In addition to these universities, there is the University of Stuttgart, founded in 1829, which is a leading research university, the University of Hohenheim, the city's oldest university, founded in 1818, the Institute of Management and Technology - an international business school, and several universities of applied sciences.
Stuttgart is home to the State Academy of Fine Arts, one of the largest art schools in Germany, founded in 1761, as well as the State University of Music and Performing Arts, founded in 1857.
Historically, at the end of the 18th century, there was an elite military academy in Stuttgart, the Hohe Karlsschule, in Solitude Castle. Among its many valued graduates were Friedrich Schiller (playwright, poet, philosopher) and Nikolaus Friedrich von Thouret - the most famous classicist architect of the city.
