1995 | Renaming, new buildings Due to the new law on universities of applied sciences, the name Fachhochschule für Technik Stuttgart was changed to Fachhochschule Stuttgart - University of Applied Sciences (HFT). The HFT was awarded the building Kienestraße 45. In the so-called Building 4, the faculties of civil engineering as well as basic and building physics were accommodated. The first pavilion in the courtyard, called Block 4, was designed and built by students as part of a cross-degree study project. The wooden construction was financed with donations and is available as a student meeting place. |
1996 | Renaming of a faculty The Faculty of Surveying was renamed to "Vermessung und Geoinformatik". |
1997 | Design of the inner courtyard The inner courtyard between Building 1 and Building 3 was completed. Since then, four trees bring greenery into the inner courtyard. |
1998 | Artistic aptitude test An artistic aptitude test was introduced in the interior design course. A multifunctional student card was issued. |
1999 | First Master's programme The English-language Master's programme Photogrammetry and Geoinformatics marked the beginning of the University of Applied Sciences Bachelor's/Master's era. |
2001 | Restructuring of the faculties The five faculties that had previously existed became the three faculties of Architecture and Design, Civil Engineering, Building Physics and Economics, and Surveying, Computer Science and Mathematics. At the same time, the Master's programmes International Project Management and Urban Planning began. |
2002 | zafh.net and first bachelor's degree programme The Centre for Sustainable Energy Technology (zafh. net), a centre for building energy research, was established as one of three centres of excellence at the universities of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg. In the winter semester, the first bachelor's degree course in computer science began at the HFT Stuttgart, at the same time as the master's degree courses Software Technology and SENCE. Opening of the Centre for Building Physics After a construction period of only 15 months, the Centre for Building Physics could be moved into in July 2002. 1.8 million Euros were invested in order to realise building acoustic testing and research facilities on over 1,000 m², which are among the most modern in Europe. In addition to the focal points of building acoustics and room sound, there are laboratories for solar and geothermal energy. |
2003 | Additional rooms, Department of Economics In the Breitscheidstraße building of the University of Stuttgart, two floors and the basement could be taken over for workshops of the Interior Design course. The new Economics Department offered the Bachelor of Business Administration course for the first time in the winter semester. |
2005 | Introduction of faculties, changeover to Bachelor-Master programmes The three departments were renamed faculties in the winter semester. At the same time, as part of the Bologna process, the entire study programme was converted to Bachelor-Master courses. The diploma courses of studies expired. |
2006 | New Bachelor's programmes For the first time, the university offered the Bachelor's programmes Information Logistics and Infrastructure Management. Block 4 was created in the inner courtyard, again designed and built by students. |
2007 | Jubilee of the HFT Stuttgart, change of principal The 175th anniversary of the HFT Stuttgart was celebrated with numerous festivities. More than 300 invited guests from politics, business and culture attended the central ceremony, including numerous rectors of international partner universities. After 14 years, Prof. Dr. Martin Stohrer handed over the rector's office to Prof. Rainer Franke (*1954), who was appointed Professor of Building History and Building Construction at the university in 1998 and Dean of the Faculty of Architecture and Design since 2004. In the summer semester, the Master's programme in Surveying was offered for the first time, and in the winter semester the expansion of the university began with the Bachelor's programme in Business Informatics in 2012. At the same time, the Institute for Applied Research (IAF) was able to move into new rooms in Building 7 on Schlossstraße. |
2008 | New Master Programs In the Department of Economics, the Master Program General Management was introduced, in the Department of Mathematics the Master Program Mathematics was introduced. |
2009 | Competition for an extension, foundation of the Didactics Centre The Didactics Centre was founded from tuition fees, initially with the task of improving the transition from school to university. The services were then extended to all semesters and to lecturers. The interior design department put new rooms in Building 6 into operation. After a long period of preparatory work, an internationally open competition for the extension of the HFT Stuttgart was announced and the first prize winner was finally commissioned to carry out the project. The building site is the parking lot in the direction of the Liederhalle, so that the university will have a new address here. Approximately 3,900 m² of main usable space are planned for the Faculty of Architecture and Design, whose workshops will be relocated here. |
2010 | New image, solar decathlon, 3,000 students Communication designers developed a new image from the specifications of a university-wide working group in order to clearly express the university's diverse profile. The HFT Stuttgart received a new logo, its own corporate typeface and an exclusive colour system. In the international competition "Solar Decathlon", 20 universities from all over the world competed in Madrid to design and build a residential building powered by solar energy. With the plus energy house "home+", the HFT Stuttgart team achieved third place overall. In the winter semester 2010/11, the number of students exceeded the 3,000 mark for the first time. At the same time, the universities of applied sciences in Baden-Württemberg became universities of applied sciences (HAW). The change of name took into account the increased tasks of the type of university. However, the individual name Hochschule für Technik did not change. |
2011 | Expansion of the University of Applied Sciences 2012, Studienstiftung With the new bachelor's degree programmes in Climate Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management (Construction and Real Estate) and Business Psychology, 325 new first-year student places were created each year in the 2012 expansion programme. In total, the university now offers 14 Bachelor's and 13 Master's programmes. The university's own Studienstiftung is awarding the first scholarships, and all German scholarships have also been acquired. |
2012 | Start of construction of new building, additional space The exhibition house home+ returned to Stuttgart and became a research pavilion. In autumn, excavation work for the extension building south of Breitscheidstraße began. Five minutes' walk from the main campus, an additional location was rented in Lautenschlagerstraße and occupied by the Economics Department. At the same time, the university had more than 3,700 students for the first time. |
2013 | Founding of the Centre for Sustainable Development (ZNE) The ZNE bundles the university's many existing sustainability activities. |
2014 | New Master's programme In the field of civil engineering, the Master's programme in transport infrastructure management was introduced. In addition, the university has grown to 4,000 students. |
2015 | New alumni portal The alumni work was restructured. The Alumni Office, located in the Press and Marketing Department, has set up a new alumni portal. |
2017 | Innovative University The innovation laboratory "M4_LAB" for the Stuttgart Metropolitan Region of the HFT Stuttgart has been able to assert itself nationwide and is supported for five years by the federal and state initiative "Innovative Hochschule". |
2018 | New international master's programme The international, English-language master's programme "Smart City Solutions" was launched in the Faculty of Architecture and Design. |
2020 | Change of Principal and Chancellor Prof. Rainer Franke retired after 13 years as Principal of the HFT Stuttgart. His successor Prof. Dr. Katja Rade took over the office in the winter semester. Since July 2020 Dr. Doreen Kirmse has been Chancellor of the HFT Stuttgart. |