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The Stuttgart Media University or Media University (german: ''Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart'' or ''Hochschule der Medien'', italic=unset) is a state university of media studies in
Stuttgart, Germany Stuttgart (; Swabian German, Swabian: ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Baden-Württemberg by population, largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Baden-Württemberg. It is located on the Neckar river in a fe ...
. It was formed in 2001 by the union of the two former schools: the Hochschule für Druck und Medien and the Hochschule für Bibliotheks-und Informationswesen.Profile, School Website accessed October 7, 2014
/ref> The University offers bachelor's and master's degrees in three faculties: *Faculty of
Printing Printing is a process for mass reproducing text and images using a master form or template. The earliest non-paper products involving printing include cylinder seals and objects such as the Cyrus Cylinder and the Cylinders of Nabonidus. The ...
and Media *Faculty of
Electronic Media Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical means for the audience to access the content. This is in contrast to static media (mainly print media), which today are most often created digitally, but do not require el ...
*Faculty of Information and Communication It also offers a doctorate in collaboration with partner universities. It has an Institute for Applied Research and operates the university publisher, Verlag Stuttgart.


Former schools

* Hochschule für Druck und Medien was founded in 1903, based on an earlier technical school for printing founded in 1853 as the Fachschule für Buchdruckgewerbe Stuttgart. * The Hochschule für Bibliotheks-und Informationswesen was founded in 1942 as Büchereifachschule Stuttgart. Both schools are now defunct after their union to form Media University.


Alumni

Among the notable alumni of the ''Stuttgart Media University'' or its predecessors are Arek Gielnik, the producer of
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, and Jörn Grosshans, who won a 2013 Hollywood Post Alliance Award for the outstanding visual effects in
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English Language website

German language website
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