Dear Readers,
The University of Stuttgart has developed and formulated a new mission statement in the course of an intensive discussion and consultation processover the past few months. In our mission statement, we define ourselves as a leading, technically oriented university with a global impact. Located in the heart of a region of immense economic strength and cultural integration force, we view ourselves as a center of university-based, non-university-based and industrial research and as a guarantor for quality, holistic and comprehensive, research-led teaching.The Stuttgart approach stands for interdisciplinary integration of engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences on the basis of cutting edge research in each discipline.
These maxims are derived from a more encompassing vision: we want to be thought leaders for the topics of tomorrow through the Stuttgart approach of integrated, interdisciplinary research and education, because the University of Stuttgart’s unique research profile gives us the ability to respond holistically to the important research problems of the future. And, because we feel a special obligation to use our knowledge, abilities and passion to make a responsible contribution towards shaping our future.
We are thought leaders for the topics of tomorrow through the Stuttgart approach of integrated, interdisciplinary research and education.
Wolfram Ressel, Rector of the University of Stuttgart
Discover just how our researchers will be breathing life into this vision in the University of Stuttgart’s central research fi elds and what outstanding achievements they are accomplishing in this context in this latest edition of forschung leben.
Read about how we have arrived at adaptive buildings, thanks to digitalisation, with which the housing needed to accommodate an exponentially expanding global population can be built in a resource- conserving manner. See how interdisciplinary collaboration in the fi eld of simulation technologies is enabling new approaches to the treatment of brain tumours or spinal disease.
Allow yourself to be carried away to the fascinating world of quantum technologies that are on the threshold of fundamental research to highly interesting applications in electronics and medicine. And, discover how the new production technologies – known collectively as “Industry 4.0” – are reinvigorating traditional batch production methods or what can be gleaned by reading between the lines of Shakespeare dramas with the aid of digital humanities.
We wish you an inspiring read!