
• Writing with sepia ink
• Face painting for children and painting station

Studying, but what?

The central student advisory service provides support for study orientation, whether you are at the beginning of your study choices or have specific questions about study programs and application procedures.
Prospective students can address their concerns in the Open Consultation Hour daily from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm on-site.

CAU-Unishop goes Kiel Week

Discover the wide selection and campus style of the University of Kiel. Here, you can find fantastic items related to CAU, from cool GOTS-certified t-shirts and hoodies to great everyday helpers such as the Mizu water bottle, skyline mug, or practical pencils:

• Apparel
• Accessories
• Stationery

Exciting Hands-On Activities and Experiments with the Kiel Research Workshop

At the hands-on activities offered by the Kiel Research Workshop, people of all ages can gain fascinating insights into the natural and social sciences. Participants are encouraged to experiment and try things out themselves.

Hands-on activities in the following areas:

• Nanoscience
• Robotics and Sensor Technology
• Food Technology
• Art and Language

Mobility for Tomorrow - See, Experience, Learn

Diverse interactive activities for children and adults:

• Virtual test field and LiDAR sensor technology
• Lectures on ferry traffic in Kiel
• Drawing competition "Best Ferry"
• A ride on the Variaro platform with VR goggles
• 5 Mini Q&A sessions: Meet the CAPTN

Research Vessel Expedition - Interdisciplinary Marine Research on Natural Hazards from the Ocean

Here's what awaits you on the Research Vessel Adventure:

• VirtualR - From the Bridge to the Laboratory
• Virtually accompany researchers on their expedition aboard the METEOR
• Interactive poster on "Tsunamis and Landslides"
• Learn more about natural hazards from the ocean and their research
• Short films about marine research at CAU/KMS

Learning from the Past for the Present

• Why did Rungholt disappear?
• Which Bronze Age superfood is still a hopeful contender today?
• How old is the plague?

Join us on a journey through time and explore virtually, as well as through tangible archaeological artifacts, how people lived in earlier millennia, how they influenced their environment, how they nourished themselves, how they dealt with diseases - and what we can learn from it today.

"Freshly Printed!" - Artistic Workshop on Printing Techniques

Discover the diversity of artistic printmaking and try out this exciting process yourself. You can experiment with various stamping and printing techniques. With a little time, creativity, and some color, you can create your own small-scale artwork that you can even reproduce.

Here's what awaits you: Stamping and printing workshop for children and adults.

Small Things with a Big Impact - Nanoresearch in Kiel

At the molecular and atomic level, unusual physical laws apply, giving materials new properties and applications. The KiNSIS research focus at CAU provides insights into nanoresearch from the perspectives of physics, chemistry, engineering, and biology.

Here's what awaits you:

• Hands-on experiments on material physics
• Color-changing materials from chemistry
• Ultralight materials that can lift heavy objects
• And much more!

Material minds: How do you see the material world?

In addition to a presentation about our project, we will show you our eye-tracking equipment (goggles) and images of pottery found in Germany dating back over 5000 years of (pre)history. You can observe how your gaze is directed towards the ancient artifacts while using our equipment.

Discover more about the perception of objects and landscapes by humans in the past through our ERC project, and playfully learn how we perceive the world through our eyes.

Immerse yourself in the world of the past with our eye-tracking equipment.
Please note the presentation of the ROOTS cluster speaker Prof. Dr. Johannes Müller:

• Title: "Material Mind - Magical Mind: Eye-tracking through the Times"
• Time: Sunday, 25 June, 12 noon
• Where: inside Pagoda 3

The sports center of CAU presents itself every afternoon on the demonstration area in the Pagoda Park with an exciting performance.