In addition to the required career-specific knowledge, students also gain critical examination skills and an awareness of social responsibility. In the 1st to 4th semester, each student has a workplace in a group room; Three-week introductory course and information events on the Master's degree courses in the faculty; Many subjects from the basic curriculum in the first – fourth semester are taught in tutorials with groups of 15; Very broad range of electives for the Bachelor's degree course.

Very broad range of electives for the Master's degree course and the opportunity to work in a group room.

Agreements with numerous partner universities for student exchange; numerous design/project assignments with an international context including excursions; Certification of a period abroad in the Bachelor's degree course (Bachelor International Plus); Dual Masters courses in English:: Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) and Integrative Technologies and Architectural Design Research (ITECH); Regular international lecture programme; Double degree programme in Integrated Urbanism and Sustainable Design (IUSD) with Ain Shams University Cairo.

The faculty workshops (analogue and digital modelling, RoboLab, metalworking shop, prototype workshop, architectural photography, studios for artistic techniques) enable students to test their ideas using a wide variety of modelling techniques. In addition to numerous computer workstations, training rooms and specialised acoustic and visual simulations, Casino IT, the computer cluster of the faculty, also offers a plotting service and remote access to architecture-specific programs.

Cluster of Excellence Integrative Computational Design and Construction for Architecture (IntCDC); Integration of computer-based design, analysis and manufacturing, innovative manufacturing methods and material concepts for the built environment, lightweight construction and bionic architecture. Making global goals a reality at local level. Learning network between Windhoek, Namibia and Stuttgart for integrated settlement planning and clean energy. GO LOCAL! Sustainable planning for cities with regard to climate change and biodiversity loss: Urban green infrastructure and nature-based solutions "Unalab" (EU Horizon 2020).

The faculty is supported by two Diversity Officers and two Equal Opportunities Officers who are part of the large faculty council. It regards the achievement of equal opportunities and inclusion in the broader sense as a social mandate that must be fulfilled for the benefit of all.