Editing Stuttgart (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Stuttgart HochschuleFuerMusikUndDarstellendeKunst.jpg|thumb|The new building of the State University of Music and Performing Arts, designed by [[James Stirling (architect)|James Stirling]]]]
Stuttgart and its region have been home to some significant figures of German thought and literature, the most important ones being [[Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel]], [[Friedrich Schiller]] and [[Friedrich Hölderlin]].

The city, in its engineering tradition as the cradle of the automobile, has also always been a fruitful place of research and innovation. Stuttgart has Germany's second-highest number of institutions (six) of applied research of the [[Fraunhofer Society]] (after [[Dresden]]).

=== Tertiary education ===
The city is not considered a traditional university city, but nevertheless has a variety of institutions of higher education. The most significant of them are:
*[[University of Stuttgart]], it is the fourth biggest university in Baden-Württemberg after [[University of Heidelberg|Heidelberg]], [[University of Tübingen|Tübingen]] and [[University of Freiburg|Freiburg]]. Founded in 1829, it was a ''Technische Hochschule'' ("Technical University") until 1967, when it was renamed to "university". Its campus for social sciences and architecture is located in the city centre, near the [[Stuttgart Hauptbahnhof|main train station]], while the natural science campus is in the southwestern city district of Vaihingen. Historically, it has been especially renowned for its faculty of architecture (''Stuttgarter Schule''). Today, its main focus is on engineering and other technical subjects.
*[[University of Hohenheim]], founded in 1818 as an academy for [[agricultural science]] and [[forestry]]. While these subjects are still taught there today, its other focus today is on business administration. It is located in Hohenheim quarter of the southern city district of Plieningen.
*[[State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart]], founded in 1857, located in the city center, next to the [[Neue Staatsgalerie]]
*[[State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart]], one of the biggest art colleges in Germany, founded in 1761, located in the Killesberg quarter of the northern city district Stuttgart-Nord
*[[Hochschule der Medien|Stuttgart Media University]] (Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart), founded in 2001 as a university of applied sciences, a merger of the former ''College of Printing and Publishing'' and the ''College of Librarianship'', located in Vaihingen
*[[University of Applied Sciences Stuttgart|Stuttgart Technology University of Applied Sciences (Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart)]], founded in 1832 as a college for craftsmanship, university of applied sciences since 1971, located in the city center, near the University of Stuttgart's city-center campus
*[[Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University|University of Cooperative Education Baden-Württemberg]], founded in 1974, with a focus on practical experience, subjects are business, technology and social work

Historically, an elite [[military academy]] existed in Stuttgart in the late 18th century (1770–1794), the [[Hohe Karlsschule]], at Solitude Castle. Friedrich Schiller and the city's most famous [[Classicism|Classicist architect]], Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret, were among its many esteemed alumni.

=== Primary and secondary education ===
The first [[Waldorf School]] (also known as Rudolf Steiner School) was founded here in 1919 by the director of the [[Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik|Waldorf Astoria tobacco factory]], [[Emil Molt]], and Austrian social thinker [[Rudolf Steiner]], a [[comprehensive school]] following Steiner's educational principles of [[anthroposophy]] and [[humanism|humanistic]] ideals. Today, four of these schools are located in Stuttgart.

The [[Eberhard-Ludwigs-Gymnasium]] was created in 1668 from a historical Latin School as a model high school with the goal of modernising education. Later, the Dillman-Gymnasium, Friedrich-Eugens-Gymnasium and Karls-Gymnasium emerged from it.

=== International School ===
Since 1985 Stuttgart is home to the [[International School of Stuttgart]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Schoolyard, Inc. |url=https://www.issev.de/ |title=International School of Stuttgart |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003035/https://www.issev.de/ |url-status=live }}</ref> one of fewer than 100 schools worldwide that offer all three [[International Baccalaureate]] programs- the IB Primary Years (Early Learning to Grade 5), IB Middle Years (Grade 6 to 10), IB Diploma (grades 11–12).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://files.sitepages.com/stuttgart/PDFs/general/quick_facts.pdf |title=International School of Stuttgart – Quick Facts |access-date=14 October 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213203110/http://files.sitepages.com/stuttgart/PDFs/general/quick_facts.pdf}}</ref> The International School of Stuttgart is accredited by both the Council of International Schools and the [[New England Association of Schools and Colleges]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Schoolyard, Inc. |url=https://www.issev.de/about-iss |title=About IIS |access-date=14 October 2018 |archive-date=15 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015003020/https://www.issev.de/about-iss |url-status=dead}}</ref>