RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University is characterised by its strength in science and engineering education. It also provides a wide range of subjects in Economics, Arts and Humanities and Medicine with an emphasis on intensive interaction between all disciplines. The focus on interdisciplinarity in research and teaching is a direct response to the demands placed on future young professionals. Our University has co-operations with many universities and research centres throughout the world. Every year, a great number of international students and scientists visit RWTH Aachen University to study and research at a high standard recognised on an international level.
RWTH Aachen University is one of Europe`s leading technical universities with 260 institutes in nine faculties. Currently around 40,000 students are enrolled in over 130 academic programs. Over 6,300 of them are international students hailing from 120 different countries. Germany`s recent Excellence Initiative, a nationwide competition for government funding aimed to promote university-level research, has provided glowing confirmation of the University`s distinction in the first (2007-2012) and second (2012-2017) funding period by selecting RWTH as one of the German universities with the most promising institutional strategy. The scientific education students receive at RWTH Aachen University is firmly rooted in real-world applications. As a result, graduates are highly sought after by businesses as trainees and for executive positions. Work conducted in the research centers at RWTH Aachen University is strongly oriented toward the current needs of industry, commerce, and the professions. This has led to numerous innovations, patents, and licenses. Besides, the individual competence centers at the university collaborate very effectively across departments and faculties in interdisciplinary groups, while still maintaining a strong focus on their own department specialization. This is the basis and the doorway for RWTH Aachen University to achieve its core goal of Meeting Global Challenges, i.e. working on the greatest research issues of our time.
Foundation year: 1870
Short name: RWTH Aachen
Type: Public
Students: 44520
Faculty: 720
Faculty/Students Ratio: 62:1
Region: Europe
Location: Aachen, NRW
