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Research in Stuttgart

Science Explorer records 103 research institutions in Stuttgart, Germany. The highest-ranked on research quality in 2022–2025 are University of Stuttgart, Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research.

Research institutions
103
15 of them ranked worldwide
Research works
145k
▲ 7% vs 2013–17
Top-10% rate, 2022–2025
14.8%
record average 16.5%

A city carries no overall standing here. The composite score is built for institutions and countries, the units its floors and field normalisation were designed around. An empty rank on this page is a statement about the measure, not about the place.

Which research institutions are in Stuttgart?

#InstitutionWorksAgainst the largest hereWorld rank
1University of StuttgartUniversity 56,924 #633
2University of HohenheimUniversity 16,725 #1,828
3Max Planck Institute for Solid State ResearchResearch facility 10,450 #1,506
4Stuttgart ObservatoryResearch facility 6,385 #16,003
5Alcatel Lucent (Germany)Company 6,218 #26,179
6Daimler (Germany)Company 5,952 #14,856
7Robert Bosch (Germany)Company 5,731 #5,724
8Stuttgart Technical University of Applied SciencesUniversity 3,642 #9,718
9Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and AutomationResearch facility 3,462 #13,802
10Max Planck Institute for Intelligent SystemsResearch facility 3,124 #1,240
11OlgahospitalHospital / health system 2,234 #22,123
12Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial EngineeringResearch facility 1,717 #19,140
13Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State UniversityUniversity 1,711 #15,487
14Robert Bosch HospitalHospital / health system 1,710 #14,943
15KatharinenhospitalHospital / health system 1,580 #24,826
16Klinikum StuttgartHospital / health system 1,569 #15,857
17Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde StuttgartArchive 1,475 #13,627
18Mercedes-Benz (Germany)Company 1,158 #11,653
19Krankenhaus vom Roten KreuzHospital / health system 1,020 #24,907
20Stuttgart Media UniversityUniversity 925 #20,290
21Steinbeis FoundationInstitution 920 #15,190
22Marienhospital StuttgartHospital / health system 807 #22,327
23Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch-Institute of Clinical PharmacologyResearch facility 805 #14,247
24Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines StuttgartResearch facility 788 #22,604
25Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and BiotechnologyResearch facility 708 #17,670
26Fraunhofer Institute for Building PhysicsResearch facility 562 #21,821
27Hochschule MacromediaUniversity 463 #20,805
28Center for Integrated Quantum Science and TechnologyResearch facility 457 #2,856
29State Library of WürttembergArchive 447 #42,136 all time
30Institut für Mikroelektronik StuttgartNonprofit 356 #24,634 all time
31Regierungspräsidium StuttgartGovernment institution 337 #23,232 all time
32Landesgesundheitsamt Baden-WürttembergGovernment institution 308 #33,602 all time
33Mahle (Germany)Company 288 #31,688 all time
34Materials Science International Services (Germany)Company 286 #18,465 all time
35Schlaich Bergermann und Partner (Germany)Company 269 #28,572 all time
36Agaplesion Bethesda KrankenhausHospital / health system 256 #38,418 all time
37IMU Institut (Germany)Company 247 #32,734 all time
38Robert Bosch StiftungFunder 234 #38,694 all time
39Landesbank Baden-WürttembergInstitution 233 #39,392 all time
40Diakonie-Klinikum StuttgartHospital / health system 221 #23,486
41Oberlandesgericht StuttgartInstitution 203 #38,778 all time
42Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste StuttgartUniversity 174 #25,353
43Thieme Medical Publishers (Germany)Company 168 #37,069 all time
44Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Baden-WürttembergInstitution 152 #42,271 all time
45Ministerium für Soziales und Integration Baden-WürttembergFunder 148 #33,990 all time
46Landeswasserversorgung (Germany)Company 145 #39,448 all time
47Etas (Germany)Company 133 #38,237 all time
48Fichtner (Germany)Company 98 not ranked
49AOKHospital / health system 93 not ranked
50SSP Consult Beratende Ingenieure (Germany)Company 91 not ranked
51International Performance Research InstituteNonprofit 82 not ranked
52TES Electronic Solutions (Germany)Company 81 not ranked
53Drees & Sommer (Germany)Company 71 not ranked
54Merz AkademieUniversity 70 not ranked
55TWT GmbH Science & Innovation (Germany)Company 70 not ranked
56AKAD UniversityUniversity 67 not ranked
57Alstom (Germany)Company 54 not ranked
58Dekra (Germany)Company 51 not ranked
59Ingenieurgesellschaft für Technische Software (Germany)Company 49 not ranked
60Dialogik (Germany)Nonprofit 39 not ranked

By fractional works over the whole record; world rank on research quality in 2022–2025. Bars are scaled to the largest institution in this city, not to anything off the page.

