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160 study programs, 28,000 students, 190 mio external funds: the university in numbers - Annals of the University of Stuttgart
From industrial school to international research university in two centuries
Exceptional research and teaching
The University of Stuttgart is one of the leading technically oriented universities in Germany with global significance. It sees itself as a center of university-based, non-university, and industrial research. Furthermore, it takes a role as a guarantor of research-based teaching, focused on quality and holism. The Stuttgart Way means an interdisciplinary integration of engineering, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences based on the fundamentals of cutting-edge research at a disciplinary level.
Two Clusters of Excellence, for which the university has applied for a grant as part of the Excellence Strategy to strengthen top-level research in Germany, have been awarded funding for seven years. The successful clusters are “Data-integrated simulation sciences” and “Intergrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture “.
Intelligent systems for a sustainable society
Vision of the University of Stuttgart
