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RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University (German: [ˌɛʁveːteːˌhaː ˈʔaːxn̩]), in German Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen,[a] is a German public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With more than 47,000 students enrolled in 144 study programs, it is the largest technical university in Germany.

RWTH Aachen University
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
MottoZukunft denken[1]
Motto in English
Thinking the Future
TypePublic
Established10 October 1870; 153 years ago (1870-10-10)
Budget€ 1.108 billion[2]
RectorUlrich Rüdiger
Academic staff
6,264[2]
Administrative staff
2,979[2]
Students47,078[2]
Location, ,
Germany

50°46′40″N 6°04′41″E / 50.77778°N 6.07806°E / 50.77778; 6.07806
Affiliations
Websiterwth-aachen.de
SuperC, landmark of RWTH Aachen and the central service building for students

RWTH Aachen in 2019 emerged from the final of the third federal and state excellence strategy. The university will be funded as a university of excellence for the next seven years. RWTH Aachen was already part of the federal and state excellence initiative in 2007 and 2012.

Since 2007, RWTH Aachen has been continuously funded by the DFG and the German Council of Science and Humanities as one of eleven (previously nine) German Universities of Excellence for its future concept RWTH 2020: Meeting Global Challenges and the follow-up concept The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology: Knowledge, Impact, Networks, also receiving grants for associated graduate schools and clusters of excellence.[6] The university regularly accounts for the highest amount of third-party funds among all German universities, placing first per faculty member and second overall in the most recent survey from 2018.[7]

RWTH Aachen is a founding member of the CESAER association of universities of science and technology in Europe, and IDEA League, a strategic alliance of five leading universities of technology in Europe,[8] as well as its German counterpart TU9. It is also a member of DFG and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.

History edit

On 25 January 1858, prince Frederick William of Prussia (later German emperor), was given a donation of 5,000 talers from the Aachener und Münchener Feuer-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft, the precursor of the AachenMünchener insurance company, for charity. In March, the prince chose to use the donation to found the first Prussian institute of technology somewhere in the Rhine province. The seat of the institution remained undecided over years; while the prince initially favored Koblenz, the cities of Aachen, Bonn, Cologne and Düsseldorf also applied, with Aachen and Cologne being the main competitors. Aachen finally won with a financing concept backed by the insurance company and by local banks.[9] Groundbreaking for the new Polytechnikum took place on 15 May 1865 and lectures started during the Franco-Prussian War on 10 October 1870 with 223 students and 32 teachers. The new institution had as its primary purpose the education of engineers, especially for the mining industry in the Ruhr area; there were schools of chemistry, electrical and mechanical engineering as well as an introductory general school that taught mathematics and natural sciences and some social sciences.

 
Main Building of the RWTH Aachen. It was built in 1870.

The unclear position of the new Prussian polytechnika (which officially were not universities) affected the first years. Polytechnics lacked prestige in society and the number of students decreased. This began to change in 1880 when the early RWTH, amongst others, was reorganized as a Royal Technical University, gained a seat in the Prussian House of Lords and finally won the right to bestow Dr.-Ing. (1899) degrees and Dipl.-Ing. titles (introduced in 1902). In the same year, over 800 male students enrolled. In 1909 the first women were admitted and the artist August von Brandis succeeded Alexander Frenz at the Faculty of Architecture as a "professor of figure and landscape painting", Brandis became dean in 1929.[10]

World War I, however, proved a serious setback for the university. Many students voluntarily joined up and died in the war, and parts of the university were shortly occupied or confiscated.

While the (then no more royal) TH Aachen (Technische Hochschule Aachen) flourished in the 1920s with the introduction of more independent faculties, of several new institutes and of the general students' committee, the first signs of nationalist radicalization also became visible within the university. Nazi Germany's Gleichschaltung of the TH in 1933 met with relatively low resistance from both students and faculty. Beginning in September 1933, Jewish and (alleged) Communist professors (and from 1937 on also students) were systematically persecuted and excluded from the university. Vacant Chairs were increasingly given to NSDAP party-members or sympathizers.[11] The freedom of research and teaching became severely limited, and institutes important for the regime's plans were systematically established, and existing chairs promoted. Briefly closed in 1939, the TH continued courses in 1940, although with a low number of students. On 21 October 1944, when Aachen capitulated, more than 70% of all buildings of the university were destroyed or heavily damaged.

