Editing Darmstadt (section)

== Education ==

=== Schools ===
The City of Darmstadt offers students a broad variety of public primary, secondary and tertiary schools. Besides them private schools exist, e.g. the catholic secondary school ''Edith-Stein-Schule'', the [[Adventists]]' ''Schulzentrum Marienhöhe'', an [[anthroposophic]] [[Waldorf school|''Waldorf School'']], a ''[[Comenius]]'' ''School'' and other faith based private schools.

=== Universities ===
[[File:Karo5 Eingangsgebaeude Verwaltungsgebaeude TU Darmstadt.jpg|thumb|Technical University (TU) main entrance]]
[[File:TU Darmstadt L301.jpg|thumb|TU Darmstadt Department of Architecture 2007]]

====TU Darmstadt====
{{Main|Technical University of Darmstadt}}

The [[Technical University of Darmstadt]] ({{langx|de|Technische Universität Darmstadt|links=no}}), commonly referred to as TU Darmstadt, is a prestigious research university in Germany. It was founded in 1877 and received the right to award doctorates in 1899. In 1882 it was the first university in the world to set up a chair in electrical engineering, in 1883 the first faculty for electrical engineering was founded there. The university is organized in 13 departments and 5 fields of study, which all together offer about 100 courses of studies. The fields of study offer interdisciplinary degree courses in which students take lectures in multiple departments. The university, as its title suggests, offers degree courses in the fields of electrical, mechanical and civil engineering, architecture, computer science, mathematics and the natural sciences. It also offers courses in economics, law, history, politics, sociology, psychology, sport science and linguistics. It also offers degree courses for teaching positions at German vocational schools and Gymnasiums.

====Hochschule Darmstadt====
{{Main|Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences}}
[[File:H-da-Hochhaus nach Renovierung2011.jpg|thumb|upright|Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences – main building]]

The [[Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences]] ({{langx|de|Hochschule Darmstadt|links=no}}) has the highest number of industrial linkage programs, compared to the rest of the universities of applied sciences. The roots of University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt dates back to 1876. However, it has not emerged as a separate institution before 1971. As of 2017 it was the largest University of Applied Sciences in the State of Hesse, with about 16,000 students. It offers courses in architecture, chemical engineering, materials science, civil engineering, computer science, design, economics, electrical engineering and information technology, mathematics and science, mechanical engineering, media (including information science and engineering), plastics engineering, social and cultural studies, and several social sciences.

====EHD Darmstadt====
The [[Protestant University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt]] (EHD) is an officially recognised and Church-sponsored University. The sponsors are the Protestant Church in Hesse and Nassau, the Protestant Church of Kurhesse-Waldeck and the social welfare organisation of both Hessian Protestant Churches, the Diakonie Hesse. The EHD has approximately 1,700 students, 40 professors and 10 scientific employees and about 100 visiting lecturers every semester.