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{{Short description|Public university in Aachen, Germany}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = RWTH Aachen University
 | native_name            = Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
 | native_name_lang       = de
 | image                  = File:RWTH Logo 3.svg
 | coordinates            = {{Coord|50|46|40|N|6|04|41|E|region:DE-NW_type:edu|display=it}}
 | motto                  = ''Zukunft denken''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Einrichtungen/Verwaltung/Stabsstellen/Marketing/~eqbm/Corporate-Design/|title=Corporate Design |website=RWTH Aachen|access-date=24 November 2018}}</ref>
 | mottoeng               = Thinking the Future
 | established            = {{start date and age|1870|10|10|df=yes}}
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]]
 | budget                 = € 1.108 billion<ref name=facts_and_figures>{{cite web |url=https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Profil/~enw/Daten-Fakten/?lidx=1|title=Facts and Figures |website=RWTH Aachen |access-date=4 March 2023}}</ref>
 | rector                 = {{ill|Ulrich Rüdiger|de|Ulrich Rüdiger (Physiker)}}
 | academic_staff         = 6,264<ref name=facts_and_figures />
 | administrative_staff   = 2,979<ref name=facts_and_figures />
 | students               = 47,078<ref name=facts_and_figures />
 | city                   = [[Aachen]]
 | state                  = [[North Rhine-Westphalia]]
 | country                = Germany
 | website                = [https://www.rwth-aachen.de/lang/en rwth-aachen.de]
 | affiliations           = {{Unbulleted list
| Domestic:
| [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|DFG]]
| [[German Excellence Universities|German Excellence Initiative]]
| [[TU9]]
| International:
| ALMA
| [[CESAER Association|CESAER]]
| [[IDEA League]]pm
| [[European Society for Engineering Education|SEFI]]
| [[Top Industrial Managers for Europe|TIME]]
| [[UNITECH International|UNITECH]]
| [[Partnership of a European Group of Aeronautics and Space Universities|PEGASUS]]
| [[European University Association|EUA]]
}}
}}

[[File:SuperC - bei Nacht.jpg|thumb|''SuperC'', landmark of RWTH Aachen and the central service building for students]]

'''RWTH Aachen University''' ({{IPA|de|ˌɛʁveːteːˌhaː ˈʔaːxn̩|lang}}), in German '''''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen''''',{{efn|''RWTH'' is the abbreviation of ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule'', which translates into "Rheinish-Westphalian Technical University"<ref>{{cite book |last1=Geuna |first1=Aldo |editor1-last=Gambardella |editor1-first=Alfonso |editor2-last=Malerba |editor2-first=Franco |title=The Organization of Economic Innovation in Europe |chapter=Patterns of university research in Europe |date=1999 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=0-521-64303-1 |pages=367–390}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Geuna |first1=Aldo |title=The Economics of Knowledge Production: Funding and the Structure of University Research |date=1999 |publisher=Edward Elgar Publishing |isbn=1-84064-028-6 |page=126}}</ref> or "Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University".<ref>{{cite book |last1=Herzog |first1=Laura Mae Jacqueline |editor-first1=Jung Cheol |editor-first2=Barbara M |editor-last1=Shin |editor-last2=Kehm |title=Micro-Pollutant Regulation in the River Rhine: Cooperation in a Common-Pool Resource Problem Setting |date=2020 |publisher=Springer |isbn=978-3-030-36769-5 |doi=10.1007/978-94-007-4975-7 |page=276}}</ref> 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#United States|highschool]]. Sometimes, RWTH Aachen is also referred to as ''TH Aachen'' or ''Aachen University''.}} 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 second largest technical university in Germany.

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 [[Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft|DFG]] and the [[German Council of Science and Humanities]] as one of eleven (previously nine) German [[German Universities Excellence Initiative|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''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dfg.de/sites/exu-karte/en.html|title=Excellence Strategy|access-date=2 August 2021|archive-date=26 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726202732/https://www.dfg.de/sites/exu-karte/en.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

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,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://idealeague.org/who-we-are/|title=Who We Are|language=en-US|access-date=13 July 2019}}</ref> as well as its German counterpart [[TU9]]. It is also a member of DFG and the [[Top Industrial Managers for Europe]] network.

