Economically strong metropolitan region, innovative location for knowledge and science, lively and cosmopolitan state capital: The University of Hohenheim is in Stuttgart, in the Southwest of Germany. Stuttgart has a population of almost 600,000; in the economic region of Stuttgart, there are a total of 2.7 million people in 179 towns. The innovative metropolitan area is renowned for its economic strength, its leading technological position, its first-class universities, and its high quality of life.