in their mandatory internship for all business majors. The university is an internationally friendly school with over 200 university cooperations worldwide. Classes are generally taught in German; however, in some Bachelor programs and in the Master's programs classes are taught in English. Climate Twin towns – sister cities Reutlingen is twinned with: Aarau, Switzerland (1986) Bouaké, Ivory Coast (1970) Dushanbe, Tajikistan (1990) Ellesmere Port, England, UK (1966) Reading, United States (1998) Roanne, France (1958) Szolnok, Hungary (1990) Notable people Friedrich List (1789–1846), German-American economist Ernst Boepple (1887–1950), Nazi official and SS officer executed for war crimes Ferdinand Heim (1895–1971), general, the "Scapegoat of Stalingrad" Erwin Fischer (1904–1996), jurist Helmuth Naumer (1907–1990), artist Friedrich Schlotterbeck (1909–1979), socialist, resistance fighter and author Walter Vielhauer (1909–1986), trade unionist, politician, resistance fighter Gertrud Lutz (1910–1944), resistance fighter Willy Hack (1912–1952), SS officer and concentration camp official executed for war crimes Walter G. Spohn (1914–2003), the founder of the American Anaplastology Association Martin Hengel (1926–2009), Protestant parson and historian Willi Betz (1927–2015), founder of the Willi Betz company Friedrich Wilhelm Schnitzler (1928–2011), landowner, business manager and politician (CDU) Roland Kayn (1933–2011), organist and composer Ernst Messerschmid (born 1945), astronaut and physicist Claus Kleber (born 1955), television journalist Dominik Kuhn (born 1969), producer, language artist and comedian References External links The University of Applied Sciences in Reutlingen RSV website (in German) Cities in Baden-Württemberg Reutlingen (district) 1803 disestablishments Former states and territories of Baden-Württemberg States and territories established in 1240 1726 in the Holy Roman Empire Populated places on the Neckar basin Populated riverside places in Germany Württemberg