The special feature is the close integration of theory and practice. Through an integrated practice semester, project work, laboratory events, excursions, students receive valuable insights into practical working procedures. The foundation is composed of the construction disciplines traditionally anchored at the HFT: Civil Engineering, Architecture, Building Physics and Surveying degree courses, as well as Business Administration degree course. Industrial Engineering places the focus on construction and real estate: 50% Civil Engineering, 30% Business Administration, 20% legal subjects/key skills.

Students of the degree course Industrial Engineering - Construction and Real Estate have access to over 70 partner universities; Students may complete the supervised practical study project or a study semester abroad and have these credits recognised.

Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, Südafrika; Beijing University of Technology, Peking, China; Aydin University, Istanbul, Türkei; Université de La Reunion, Réunion, Frankreich; Universita di Studi die Parma, Parma, Italien; Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, Niederlande; Politechnica University Timisoara, Timisoara, Rumänien; University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Kanada; Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan, Merida, Mexiko

7 teaching and research laboratories, all with state-of-the-art equipment, are available to students. In addition to compulsory and voluntary laboratory practice, these facilities offer the opportunity to acquire additional qualifications, e.g. the first part of the training for the international welding engineer. All of the facilities and test benches of the Institute for Applied Research are available with their competent staff to students for final theses.

Students benefit in many ways from these activities: the latest research findings are incorporated directly into teaching, and students are involved in the thought process for demonstration experiments and can be involved as assistants and through their final theses.

Due to the work of numerous teachers in committees for regulation and standardisation, the technical regulations are all extremely current, and some are already incorporated into teaching before their final publication. Due to the very good networking of teaching staff in industry, numerous short excursions to the individual areas of expertise are carried out in the greater Stuttgart area. This significantly increases the practical component of teaching.