DHWB (Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University) is a public dual university with several campuses throughout the state of Baden-Württemberg (among them Stuttgart, Mannheim and Karlsruhe). It offers dual study programs (also called "cooperative education") in cooperation with industry and non-profit institutions in the areas of business administration, engineering, and social services.

DHBW is the largest dual-study institution in Germany with around 34,000 enrolled students, over 9,000 partner companies and more than 145,000 graduates, It also counts as one of the largest higher education institutions in the German Federal State of Baden-Wuerttemberg.