== History ==
On 25 January 1858, prince [[Frederick III, German Emperor|Frederick William of Prussia]] (later [[German emperor]]), was given a donation of 5,000 [[Vereinsthaler|talers]] from the ''Aachener und Münchener Feuer-Versicherungs-Gesellschaft'', the precursor of the [[AMB Generali|AachenMünchener]] [[insurance company]], for charity. In March, the prince chose to use the donation to found the first [[Prussia]]n [[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.<ref>{{Cite web |title = Geschichte der RWTH Aachen |trans-title = Archives of RWTH Aachen |language = de |publisher = RWTH Aachen University |url = http://www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de/rea/Seite/geschichte_18.htm |access-date = 11 April 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090403075440/http://www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de/rea/Seite/geschichte_18.htm |archive-date = 3 April 2009 |url-status = live}}</ref> [[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 engineering|electrical]] and mechanical engineering as well as an introductory ''general school'' that taught mathematics and [[natural sciences]] and some [[social sciences]].

[[File:RWTH Aachen Hauptgebäude.jpg|thumbnail|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 [[Doktoringenieur|Dr.-Ing.]] (1899) degrees and [[Diplom|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spurensuche-ausstellung.de/brandis.php|title=Spurensuche Ausstellung > Brandis|work=spurensuche-ausstellung.de}}</ref>

[[World War I|World War&nbsp;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 [[Faculty (division)|faculties]], of several new institutes and of the [[AStA|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 [[Antisemitism in Germany|persecuted]] and excluded from the university. Vacant [[Professor|Chairs]] were increasingly given to [[NSDAP]] party-members or sympathizers.<ref name="Archives">{{Cite web |title = Geschichte der RWTH Aachen |trans-title = Archives of RWTH Aachen |language = de |publisher = RWTH Aachen University |url = http://www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de/rea/Seite/geschichte_45.htm |access-date = 11 April 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090403075440/http://www.archiv.rwth-aachen.de/rea/Seite/geschichte_45.htm |archive-date = 3 April 2009 |url-status = live}}</ref> 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 [[Capitulation (surrender)|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).<ref name="RWTH – Facts &amp; Figures, p. 13">{{cite web|url=http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Profil/~enw/Daten-Fakten/?lidx=1|title=Facts and Figures – RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY – English|first=RWTH Aachen|last=University|website=www.rwth-aachen.de}}</ref> 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%).<ref name="RWTH – Facts &amp; Figures, p. 13"/>

=== Recent developments ===
[[File:RWTH Roter Hoersaal.JPG|right|thumb|"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 Oman|German University of Technology]] in [[Muscat, Oman|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.<ref>[http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/i5new/publications/annualreports/i5_jb2007_2008.pdf Annual report 2007/2008 of the Chair of Computer Science 5 (Information Systems)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170507102709/http://www-i5.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/i5new/publications/annualreports/i5_jb2007_2008.pdf |date=7 May 2017 }} (retrieved 11 April 2009)</ref>

In 2007, RWTH Aachen was chosen as one of nine German [[German Universities Excellence Initiative|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 (Germany)|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.<ref>[http://www.bmbf.de/en/1321.php Federal Ministry for Education and Research: ''Initiative for Excellence''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629100712/http://www.bmbf.de/en/1321.php |date=29 June 2015 }} (retrieved 11 April 2009)</ref> 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 Science and Engineering|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)''.<ref>{{cite web |title = Excellence Initiative at RWTH Aachen University |publisher = RWTH Aachen University |url = http://www.exzellenz.rwth-aachen.de/aw/cms/home/Startseite/~rzv/Exzellenzinitiative_an_der_RWTH_Aachen/?lang=en |access-date = 11 April 2009 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090419055740/http://www.exzellenz.rwth-aachen.de/aw/cms/home/Startseite/~rzv/Exzellenzinitiative_an_der_RWTH_Aachen/?lang=en |archive-date = 19 April 2009 |url-status = deviated}}</ref>

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.[[File:Blick über Aachen auf den Katschhof, Sept 2008.jpg|thumb|View towards the city of [[Aachen]] from ''SuperC'', a central building for students next to the main building at the midtown campus]]

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.

