Editing Darmstadt (section)

=== Post–World War II ===
Throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, Darmstadt became home to many technology companies and research institutes, and has been promoting itself as a "city of science" since 1997.<ref name="FAZ 2022">{{cite news | title=Gründer in Deutschland: Wie Darmstadt zu einem führenden Hightech-Standort Europas wurde | website=[[FAZ.NET]] | date=9 June 2022 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/wie-darmstadt-zu-einem-fuehrenden-hightech-standort-europas-wurde-18086785.html | language=de | url-access=subscription | access-date=1 February 2023 | last1=Finsterbusch (Text) | first1=Stephan | last2=Bäuml (Fotos) | first2=Lucas | archive-date=1 February 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230201163838/https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/wie-darmstadt-zu-einem-fuehrenden-hightech-standort-europas-wurde-18086785.html | url-status=live }}</ref> It is well known as a high-tech centre in the vicinity of [[Frankfurt International Airport|Frankfurt Airport]], with important activities in spacecraft operations (the [[European Space Agency]]'s [[European Space Operations Centre]], [[European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites]]), chemistry, pharmacy, information technology, biotechnology, telecommunications (substantial [[Deutsche Telekom]] presence) and mechatronics.<ref name="FAZ 2022" /> In 2000, its region also scored Rank 3 amongst 97 German regions in the ''[[WirtschaftsWoche]]'' test ranking Germany's high-tech regions.<ref name="FACTS"/>

The roots of [[Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences]] goes back to 1876<ref>http://www2.h-da.de/mse/msc_brochure.pdf{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> along with [[Technische Universität Darmstadt]] (the first electrical engineering chair and inventions fame), when both these Universities were an integrated entities, a need for a separate industry based research educational institution was felt in the early 1930s, finally University of Applied sciences emerged as a separate industry based research educational institution in 1971 and is the largest [[Fachhochschule|University of Applied Sciences]] in Hesse (German: [[Hessen]]) with about 16,500 students.<ref name="Caspar">{{cite web | last=Caspar | first=Michael | title=Zahlen, Daten, Fakten – h_da Hochschule Darmstadt | website=Startseite – h_da Hochschule Darmstadt | url=https://h-da.de/hochschule/organisation/zahlen-daten-fakten | language=de | access-date=1 February 2023 | archive-date=19 August 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240819061336/https://h-da.de/hochschule/organisation/zahlen-daten-fakten | url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Darmstadt University of Technology|TU Darmstadt]] is one of the important technical institutes in Germany and is well known for its research and teaching in the Electrical, Mechanical and Civil Engineering disciplines.<ref name="Diez-Holz 2018">{{cite web | last=Diez-Holz | first=Lisa | title=Die besten Hochschulen für Ingenieure und Informatiker in Deutschland | website=ingenieur.de – Jobbörse und Nachrichtenportal für Ingenieure | date=28 August 2018 | url=https://www.ingenieur.de/karriere/bildung/hochschule/absolventen-aus-aachen-und-muenchen-am-begehrtesten/ | language=de | access-date=1 February 2023}}</ref> Together with other tertiary institutions, the TU is responsible for the large student population of the city, which stood at 33,547 in 2004.<ref name="FACTS"/>