After World War II ended in 1945 the university recovered and expanded quickly. In the 1950s, many professors who had been removed because of their alleged affiliation with the Nazi party were allowed to return and a multitude of new institutes were founded. By the late 1960s, the TH had 10,000 students, making it the foremost of all German technical universities. With the foundation of philosophical and medical faculties in 1965 and 1966, respectively, the university became more "universal". The newly founded faculties in particular began attracting new students, and the number of students almost doubled twice from 1970 (10,000) to 1980 (more than 25,000) and from 1980 to 1990 (more than 37,000).[12] Now, the average number of students is around 42,000, with about one third of all students being women. By relative terms, the most popular study-programs are engineering (57%), natural science (23%), economics and humanities (13%) and medicine (7%).[12]

Recent developments edit

 
"Red lecture hall" at the central campus

In December 2006, RWTH Aachen and the Sultanate of Oman signed an agreement to establish a private German University of Technology in Muscat. Professors from Aachen aided in developing the curricula for the currently five study-programs and scientific staff took over some of the first courses.[13]

In 2007, RWTH Aachen was chosen as one of nine German Universities of Excellence for its future concept RWTH 2020: Meeting Global Challenges, earning it the connotation of being a "University of Excellence". However, although the list of universities honored for their future concepts mostly consists of large and already respected institutions, the Federal Ministry of Education and Research claimed that the initiative aimed at promoting universities with a dedicated future concept so they could continue researching on an international level.[14] Having won funds in all three lines of funding, the process brought RWTH Aachen University an additional total funding of €180 million from 2007 to 2011. The other two lines of funding were graduate schools, where the Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science received funding and so-called "clusters of excellence", where RWTH Aachen managed to win funding for the three clusters: Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication (UMIC), Integrative Production Technology for High-wage Countries and Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass (TMFB).[15]

RWTH was selected to receive funding from the German federal and state governments for the third Universities of Excellence funding line starting 2019. RWTH's proposal was called "The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology – Knowledge. Impact. Networks." and has secured funding for a seven-year period.

2019 Clusters of Excellence

  • The Fuel Science Center (FSC) Adaptive Conversion Systems for Renewable Energy and Carbon Sources
  • Internet of Production
  • ML4Q – Matter and Light for Quantum Computing

RWTH was already awarded funding in the first and second Universities of Excellence funding lines, in 2007 and 2012 respectively.

 
View towards the city of Aachen from SuperC, a central building for students next to the main building at the midtown campus

Campus edit

 
The newly built CARL in 2017, RWTH Aachen

RWTH Aachen University's 620 acres (250 ha) campus is located in the north-western part of the city Aachen. There are two core areas – midtown and Melaten district. The Main Building, SuperC student's center and the Kármán Hall are 500 m away from the city centre with the Aachen Cathedral, the Audimax (biggest lecture hall) and the main refectory are 200 m farther. Other points of interest include the university's botanical garden (Botanischer Garten Aachen).

A new building, the so-called Central Auditorium for Research and Learning (CARL) was opened in 2017. It offers space for 4000 students and replaces Audimax as the largest lecture hall building. The name of the new central auditorium, which is going to contain different lecture halls, is a reference to Charlemagne, who reigned his empire from Aachen in the middle-ages.[16][17]

The RWTH has external facilities in Jülich and Essen and owns, together with the University of Stuttgart, a house in Kleinwalsertal in the Austrian Alps.

The university is currently expanding in the city center and Melaten district. The SuperC, the new central service building for students, was opened in 2008. The groundbreaking for the new Campus-Melaten was in 2009.

Internationality edit

Double degrees and student mobility are promoted with other technology universities through the TIME (Top Industrial Managers for Europe) network. Furthermore, the RWTH is member of the IDEA League, which is a strategic partnership among four of Europe's leading research universities, including TU Delft, Chalmers University of Technology, and ETH Zürich, and was the first German university starting an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program in 2008.

Compared to other German universities the RWTH Aachen received the highest amount of funds granted by third-party donors in the last years.[18]

More than 7,000 international students are currently enrolled within the undergraduate, graduate or PhD programme. Compared to other German universities the portion of international students at the RWTH Aachen is higher-than-average.[12] The proximity of Aachen to the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg combined with the subsequent exposure to a variety of cultural heritages has placed RWTH Aachen University in a unique position with regards to the reflection and promotion of international aspects and intensive interaction with other universities.

In Asia, RWTH Aachen collaborates with Tsinghua University to offer Tsinghua-Aachen (Germany) Joint Master Program.[19]

Rankings and reputation edit

University rankings
Overall – Global & National
QS World 2024[20] 106 5
THE World 2024[21] 90 5
ARWU World 2023[22] 201–300 10–19
QS Europe[citation needed]
QS Employability[citation needed]
THE Employability[citation needed]

Overall edit

RWTH Aachen was ranked #106 globally (#5 nationally) in the QS World University Rankings 2024,[20] #90 globally (#5 nationally) in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024,[21] and #201–300 globally (#10–19 nationally) in the ARWU World Rankings 2023.[22]

Subject edit

In the 2023 QS Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in mechanical engineering and materials sciences.[23] In the 2023 THE Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks second in Germany in engineering and computer science.[24] In the 2022 ARWU Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in chemical engineering.[22]

In 2009, two prominent German newspapers, Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche, ranked RWTH Aachen the first place in Germany in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science.[25] In 2012, Handelsblatt ranked The RWTH School of Business and Economics amongst top 10 within Germany.[26] In the 2015 ranking published by DAAD together with Centre for Higher Education Development and Die Zeit, RWTH Aachen also stands on top among other German universities in the aforementioned fields of engineering and computer science.[27]

