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Connected Teaching and Learning for the Future

The INTERACT project promotes interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary learning in order to specifically prepare students to tackle complex, society-wide challenges. The project is funded by the Foundation for Innovation in Higher Education (StIL).

INTERACT stands for INTERdisciplinary Academic Cooperation & Transfer.
The project brings together disciplines, people and ideas.

Global challenges such as climate change, decarbonisation and digitalisation cannot be tackled by individual disciplines alone. The labour market is increasingly seeking skilled professionals who can develop solutions that transcend disciplinary boundaries. This is precisely where INTERACT comes in: At the University of Stuttgart, interdisciplinary project modules are being integrated into Bachelor’s degree programmes, micro-modules are being created for integrated modules, and new interdisciplinary degree programmes are being established.

INTERACT embeds interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity as central guiding principles in teaching – systematically and with reference to the students’ own disciplines.

Four core initiatives across four work packages form the foundation: (1) a compulsory interdisciplinary project module in which students from different disciplines work together on real-world problems; (2) flexible micromodules that link fundamental knowledge directly to specialist applications; (3) new integrated degree programmes that incorporate interdisciplinary thinking into the structure of the course from the outset; and (4) AI-supported tools to assist students and lecturers.

Knowledge transfer formats bring the project into wider society, whilst a clear coordination and evaluation structure ensures quality and adaptability. The project builds on the established ‘Stuttgarter Way’ to inter- and transdisciplinarity and consistently develops it further.

INTERACT empowers students to play an active role in addressing the pressing issues of our time. To this end, the project equips students with the skills that are indispensable in an interconnected world.

Students learn to work in teams across disciplinary boundaries, to bring together different perspectives, and to develop practical solutions in collaboration with partners from academia, industry and society. They acquire problem-solving, communication and project management skills that transform them into skilled professionals and agents of change.

INTERACT thus represents the University of Stuttgart’s contribution to a higher education landscape that takes its social responsibility seriously and produces graduates who help shape the future – rather than merely experiencing it.