Does KIT pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, KIT employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at KIT. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at KIT?

85% of KIT employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated KIT 3.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.8 for culture and values and 3.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at KIT?

Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (72) , PhD Student (51) , Research Assistant (42) , Wissenschaftliche/r Mitarbeiter/in (40) , Postdoctoral Researcher (37) , Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter/Doktorand (37) , HiWI Job (32) , Studentische Hilfskraft (32) , Hiwi (31) , Research Scientist (25) , Postdoctoral Fellow (24) , Researcher (20) , Tutor (18) , Doktorand (15) , Postdoc-Wissenschaftler (14)

What are the pros of working at KIT according to real employee reviews?

"sehr flexible Arbeitszeiten" ((in 38 reviews)); "Work life balance is good" ((in 18 reviews)); "Flexible arbeitszeit und Home office" ((in 18 reviews)); "nice people to work with" ((in 16 reviews)); "Nice atmosphere inside the group (initially), cool colleagues" ((in 15 reviews))

What are the cons of working at KIT according to real employee reviews?

"Low Salary, Contract based and not permanent" ((in 22 reviews)); "Pay is low at KIT, you can't negotiate pay, but as this was my first job getting money was just very validating." ((in 13 reviews)); "No proper management structure inside the institute." ((in 5 reviews)); "There are limited additional benefits" ((in 3 reviews)); "slow administration and communication." ((in 3 reviews))

KIT Reviews

4.2

85% would recommend to a friend

(394 total reviews)

Professor Dr. Jan S. Hesthaven

95% approve of CEO

61% positive business outlook

KIT has an employee rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 394 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an excellent working experience there. The KIT employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).

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394 reviews

5.0

1 Jun 2026

Flexible hours but events can clash with exams

Hiwi job

Recommend

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Pros

It depends on where you work, but as far as I know they are flexible with the hours as you are also a student and have exam phases

Cons

Sometimes there are events you cannot miss and that can sometimes interfere with the timing of your exams

5.0

20 Jan 2026

Wonderful place to learn

Process engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Wonderful place to learn new things and to get international exposure. Great growth opportunities and amazing staff. Good work life balance and highly appreciated employee benefits.

Cons

Nothing to mention. Everything is good.

5.0

20 Jan 2026

One of the best universities in Germany

Postdoctoral fellow

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

The work environment is honestly very nice. It is really easy to find chemicals and also get equipments. This means that the opportunities to publish and collaborate are enormous

Cons

The main con is the HR. They take such a long time for processing. This is generally a problem with most big German institutions. However, the PAs of the head of institutes generally help with lowering the administrative botttleneck

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