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Stuttgart is the capital of the south-west German province of Baden-Württemberg. It has over 559,000 inhabitants and is one of the most important regions in Germany for industry. The city is built around the river Neckar.
Stuttgart is famous for its cultural events and landmarks. Such sights include: the State Theatre (with its theatre, ballet and opera) and the State Gallery. Gottlieb Daimler, the man who invented the motor engine was born in Stuttgart. Porsche was also founded in Stuttgart.
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Since 1970, additions to Stuttgart University in the city centre were
stopped and built instead in Vaihingen, a suburb outside the city.
Today, you will find most of the technical faculties in Vaihingen, whereas
Arts and Humanities are to be found in the city centre.
KI and KII (the building in the picture) are on Keplerstraße (city centre) and the linguistic faculty is on the second floor of KII. Across the street is The Office for International Affairs. This is where the Orientations week takes place in October. This gives foreign students the chance to get to know the university and the other students. The Institut für Maschinelle Sprachverarbeitung(The institute for natural language processing) is where the computational linguistics department is. It is about a ten minute walk from these buildings. |
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The student residences in Vaihingen are situated directly between the university campus and a nature reserve. The S-Bahn, or underground, is 5 minutes away from the campus. It takes 10 minutes to travel into the city of Stuttgart. Straußäcker I (photo) is one of the nicer residences on the campus, with a family atmosphere. You can also find many residences in the city centre. |
| But nobody actually spends much time studying when there are so many parties to go to. There are parties almost every evening, usually starting early, and finishing just in time for the first lecture the following day. Foreigners make up the majority of these party-goers. The Spaniards, Italiens and Irish are infamous for their loud music, loud singing, "merriment" and energy. Speaking of which, this photos was taken by a merry Irishman having reached the summit of Block 44E. |
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