PH Schwäbisch Gmünd holds several awards including the Helmuth-Lang-Price as well as the Irma-Schmücker-Price.

[5] The PH Schwäbisch Gmünd is also ranked as one of the top universities of Baden-Württemberg.

It was originally founded as a seminar in 1825 at the old campus in downtown Schwäbisch Gmünd.

The newly founded Pädagogische Hochschule moved to the Campus Hardt at the edge of Schwäbisch Gmünd.

The secondary campus is situated directly in downtown Schwäbisch Gmünd and only houses some music students.

The center for knowledge transfer of the PH Schwäbisch Gmünd was founded in 2012.

PH Schwäbisch Gmünd had a total of 2.843 students in the winter semester 2016/17, of which about 2.192 were women and only 651 men.

PH Schwäbisch Gmünd offers a variety of Bachelor and Master programmes for its students.