University of Stuttgart

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University of Stuttgart
Universität Stuttgart
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Established 1829
Type Public
Rector Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Wolfram Ressel
Admin. staff 5,150 (2012)1
Students 24,642 Winter Semester 2012/20132
Location Stuttgart, Germany Germany
Affiliations PEGASUS, TU9
Website www.uni-stuttgart.de/

The University of Stuttgart (German Universität Stuttgart) is a university located in Stuttgart, Germany. It was founded in 1829 and is organized in 10 faculties.

It is one of the top nine leading technical universities in Germany (TU9) with highly ranked programs in civil, mechanical, industrial and electrical engineering.

The University of Stuttgart is especially known for its excellent reputation in the fields of advanced automotive engineering, efficient industrial and automated manufacturing, process engineering, aerospace engineering and activity-based costing. The academic tradition of the University of Stuttgart goes back to its probably most famous graduate student: Gottlieb Daimler, the Inventor of the automobile.

Along with the Technical University of Munich, the Technical University of Darmstadt and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, it represents one of the four members of the South German Axis of Advanced Engineering and Management. These four universities, in combination with RWTH Aachen are the top five universities of the aforementioned TU9.citation needed

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History

Auditorium V38.01
Student Residences in Vaihingen
Keplerstraße 11 ("K1", right) and 17 ("K2", left) in the city center
Cafeteria in Vaihingen
The new "Raumfahrtzentrum Baden-Württemberg" in Vaihingen

From 1770 to 1794, the Karlsschule was the first university in Stuttgart. Located in Stuttgart-Hohenheim, it has since 1818 been the University of Hohenheim and 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 the Technical College. In 1900 it was awarded the right to grant doctoral degrees in the technical disciplines. The development of the courses of study at the Technical College of Stuttgart led to its renaming in 1967 to the present-day "Universität Stuttgart".

Since the end of the 1950s, a part of the university has been located in the suburb of Stuttgart-Vaihingen. Most technical subjects (computer science, engineering, etc.) are located in Vaihingen, while social sciences, architecture, and similar topics are still located in the city center campus.citation needed

Notable alumni

Organization

The university is divided into 10 faculties:3

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Coordinates: 48°46′54″N 9°10′31″E / 48.78167°N 9.17528°E / 48.78167; 9.17528

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