Graduates edit

RWTH Aachen took 3rd place in 2018 based on the number of top managers in the German economy measured by the number of DAX board of management members.[28] In 2019, RWTH Aachen took 2nd place.[29] The top 3 universities in 2019 with the most top managers were the LMU Munich, the RWTH Aachen and the Technische Universität Darmstadt.[29]

According to the Stepstone Salary Report for Graduates 2019/2020, graduates of RWTH Aachen are amongst the highest earners in Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.[30] From 2001 to 2013, national rankings regularly identified RWTH Aachen as one of the best universities in Germany in the fields of engineering (especially mechanical engineering, electrical engineering), as well as amongst the top three in computer science, physics, chemistry, and medicine.[31][32][33][34][35]

Organisation edit

Almost all basic lectures are held in German, but an increasing number of master programs require proficiency in English for admission.

Fees edit

RWTH Aachen is run by the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since the summer semester of 2004 the state of North Rhine-Westphalia allowed universities to request a maximum of €500 per semester as tuition fees. In the past, tuition fees applied solely for long-term students and second studies. Since the summer semester of 2007, all students enrolled at the RWTH Aachen had to pay these €500, if they were not exempt for one of several reasons put forth by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Since 24 February 2011 study fees were abolished by the Landtag of North Rhine-Westphalia (Legislation for the Improvement of Equal Opportunities to University Admission) with effect from Winter Term 2011/12. Universities will receive 249 Mio Euro of national funding for measures that improve the quality of teaching (e.g., through additional teachers and tutors) as compensation. Tuition fees per semester are still being charged.

 
Institute for physical chemistry

Faculties edit

The RWTH is divided into nine (previously ten) faculties:

Faculty nine was pedagogical sciences, but it was abandoned in 1989. Teacher education, however, continued.[36]

 
Klinikum Aachen (University hospital)

Fraunhofer-Institutes edit

The university cooperates with the Fraunhofer-Institutes situated in the Melaten district of Aachen. The institutes offer workshops, courses and lectures for the students of RWTH Aachen.

 
Fraunhofer-Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology
  • Applied Information Technology (FIT) Sankt Augustin and Aachen
  • Fraunhofer-Institute for Laser Technology ILT
  • Fraunhofer-Institute for Production Technology IPT
  • Fraunhofer-Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology

Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) edit

The Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance (JARA) was founded by the RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Jülich in 2007.[37] Five sections are coordinated by the research facilities:

  • JARA-Brain (Diagnosis and therapy of neurologic sickness)
  • JARA-Fit (Fundamentals of future information technology)
  • JARA-HPC (High Performance Computing)
  • JARA-Energy (Energy research)[38]
  • JARA-FAME (Forces and matter experiments) [39]

Graduate schools edit

Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science edit

 

The Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science (AICES) is a graduate school established in 2006 under the German Universities Excellence Initiative at the RWTH Aachen University. Research at AICES is broadly in the area of Computational engineering, solving inverse problems that find applications in mathematics, computer science and engineering, mechanical engineering and natural sciences. AICES is a collaborative effort of 47 principal investigators from 8 academic divisions of RWTH Aachen University, as well as Max Planck Institute for Iron Research and Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Associations edit

  • RWTH Aachen – North American Alumni Association: Prof. Dr. Burkhard Rauhut, former president of the RWTH, and Prof. Dr. Laszlo Baksay, President of the newly founded "Association of Alumni, Friends and Supporters of RWTH Aachen University in North-America" signed the founding statement for a new branch of the RWTH Alumni Community in Melbourne (Florida) in May 2006.
  • AStA (Students' Union)
  • AISA (Assoc. of Indian Students in Aachen)[40]
  • GATS (Association of Thai Students in Aachen)[41]
  • ISA e.V (Iranian Students Association)[42]
  • Pakistan Student Association[43]
  • MexAS – Mexikanische Aachener Studierende (Mexican Students' Association)[44][45]
  • ADDI (Aachen Drone Development Initiative)[46]
  • Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen (abbreviation: FVA, English: Flight Research Association Aachen).[47] The FVA academic flying group is closely affiliated with RWTH Aachen and overseen by IDAFLIEG (Interessengemeinschaft deutscher akademischer Fliegergruppen e.V.).[48]
  • Team Sonnenwagen Aachen Student team founded in late 2015 with the goal to develop and build solar cars for the World Solar Challenge in Australia. In 2017, the team participated for the first time in the challenge.
  • Ecurie Aix – Student team founded in 1999 to compete in the formula student[49]
  • SKY Campus Aachen – A student initiative that aims to boost awareness for mental health in the student community, through mindfulness, breathwork and yoga.[50][51]
  • Space Team Aachen[52]
  • TechAachen[53]
  • Ecogenium[54]

Notable faculty and alumni edit

RWTH Aachen University has educated several notable individuals, including some Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry. The scientists and alumni of the RWTH Aachen played a major role in chemistry, medicine, electrical, and mechanical engineering. For example, Nobel laureate Peter Debye received a degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen and is known for the Debye model and Debye relaxation. Another example, Helmut Zahn and his team of the Institute for Textile Chemistry were the first who synthesised insulin in 1963 and they were nominated for Nobel Prize. Another example is B.J. Habibie, the third president of Indonesia that contributed in many aviation advancements. Franz Josef Och was the chief architect of Google Translate. Werner Tietz is one of the leading engineers of the Volkswagen Group and vice president of SEAT.

