Hochschule Esslingen is a university of applied sciences with a strong focus on engineering (mechanical, automotive, electrical, IT), social work, and business, located in an industrial region near Stuttgart.
Address: Kanalstraße 33, 73728 Esslingen am Neckar, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, Electrical Engineering & IT, Mechatronics & Systems Engineering
Domains taught:
- Aerospace, AI and Machine Learning, Automation, Bioengineering, Chemistry, Civil Engineering, Computer Vision, Data Analytics, Ecology and Sustainability, Electrical and Electronics, Engineering, Fluid Dynamics, Industrial Design, Life Sciences, Manufacturing, Materials, Mathematics, Mechanical Engineering, Optics, Physics, Process Control, Project Management, Robotics, Signal Processing, Software Engineering, Statistics, Structural Engineering, Telecommunications, Thermodynamics, Transportations
Diplomas*:
- Bachelor, Master, MBA
Status:
- Public
Partnerships:
Strong ties with automotive and manufacturing industries in the Stuttgart region (e.g., Mercedes-Benz, Bosch, Festo).
Research:
Automotive systems and e-mobility, Advanced manufacturing and robotics, Automation and control engineering, Software engineering and IT security.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
500
Current students***:
6000
Foreign students***:
10%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Excellent practical engineering education, very strong industry connections, high employability for graduates.
Cons
Focus on applied sciences and bachelor/master level.
Best For
Leading university of applied sciences for mechanical, automotive, and electrical engineering with strong industry links.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of aerospace, transportations and optics can consider Hochschule Heilbronn, and it covers logistics and food science as well, and is slightly larger, at about 8,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- Among national alternatives, Ostfalia Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften stands out for its focus on aerospace, transportations and optics, and it teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and mba, and covers sound engineering and ergonomics and UX as well.
- Hochschule Furtwangen University follows much the same lines as this school, with transportations, optics and signal processing as common ground, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and mba programmes.
- Anyone who wants a second school in the same country with a similar spread of transportations, optics and signal processing can consider Hochschule Kempten University of Applied Sciences, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and mba programmes, and covers logistics and food science as well.
- Where this school leans on aerospace, transportations and optics, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden does the same, and it is slightly smaller, at about 5,000 students against roughly 6,000 here, and is also a public institution.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
- The closest overseas parallel on transportations, optics and signal processing is Gunma University, located in Japan; it covers food science and bioinformatics as well, and has almost the same size, at about 6,000 students.
- If this institution is on your list for transportations, optics and signal processing, Nagoya Institute of Technology in Japan deserves a comparison, because it also offers doctoral programmes and covers nanotechnologies as well.
- Looking internationally, University of Bielsko-Biała in Poland is where transportations, optics and signal processing get a comparable treatment; it is also a public institution and also offers doctoral programmes.
- Shanghai Institute of Technology brings a China setting to the same core fields, transportations, optics and signal processing, and it covers logistics and food science as well, and is far larger, with about 18,000 students against roughly 6,000 here.
- FHNW Hochschule für Technik (Switzerland) works on the same fields as this school, chiefly optics, signal processing and fluid dynamics; it is also a public institution and does not run the mba programmes found here.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
- Automotive, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Lean Manufacturing, Robotics
*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
- known locally
- known locally and internationally
- is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
- is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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