With around 8,800 students, the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW) is among the largest universities in the Stuttgart and Upper Neckar regions. In cooperation with about 2,500 carefully selected companies and social institutions, the dual partners, the Schools of Business, Engineering and Social Work offer more than 40 nationally and internationally approved Bachelor courses. Their most important feature is that students regularly switch between theoretical phases at the university and practical phases at the dual training partner. Since autumn 2011, DHBW Stuttgart additionally offers practice-integrated further education extending beyond the Bachelor degree with its career-integrated Master's programs at all its schools.
Today, the DHBW formerly called Berufsakademie Baden-Württemberg, is a nationally and internationally approved and accredited university with an exceptionally high level of quality, which also shows in the large number of graduates, namely 80 percent, who are taken on by their training companies after graduation.

The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart is a town known for its fast cars and quality wine. Spread across a variety of hills, many of which are vineyards, the town is home to many valleys and parks, offering an unusually green backdrop to an area known for its business acumen and its automobile production, namely Porche and Mercedes-Benz.
The real Stuttgart is not all wine and cars though, locals work hard and play hard alongside down-to-earth country folk who call the surrounding area their home. Stuttgart is a cosmopolitan city that offers a lot to visitors who are willing to spend time amongst its meandering streets.

The university has a number of sports groups including the annual Alb-extreme cycling marathon that attracts 3,500 riders battling against 3,200 meters of altitude.