Notes edit

  1. ^ RWTH is the abbreviation of Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule, which translates into "Rheinish-Westphalian Technical University"[3][4] or "Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University".[5] The institution is in Germany commonly referred to as RWTH Aachen or simply RWTH. The abbreviation remains untranslated in other languages to avoid the use of the Hochschule term, which is sometimes mistakenly translated as highschool. Sometimes, RWTH Aachen is also referred to as TH Aachen or Aachen University.

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External links edit

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RWTH Aachen University German ˌɛʁveːteːˌhaː ˈʔaːxn in German Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen a is a German public research university located in Aachen North Rhine Westphalia Germany With more than 47 000 students enrolled in 144 study programs it is the largest technical university in Germany RWTH Aachen UniversityRheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule AachenMottoZukunft denken 1 Motto in EnglishThinking the FutureTypePublicEstablished10 October 1870 153 years ago 1870 10 10 Budget 1 108 billion 2 RectorUlrich RudigerAcademic staff6 264 2 Administrative staff2 979 2 Students47 078 2 LocationAachen North Rhine Westphalia Germany50 46 40 N 6 04 41 E 50 77778 N 6 07806 E 50 77778 6 07806AffiliationsDomestic DFGGerman Excellence InitiativeTU9International ALMACESAERIDEA LeaguepmSEFITIMEUNITECHPEGASUSEUAWebsiterwth aachen de SuperC landmark of RWTH Aachen and the central service building for students RWTH Aachen in 2019 emerged from the final of the third federal and state excellence strategy The university will be funded as a university of excellence for the next seven years RWTH Aachen was already part of the federal and state excellence initiative in 2007 and 2012 Since 2007 RWTH Aachen has been continuously funded by the DFG and the German Council of Science and Humanities as one of eleven previously nine German Universities of Excellence for its future concept RWTH 2020 Meeting Global Challenges and the follow up concept The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology Knowledge Impact Networks also receiving grants for associated graduate schools and clusters of excellence 6 The university regularly accounts for the highest amount of third party funds among all German universities placing first per faculty member and second overall in the most recent survey from 2018 7 RWTH Aachen is a founding member of the CESAER association of universities of science and technology in Europe and IDEA League a strategic alliance of five leading universities of technology in Europe 8 as well as its German counterpart TU9 It is also a member of DFG and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network Contents 1 History 1 1 Recent developments 2 Campus 3 Internationality 4 Rankings and reputation 4 1 Overall 4 2 Subject 4 3 Graduates 5 Organisation 5 1 Fees 5 2 Faculties 5 3 Fraunhofer Institutes 5 4 Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA 5 5 Graduate schools 5 5 1 Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science 6 Associations 7 Notable faculty and alumni 8 Notes 9 References 10 External linksHistory editOn 25 January 1858 prince Frederick William of Prussia later German emperor was given a donation of 5 000 talers from the Aachener und Munchener Feuer Versicherungs Gesellschaft the precursor of the AachenMunchener insurance company for charity In March the prince chose to use the donation to found the first Prussian institute of technology somewhere in the Rhine province The seat of the institution remained undecided over years while the prince initially favored Koblenz the cities of Aachen Bonn Cologne and Dusseldorf also applied with Aachen and Cologne being the main competitors Aachen finally won with a financing concept backed by the insurance company and by local banks 9 Groundbreaking for the new Polytechnikum took place on 15 May 1865 and lectures started during the Franco Prussian War on 10 October 1870 with 223 students and 32 teachers The new institution had as its primary purpose the education of engineers especially for the mining industry in the Ruhr area there were schools of chemistry electrical and mechanical engineering as well as an introductory general school that taught mathematics and natural sciences and some social sciences nbsp Main Building of the RWTH Aachen It was built in 1870 The unclear position of the new Prussian polytechnika which officially were not universities affected the first years Polytechnics lacked prestige in society and the number of students decreased This began to change in 1880 when the early RWTH amongst others was reorganized as a Royal Technical University gained a seat in the Prussian House of Lords and finally won the right to bestow Dr Ing 1899 degrees and Dipl Ing titles introduced in 1902 In the same year over 800 male students enrolled In 1909 the first women were admitted and the artist August von Brandis succeeded Alexander Frenz at the Faculty of Architecture as a professor of figure and landscape painting Brandis became dean in 1929 10 World War I however proved a serious setback for the university Many students voluntarily joined up and died in the war and parts of the university were shortly occupied or confiscated While the then no more royal TH Aachen Technische Hochschule Aachen flourished in the 1920s with the introduction