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Former names | Technische Hochschule Stuttgart | |||
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| Type | Public | |||
| Established | 1829; 196 years ago (1829) | |||
| Budget | €662 million[1] | |||
| Chancellor | Anna Steiger[2] | |||
| President | Peter Middendorf[3] | |||
Academic staff | 3,152[1] | |||
Administrative staff | 1,794[1] | |||
| Students | 19,097[4] | |||
| Undergraduates | 13,136[5] | |||
| Postgraduates | 7,309[5] | |||
| 1,682[5] | ||||
| Location | ,, Germany 48°46′54″N9°10′31″E / 48.78167°N 9.17528°E /48.78167; 9.17528 | |||
| Campus | Urban/Suburban | |||
| Colors | Anthracite, Dark Blue ("Mittelblau") & Light Blue | |||
| Affiliations | German Universities Excellence Initiative,PEGASUS,TU9,EUA,TIME | |||
| Website | www.uni-stuttgart.de | |||
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TheUniversity of Stuttgart (German:Universität Stuttgart) is apublicresearch university located inStuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized into 10 faculties.[6] It is one of the oldest technical universities in Germany with programs incivil,mechanical,industrial andelectrical engineering, among others. It is a member ofTU9, an incorporated society of the nine oldest German institutes of technology.
From 1770 to 1794, theKarlsschule was the first university in Stuttgart. TheUniversity of Hohenheim inStuttgart-Hohenheim, founded in 1818 and Stuttgart's oldest still existing university,[7] is not related to the University of Stuttgart, except for some joint activities.
What is now the University of Stuttgart was founded in 1829, and celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2004. Because of the increasing importance of the technical sciences and instruction in these fields, from 1876 the university was known as theTechnische Hochschule Stuttgart (StuttgartInstitute of Technology). In 1900 it was awarded the right to grant doctoral degrees in the technical disciplines. The development of the courses of study at the Technische Hochschule Stuttgart led to its renaming in 1967 to the present-day "Universität Stuttgart". With this change of name came along a built-up of new fields, such as history of science and technology and the social sciences, and the extension of existing ones, such as history and art history.
Since the end of the 1950s, a part of the university has been located in the suburb ofStuttgart-Vaihingen. Most technical subjects (computer science, engineering, etc.) are located in Vaihingen, while the humanities, the social sciences, architecture, and similar topics are still located in the city center campus.[8] The university hosts many national and international research institutes, and collaborates with partners such asFraunhofer,German Aerospace Center, among others. The university is also founding member of theStartup Autobahn as well asArena2036, the flexible research factory.
The university is divided into 10 faculties:[9]
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The University of Stuttgart is globally and nationally recognized in several prominentuniversity rankings. According to theQS World University Rankings of 2024, it was ranked 312th worldwide and 19th within Germany.[10] As for theTimes Higher Education World University Rankings, in 2024, the institution landed within the 251-300 band globally and was situated between the 25th and 31st positions nationally.[11] TheAcademic Ranking of World Universities, also known as ARWU, positioned the University of Stuttgart between the 301-400 range globally and between 20th and 24th in the national ranking for the year 2023.[12]
In the field of Engineering and Technology, the university was ranked 167th worldwide and 6th within Germany according to the 2023 QS World University Rankings.[13] In the same year, the Times Higher Education World University Rankings for Engineering positioned the institution within the 101-125 range globally, and between the 5th and 7th spots nationally.[14]
