For more than ten years the HFT has been conducting research, particularly in the fields of building physics, building technology, geoinformatics and techno-mathematics. The research programmes are concentrated under one roof at the Joseph-von-Egle Institute, named after the famous Stuttgart master of urban planning. In the areas of building acoustics, heat insulation, thermal building physics and the utilisation of solar energy, the institute is among the most renowned German institutes for applied research and development. A large part of the research done here is in EU-funded projects and undertaken with international cooperation. The Egle Institute also engages many research professors from the fields of civil engineering, surveying, geoinformatics and applied mathematics.

Towards the end of 2002, a new institute was opened at the university, the “Centre for applied research at universities of applied science – sustainable energy technology” (zafh.net). At this institute, five universities of applied science from Baden-Württemberg pool their research skills. Their goal is the development of “intelligent buildings”, buildings which will be climate-controlled using resources in an ecologically sound fashion. In the same year, the centre for building physics was also opened. The facility with its great variety and diversity of measuring and testing stations is one of the most modern of its kind in Europe.

As a student at the HFT you will profit from your professors' enthusiasm for research:

• the newest findings are immdiately presented as part of the curriculum
• laboratories furnished with state-of-the-art equipment are at your disposal
• when graduating with your degree or master course, you have the possibility of working on a research topic