of more independent faculties of several new institutes and of the general students committee the first signs of nationalist radicalization also became visible within the university Nazi Germany s Gleichschaltung of the TH in 1933 met with relatively low resistance from both students and faculty Beginning in September 1933 Jewish and alleged Communist professors and from 1937 on also students were systematically persecuted and excluded from the university Vacant Chairs were increasingly given to NSDAP party members or sympathizers 11 The freedom of research and teaching became severely limited and institutes important for the regime s plans were systematically established and existing chairs promoted Briefly closed in 1939 the TH continued courses in 1940 although with a low number of students On 21 October 1944 when Aachen capitulated more than 70 of all buildings of the university were destroyed or heavily damaged After World War II ended in 1945 the university recovered and expanded quickly In the 1950s many professors who had been removed because of their alleged affiliation with the Nazi party were allowed to return and a multitude of new institutes were founded By the late 1960s the TH had 10 000 students making it the foremost of all German technical universities With the foundation of philosophical and medical faculties in 1965 and 1966 respectively the university became more universal The newly founded faculties in particular began attracting new students and the number of students almost doubled twice from 1970 10 000 to 1980 more than 25 000 and from 1980 to 1990 more than 37 000 12 Now the average number of students is around 42 000 with about one third of all students being women By relative terms the most popular study programs are engineering 57 natural science 23 economics and humanities 13 and medicine 7 12 Recent developments edit nbsp Red lecture hall at the central campus In December 2006 RWTH Aachen and the Sultanate of Oman signed an agreement to establish a private German University of Technology in Muscat Professors from Aachen aided in developing the curricula for the currently five study programs and scientific staff took over some of the first courses 13 In 2007 RWTH Aachen was chosen as one of nine German Universities of Excellence for its future concept RWTH 2020 Meeting Global Challenges earning it the connotation of being a University of Excellence However although the list of universities honored for their future concepts mostly consists of large and already respected institutions the Federal Ministry of Education and Research claimed that the initiative aimed at promoting universities with a dedicated future concept so they could continue researching on an international level 14 Having won funds in all three lines of funding the process brought RWTH Aachen University an additional total funding of 180 million from 2007 to 2011 The other two lines of funding were graduate schools where the Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science received funding and so called clusters of excellence where RWTH Aachen managed to win funding for the three clusters Ultra High Speed Mobile Information and Communication UMIC Integrative Production Technology for High wage Countries and Tailor Made Fuels from Biomass TMFB 15 RWTH was selected to receive funding from the German federal and state governments for the third Universities of Excellence funding line starting 2019 RWTH s proposal was called The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology Knowledge Impact Networks and has secured funding for a seven year period 2019 Clusters of Excellence The Fuel Science Center FSC Adaptive Conversion Systems for Renewable Energy and Carbon Sources Internet of Production ML4Q Matter and Light for Quantum ComputingRWTH was already awarded funding in the first and second Universities of Excellence funding lines in 2007 and 2012 respectively nbsp View towards the city of Aachen from SuperC a central building for students next to the main building at the midtown campusCampus edit nbsp The newly built CARL in 2017 RWTH Aachen RWTH Aachen University s 620 acres 250 ha campus is located in the north western part of the city Aachen There are two core areas midtown and Melaten district The Main Building SuperC student s center and the Karman Hall are 500 m away from the city centre with the Aachen Cathedral the Audimax biggest lecture hall and the main refectory are 200 m farther Other points of interest include the university s botanical garden Botanischer Garten Aachen A new building the so called Central Auditorium for Research and Learning CARL was opened in 2017 It offers space for 4000 students and replaces Audimax as the largest lecture hall building The name of the new central auditorium which is going to contain different lecture halls is a reference to Charlemagne who reigned his empire from Aachen in the middle ages 16 17 The RWTH has external facilities in Julich and Essen and owns together with the University of Stuttgart a house in Kleinwalsertal in the Austrian Alps The university is currently expanding in the city center and Melaten district The SuperC the new central service building for students was opened in 2008 The groundbreaking for the new Campus Melaten was in 2009 Internationality editDouble degrees and student mobility are promoted with other technology universities through the TIME Top Industrial Managers for Europe network Furthermore the RWTH is member of the IDEA League which is a strategic