ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi wʌz kɹiːˈeɪɾᵻd ˌɔn dʒˈænjuːˌɛɹi wˈʌn, tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛnti θɹˈiː θɹuː ðə ɹᵻstɹˈʌktʃɚɹɪŋ ʌvðə ɹˈaɪnləndpælˈætᵻnˌeɪt jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾiz baɪ ðə stˈeɪt ɐθˈɔːɹɪɾi; ðə fˈɔːɹmɚ jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˈɑːblɛntslˈændaʊ hæd tˈuː kˈæmpəsᵻz ɪn kˈɑːblɛnts ænd lˈændaʊ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti kˌeɪˈɛm ɐpˈɑːɹt, ɪts lˈændaʊ kˈæmpəs dʒˈɔɪnd wɪððə tˈɛknɪkəl jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˈaɪzɚslˌɔːtɚn tə fˈɔːɹm ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˈaɪzɚslˌɔːtɚnlˈændaʊ, wˌaɪl ðə kˈɑːblɛnts kˈæmpəs bɪkˌeɪm ðə jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi ʌv kˈɑːblɛnts.
The university was created on January 1, 2023 through the restructuring of the Rhineland-Palatinate universities by the state authority; the former  University of Koblenz-Landau had two campuses in Koblenz and Landau 160 km apart, its Landau campus joined with the Technical University of Kaiserslautern to form the University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, while the Koblenz campus became the University of Koblenz.