The Gründungsradar, an initiative of Stifterverband, now compares and evaluates the start-up culture at German universities for the sixth time. The HFT was able to improve greatly with the PLAN G start-up centre and has risen in the ranking.
A distinction is made between small (< 5,000 students), medium (5,000-15,000 students) and large (>15,000 students) universities, with HFT Stuttgart being assigned to the small universities. A total of 236 universities participated, 64 in the category of small universities.
The HFT is among the top 5 small universities that have improved the most. The HFT was able to further improve its ranking in the top third, especially in the categories of start-up anchoring, start-up qualification and start-up support. In the overall ranking, it did well in the top half.
Prof. Dr. Patrick Planing
Head of the PLAN G start-up center
We are very pleased about the great rating in the Gründungsradar 2022. This shows us that we have been able to establish our start-up center PLAN G well at the HFT and that we are doing valuable work for the students. In the long term, we would like to firmly establish the promotion of start-up activities at HFT.
With PLAN G, start-up activities at HFT have been bundled and specifically promoted since mid-2020. There are numerous events throughout the semester to which interested parties are cordially invited. On 31.3. the proven incubator format STARTPLAN starts, in which a start-up is developed in 8 weeks.
There are also offers during the semester break, such as MORGENWERKSTADT, where participants learn to develop innovative ideas for the city of the future in 2 days using methods from design thinking.
