The university offers undergraduate and graduate programs in the main fields of International Business, Engineering, Information, Medical and Natural Science and Design.

Top Five placements in various rankings and its reputation amongst industry and commerce has made it one of Germany's most prestigious universities of applied sciences.

The old buildings in the center of town were handed over to the police force, and parts of the original equipment from the Weaving School and other documentation were placed in the Industrial Museum of Reutlingen.

[4] Today's Building 2, home to the School of Applied Chemistry, opened in 1983, and in 1984, the first students entered Automation Technology and Business Information Science classes.

The same year, the Export Academy Baden-Württemberg was founded at the university with a postgraduate degree course in International Marketing.

The largest building on campus opened in 1987 by the Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg with space for Reutlingen University's technology departments.

In full accordance with European agreements, all degree courses switched in 2003 to internationally recognized Bachelor's and Master's qualifications.

Since 2012, Hendrik Brumme is President of Reutlingen University, succeeding his predecessor Peter Nieß und Wolfgang Hiller.

Students have an institutionalized right to participate in the decision making process through Senator mandates, seats in the school councils or as appointed members of academic commissions.

Research and teaching are focusing the fields of medical technology, environmental protection, food, automotive, plastics and electronics.

[8] The School of Textiles & Design represents the oldest department (since 1855) and the historical origin of Reutlingen University.

Research and development projects supported by state and federal ministries, and also by the European Union, are carried out in cooperation with industry - in particular with small- and medium-size enterprises.

By this means the institutes make contributions to the innovative ability of German industry and provide topical relevance to students.

The Export-Akademie consists of the following departments: SEFEX (Seminars for the Exporting Industry), ZIM (a certificate course for export managers), OBS (a retraining program by the Otto Benecke Trust), and IMI (the International Management Institute).

It works to a large extent with the study materials of the part-time MBA program of the European School of Business.

Under certain circumstances, participants in the program can go on to study at the Distance Learning University of Switzerland, where they can earn an academic degree.

The aim of the OBS courses is to remove these obstacles and to adapt the participants to professional requirements in Germany.

They attempt to find and live by modern forms of Christian faith, and offer help and advice on both academic and personal matters.

The main holdings of older material are literature on textile-related subjects from the 19th to the first half of the 20th century, books that are held by few other German libraries.

Building 1 (Betriebshalle) houses a unique and comprehensive array of textile machinery used for teaching purposes.

In addition to coffee and soft drinks, there is a wide range of small snacks, as well as warm dishes and salads during weekday lunchtime.