How concentrated the city is

The same institutions as shares of everything the list accounts for. A city that is one university and a city that is twelve read alike as a table and not at all alike here.

University of Stuttgart: 39.3%University of Hohenheim: 11.6%Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research: 7.2%Stuttgart Observatory: 4.4%56 others listed: 37.5%39%largest
University of Stuttgart57k · 39.3%University of Hohenheim17k · 11.6%Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research10k · 7.2%Stuttgart Observatory6,385 · 4.4%56 others listed54k · 37.5%

Shares of the rows listed above, not of the whole node.

What is Stuttgart strongest at in research?

Relative to its size, research in Stuttgart is most concentrated in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Software and Architecture (6.1× the world share in Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering).

  1. Industrial and Manufacturing EngineeringSubfield · 561.4 works6.1×
  2. SoftwareSubfield · 67.4 works5.8×
  3. ArchitectureSubfield · 38.8 works5.5×
  4. PaleontologySubfield · 117.9 works5.4×
  5. Fluid Flow and Transfer ProcessesSubfield · 71.3 works5.1×
  6. Management of Technology and InnovationSubfield · 265.4 works4.9×
  7. Computational MechanicsSubfield · 503.4 works4.8×
  8. Condensed Matter PhysicsSubfield · 130.1 works4.5×
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Location quotient against the world baseline. Inside a single field a city is a meaningful unit, which is why this is where a city is measured at all.

Which keywords describe research in Stuttgart?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Sustainability, Big Data, Thermal Management, Fluid Dynamics, Deep Learning, Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy and Vibration Analysis.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this city's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Sustainability797▲ 1.82×100 topics
  2. Deep Learning718▲ 1.17×78 topics
  3. Machine Learning581◆ 0.99×87 topics
  4. Sustainable Development507▲ 1.78×66 topics
  5. Big Data485▲ 3.0×25 topics
  6. Renewable Energy471▲ 1.82×48 topics
  7. Artificial Intelligence366▲ 1.48×44 topics
  8. Neural Networks349▲ 1.26×40 topics
  9. Thermal Management321▲ 5.4×8 topics
  10. Digital Transformation320▲ 3.4×19 topics
  11. Fluid Dynamics269▲ 11×6 topics
  12. Vibration Analysis263▲ 5.4×9 topics
  13. Renewable Energy Integration262▲ 4.3×6 topics
  14. Additive Manufacturing246▲ 4.4×8 topics
  15. Electric Vehicles244▲ 4.6×4 topics
  16. Customer Experience219▲ 8.1×4 topics
  17. Model Predictive Control213▲ 4.5×6 topics
  18. Autonomous Vehicles208▲ 5.5×5 topics
  19. Industrial Automation206▲ 17×3 topics
  20. Software Engineering203▲ 13×2 topics
  21. Flexible Automation197▲ 43×1 topic
  22. Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems197▲ 43×1 topic
  23. Customer Relationship Management196▲ 7.5×2 topics
  24. Business Models194▲ 15×3 topics
  25. Mathematical Modeling194▲ 12×6 topics
  26. Materials Science194▲ 26×4 topics
  27. Engineering189▲ 23×5 topics
  28. Turbine Technology186▲ 57×1 topic
  29. Investment Decisions180▲ 8.1×3 topics
  30. Mobile Health179▲ 7.3×3 topics
  31. Digital Capital174▲ 53×1 topic
  32. Value Chains174▲ 53×1 topic
  33. Technology Innovation174▲ 31×3 topics
  34. Omni-Channel Strategy173▲ 46×1 topic
  35. Renewable Resources168▲ 5.5×6 topics
  36. Construction156▲ 6.3×3 topics
  37. Material Properties135▲ 7.5×5 topics
  38. Structural Analysis130▲ 7.7×7 topics
  39. Structural Health Monitoring128▲ 9.2×4 topics
  40. Assembly Planning125▲ 9.2×1 topic

What research is done in Stuttgart?

  1. 1 Flexible and Reconfigurable Manufacturing SystemsIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 197 works
  2. 2 Physics and Engineering Research ArticlesComputational Mechanics 186 works
  3. 3 Corporate Governance and ManagementStrategy and Management 174 works
  4. 4 Digital Innovation in IndustriesManagement of Technology and Innovation 173 works
  5. 5 Manufacturing Process and OptimizationIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 125 works
  6. 6 Civil and Structural Engineering ResearchCivil and Structural Engineering 105 works
  7. 7 Digital Transformation in IndustryIndustrial and Manufacturing Engineering 105 works
  8. 8 Engineering and Materials Science StudiesMechanical Engineering 102 works
  9. 9 Corporate Management and LeadershipOrganizational Behavior and Human Resource Management 90 works
  10. 10 Sociology and Education StudiesSociology and Political Science 89 works

Research output over time

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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more.