partnership among four of Europe s leading research universities including TU Delft Chalmers University of Technology and ETH Zurich and was the first German university starting an Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program in 2008 Compared to other German universities the RWTH Aachen received the highest amount of funds granted by third party donors in the last years 18 More than 7 000 international students are currently enrolled within the undergraduate graduate or PhD programme Compared to other German universities the portion of international students at the RWTH Aachen is higher than average 12 The proximity of Aachen to the Netherlands Belgium and Luxembourg combined with the subsequent exposure to a variety of cultural heritages has placed RWTH Aachen University in a unique position with regards to the reflection and promotion of international aspects and intensive interaction with other universities In Asia RWTH Aachen collaborates with Tsinghua University to offer Tsinghua Aachen Germany Joint Master Program 19 Rankings and reputation editUniversity rankingsOverall Global amp NationalQS World 2024 20 1065THE World 2024 21 905ARWU World 2023 22 201 30010 19QS Europe citation needed QS Employability citation needed THE Employability citation needed Overall edit RWTH Aachen was ranked 106 globally 5 nationally in the QS World University Rankings 2024 20 90 globally 5 nationally in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2024 21 and 201 300 globally 10 19 nationally in the ARWU World Rankings 2023 22 Subject edit In the 2023 QS Subject Ranking RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in mechanical engineering and materials sciences 23 In the 2023 THE Subject Ranking RWTH Aachen ranks second in Germany in engineering and computer science 24 In the 2022 ARWU Subject Ranking RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in chemical engineering 22 QS Subject Ranking 2023 23 Subject Global National Arts amp Humanities N A N A Architecture and Built Environment nbsp 51 100 nbsp 3 5 Engineering and Technology nbsp 55 nbsp 4 Engineering Chemical nbsp 38 nbsp 2 Engineering Civil and Structural nbsp 51 100 nbsp 2 3 Computer Science and Information Systems nbsp 90 nbsp 3 Engineering Electrical and Electronic nbsp 45 nbsp 3 Engineering Mechanical nbsp 19 nbsp 1 Engineering Mineral and Mining nbsp 15 nbsp 2 Life Sciences amp Medicine N A N A Biological Sciences nbsp 151 200 nbsp 12 15 Medicine nbsp 201 250 nbsp 14 15 Natural Sciences nbsp 85 nbsp 6 Chemistry nbsp 66 nbsp 5 Earth and Marine Sciences nbsp 151 200 nbsp 14 15 Environmental Sciences nbsp 101 150 nbsp 4 5 Geology nbsp 151 200 nbsp 14 15 Geophysics nbsp 151 200 nbsp 14 15 Materials Sciences nbsp 27 nbsp 1 Mathematics nbsp 136 nbsp 8 Physics and Astronomy nbsp 60 nbsp 5 Social Sciences amp Management nbsp 401 450 nbsp 13 15 Business and Management Studies nbsp 201 250 nbsp 5 8 Economics and Econometrics nbsp 301 350 nbsp 12 15 Education and Training nbsp 251 300 nbsp 11 14 Statistics and Operational Research nbsp 101 150 nbsp 5 6 THE Subject Ranking 2023 24 Subject Global National Computer science nbsp 50 nbsp 2 Engineering nbsp 32 nbsp 2 Clinical amp health nbsp 201 250 nbsp 12 16 Physical sciences nbsp 91 nbsp 8 ARWU Subject Ranking 2022 22 Subject Global National Natural Sciences Mathematics nbsp 301 400 nbsp 19 29 Physics nbsp 76 100 nbsp 6 7 Chemistry nbsp 76 100 nbsp 2 5 Earth Sciences nbsp 301 400 nbsp 24 30 Engineering Mechanical Engineering nbsp 51 75 nbsp 1 2 Electrical amp Electronic Engineering nbsp 151 200 nbsp 5 6 Telecommunication Engineering nbsp 201 300 nbsp 5 6 Instruments Science amp Technology nbsp 201 300 nbsp 3 6 Biomedical Engineering nbsp 101 150 nbsp 6 10 Computer Science amp Engineering nbsp 201 300 nbsp 3 10 Chemical Engineering nbsp 76 100 nbsp 1 Materials Science amp Engineering nbsp 101 150 nbsp 3 5 Nanoscience amp Nanotechnology nbsp 101 150 nbsp 3 5 Energy Science amp Engineering nbsp 101 150 nbsp 5 6 Environmental Science amp Engineering nbsp 151 200 nbsp 5 6 Biotechnology nbsp 101 150 nbsp 5 7 Mining amp Mineral Engineering nbsp 51 75 nbsp 2 Metallurgical Engineering nbsp 36 nbsp 3 Life Sciences Human Biological Sciences nbsp 201 300 nbsp 27 30 Agricultural Sciences nbsp 201 300 nbsp 19 23 Medical Sciences Dentistry amp Oral Sciences nbsp 101 150 nbsp 8 13 Medical Technology nbsp 51 75 nbsp 9 12 Pharmacy amp Pharmaceutical Sciences nbsp 101 150 nbsp 10 14 Social Sciences Economics nbsp 301 400 nbsp 16 23 Psychology nbsp 201 300 nbsp 18 23 Business Administration nbsp 201 300 nbsp 5 10 Management nbsp 201 300 nbsp 4 8In 2009 two prominent German newspapers Handelsblatt and Wirtschaftswoche ranked RWTH Aachen the first place in Germany in the fields of mechanical engineering electrical engineering industrial engineering and computer science 25 In 2012 Handelsblatt ranked The RWTH School of Business and Economics amongst top 10 within Germany 26 In the 2015 ranking published by DAAD together with Centre for Higher Education Development and Die Zeit RWTH Aachen also stands on top among other German universities in the aforementioned fields of engineering and computer science 27 Graduates edit RWTH Aachen took 3rd place in 2018 based on the number of top managers in the German economy measured by the number of DAX board of management members 28 In 2019 RWTH Aachen took 2nd place 29 The top 3 universities in 2019 with the most top managers were the LMU Munich the RWTH Aachen and the Technische Universitat Darmstadt 29 According to the Stepstone Salary Report for Graduates 2019 2020 graduates of RWTH Aachen are amongst the highest earners in Science technology engineering and mathematics 30 From 2001 to 2013 national rankings regularly identified RWTH Aachen as one of the best universities in Germany in the fields of engineering especially mechanical engineering electrical engineering as well as amongst the top three in computer science physics chemistry and medicine 31 32 33 34 35 Organisation editThe factual accuracy of parts of this article those related to paragraph may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information June 2012 Almost all basic lectures are held in German but an increasing number of master programs require proficiency in English for admission Fees edit RWTH Aachen is run by the federal state of North Rhine Westphalia Since the summer semester of 2004 the state of North Rhine Westphalia allowed universities to request a maximum of 500 per semester as tuition fees In the past tuition fees applied solely for long term students and second studies Since the summer semester of 2007 all students enrolled at the RWTH Aachen had to pay these 500 if they were not exempt for one of several reasons put forth by the State of North Rhine Westphalia Since 24 February 2011 study fees were abolished by the Landtag of North Rhine Westphalia Legislation for the Improvement of Equal Opportunities to University Admission with effect from Winter Term 2011 12 Universities will receive 249 Mio Euro of national funding for measures that improve the quality of teaching e g through additional teachers and tutors as compensation Tuition fees per semester are still being charged nbsp Institute for physical chemistry Faculties edit The RWTH is divided into nine previously ten faculties F 1 Faculty of Mathematics Computer Science and Natural Sciences F 2 Faculty of Architecture F 3 Faculty of Civil Engineering F 4 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering F 5 Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering F 6 Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology F 7 Faculty of Arts and Humanities F 8 School of Business and Economics F 10 Faculty of Medicine Faculty nine was pedagogical sciences but it was abandoned in 1989 Teacher education however continued 36 nbsp Klinikum Aachen University hospital Fraunhofer Institutes edit The university cooperates with the Fraunhofer Institutes situated in the Melaten district of Aachen The institutes offer workshops courses and lectures for the students of RWTH Aachen nbsp Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Applied Information Technology FIT Sankt Augustin and Aachen Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology IPT Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA edit The Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA was founded by the RWTH Aachen and Forschungszentrum Julich in 2007 37 Five sections are coordinated by the research facilities JARA Brain Diagnosis and therapy of neurologic sickness JARA Fit Fundamentals of future information technology JARA HPC High Performance Computing JARA Energy Energy research 38 JARA FAME Forces and matter experiments 39 Graduate schools edit Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science edit nbsp The Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science AICES is a graduate school established in 2006 under the German Universities Excellence Initiative at the RWTH Aachen University Research at AICES is broadly in the area of Computational engineering solving inverse problems that find applications in mathematics computer science and engineering mechanical engineering and natural sciences AICES is a collaborative effort of 47 principal investigators from 8 academic divisions of RWTH Aachen University as well as Max Planck Institute for Iron Research and Forschungszentrum Julich Associations editRWTH Aachen North American Alumni Association Prof Dr Burkhard Rauhut former president of the RWTH and Prof Dr Laszlo Baksay President of the newly founded Association of Alumni Friends and Supporters of RWTH Aachen University in North America signed the founding statement for a new branch of the RWTH Alumni Community in Melbourne Florida in May 2006 AStA Students Union AISA Assoc of Indian Students in Aachen 40 GATS Association of Thai Students in Aachen 41 ISA e V Iranian Students Association 42 Pakistan Student Association 43 MexAS Mexikanische Aachener Studierende Mexican Students Association 44 45 ADDI Aachen Drone Development Initiative 46 Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen abbreviation FVA English Flight Research Association Aachen 47 The FVA academic flying group is closely affiliated with RWTH Aachen and overseen by IDAFLIEG Interessengemeinschaft deutscher akademischer Fliegergruppen e V 48 Team Sonnenwagen Aachen Student team founded in late 2015 with the goal to develop and build solar cars for the World Solar Challenge in Australia In 2017 the team participated for the first time in the challenge Ecurie Aix Student team founded in 1999 to compete in the formula student 49 SKY Campus Aachen A student initiative that aims to boost awareness for mental health in the student community through mindfulness breathwork and yoga 50 51 Space Team Aachen 52 TechAachen 53 Ecogenium 54 Notable faculty and alumni editMain article List of RWTH Aachen University people RWTH Aachen University has educated several notable individuals including some Nobel laureates in physics and chemistry The scientists and alumni of the RWTH Aachen played a major role in chemistry medicine electrical and mechanical engineering For example Nobel laureate Peter Debye received a degree in electrical engineering from RWTH Aachen and is known for the Debye model and Debye relaxation Another example Helmut Zahn and his team of the Institute for Textile Chemistry were the first who synthesised insulin in 1963 and they were nominated for Nobel Prize Another example is B J Habibie the third president of Indonesia that contributed in many aviation advancements Franz Josef Och was the chief architect of Google Translate Werner Tietz is one of the leading engineers of the Volkswagen Group and vice president of SEAT Notes edit RWTH is the abbreviation of Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule which translates into Rheinish Westphalian Technical University 3 4 or Rhenish Westphalian Technical University 5 The institution is in Germany commonly referred to as RWTH Aachen or simply RWTH The abbreviation remains untranslated in other languages to avoid the use of the Hochschule term which is sometimes mistakenly translated as highschool Sometimes RWTH Aachen is also referred to as TH Aachen or Aachen University References edit Corporate Design RWTH Aachen Retrieved 24 November 2018 a b c d Facts and Figures RWTH Aachen Retrieved 4 March 2023 Geuna Aldo 1999 Patterns of university research in Europe In Gambardella Alfonso Malerba Franco eds The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe Cambridge University Press pp 367 390 ISBN 0 521 64303 1 Geuna Aldo 1999 The Economics of Knowledge Production Funding and the Structure of University Research Edward Elgar Publishing p 126 ISBN 1 84064 028 6 Herzog Laura Mae Jacqueline 2020 Shin Jung Cheol Kehm Barbara M eds Micro Pollutant Regulation in the River Rhine Cooperation in a Common Pool Resource Problem Setting Springer p 276 doi 10 1007 978 94 007 4975 7 ISBN 978 3 030 36769 5 Excellence Strategy Drittmitteleinnahmen und Drittmittel je Professorin und Professor der Universitaten Statistisches Bundesamt in German Retrieved 12 February 2023 Who We Are Retrieved 13 July 2019 Geschichte der RWTH Aachen Archives of RWTH Aachen in German RWTH Aachen University Archived from the original on 3 April 2009 Retrieved 11 April 2009 Spurensuche Ausstellung gt Brandis spurensuche ausstellung de Geschichte der 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January 2023 a b QS World University Rankings 2024 QS World University Rankings Retrieved 28 June 2023 a b World University Rankings 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings 27 September 2023 Retrieved 27 September 2023 a b c d 2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities Academic Ranking of World Universities Retrieved 15 August 2023 a b QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022 QS World University Rankings 23 March 2023 a b World University Rankings by subject Times Higher Education World University Rankings Retrieved 27 October 2022 Mass Customization Prof Frank Piller RWTH Aachen TIM Group Archived from the original on 27 August 2010 Retrieved 21 July 2015 Handelsblatt Ranking Betriebswirtschaftslehre 2012 Handelsblatt Online tool handelsblatt com Retrieved 22 April 2019 DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst DAAD Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Retrieved 21 July 2015 7 DAX Vorstands Report 2018 odgersberndtson com dead link a b Klaus Hansen 2019 8 DAX Vorstands Report Einstiegsgehalter fur Absolventen 19 November 2019 RWTH Aachen ranking report 2001 2010 German retrieved 9 April 2009 CHE report PDF che ranking de Uni Ranking Deutschlands beste Universitaten Campus amp MBA Erfolg Wirtschaftswoche 11 April 2013 Retrieved 21 July 2015 in German Uni Ranking 2011 Die besten Unis fur die Karriere Trends Erfolg Wirtschaftswoche Wiwo de 19 April 2011 Retrieved 18 September 2013 in German WiWo Rankings 2013 Wiwo de 2013 Retrieved 14 December 2013 Studienangebot RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY Deutsch www rwth aachen de Retrieved 12 February 2023 Julich Aachen Research Alliance JARA rwth aachen de Archived from the original on 14 June 2011 Error Retrieved 21 July 2015 RWTH Aachen University JARA FAME Retrieved 21 July 2015 Association of Indian Students in Aachen Retrieved 21 July 2015 Association of Thai Students in Aachen rwth aachen de Archived from the original on 21 May 2007 ISA e V Iranian Students Association Home Retrieved 21 July 2015 MexAS Uber uns Archived from the original on 25 April 2010 Retrieved 21 July 2015 MexAS Mexikanische Aachener Studierende Facebook Retrieved 21 July 2015 Aachen Drone Development Initiative Discover Develop Fly in German Retrieved 16 January 2023 Fva rwth aachen de rwth aachen de Archived from the original on 12 June 2007 Home Retrieved 21 July 2015 Ecurie Aix Der Verein Ecurie Aix RWTH Aachen in German Retrieved 17 November 2021 SKY Campus Aachen AStA der RWTH Aachen in German Retrieved 7 October 2022 Sky Campus Aachen Sky Campus Aachen Retrieved 7 October 2022 Space Team Aachen www spaceteamaachen de Retrieved 16 January 2023 TechAachen Technische studentische Vereine Aachen techaachen de Retrieved 16 January 2023 Ecogenium Ecogenium Retrieved 30 June 2023 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to RWTH Aachen University RWTH Aachen Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RWTH Aachen University amp oldid 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