The RWTH itself has a University agreement with the [[Harbin Institute of Technology]] since 2019. In June 2024 a research by [[Correctiv]] journalists showed Chinese military involvement in several RWTH projects. From 100 RWTH professors in [[Mechanical engineering|Mechanical-]] and [[Electrical engineering]] 19 had coorperated with researchers from [[National University of Defense Technology|NUDT]] and the [[Seven Sons of National Defence]] initiative and 45 had benefited from Chinese government funding. The money, in some cases channelled through [[Privately held company|companies]] privately held by RWTH professors,  went, among other things, to projects with military applications, including radar technology for [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drones]].<ref>{{cite web |title = Die Bling-Bling-Professoren aus Aachen |publisher = Correctiv |url = https://correctiv.org/aktuelles/china-science-investigation/2024/06/18/die-bling-bling-professoren-aus-aachen/?utm_source=pocket-newtab-de-de |access-date = 14 June 2024 |archive-url =  |archive-date = |url-status =}}</ref>

== Campus ==
[[File:RWTH-Hörsaalzentrum CARL.JPG|thumb|The newly built CARL in 2017, RWTH Aachen]]

RWTH Aachen University's {{convert|620|acre|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 [[Theodore von Kármán|Kármán]] Hall are 500&nbsp;m away from the city centre with the [[Aachen Cathedral]], the Audimax (biggest lecture hall) and the main refectory are 200&nbsp;m farther. Other points of interest include the university's [[botanical garden]] ([[Botanischer Garten Aachen]]).
[[File:AC BD RWTH Rogowski Institut.jpg|thumb|The Rogowski building, home of the Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science]]
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aachener-nachrichten.de/lokales/aachen/rwth-hoersaalzentrum-carl-noch-im-oktober-in-den-probebetrieb-1.1474022|title=RWTH-Hörsaalzentrum C.A.R.L.: Noch im Oktober in den Probebetrieb|website=aachener-nachrichten.de|date=20 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Die-RWTH/Aktuell/Pressemitteilungen/Februar/~hmcd/Neues-Hoersaalzentrum-heisst-C-A-R-L/|title=Neues Hörsaalzentrum heißt C.A.R.L. – RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY – Deutsch|first=RWTH Aachen|last=University|website=www.rwth-aachen.de}}</ref>

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 ==
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 [[Delft University of Technology|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.<ref name="Third-party donors">{{cite web|url=http://www.eua.be/eua/jsp/en/upload/Case_RWTH_Aachen.1088177395947.pdf|title=Research Funding at RWTH Aachen University|website=eua.be|access-date=7 August 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061014212540/http://www.eua.be/eua/jsp/en/upload/Case_RWTH_Aachen.1088177395947.pdf|archive-date=14 October 2006|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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.<ref name="RWTH – Facts &amp; Figures, p. 13"/> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ie.tsinghua.edu.cn/eng/Education/Master_s_Program.htm|title=Master's Program-清华工业工程系英文|accessdate=19 January 2023}}</ref>

== Rankings and reputation ==
{{Infobox Germany university rankings
| QS = 106
| QS_N = 5
| QS_year = 2024
| QS_ref = <ref name="QS">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2024|title=QS World University Rankings 2024|access-date=28 June 2023|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref>
| THE = 90
| THE_N = 5
| THE_year = 2024
| THE_ref = <ref name="THE">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/2024/world-ranking|title=World University Rankings 2024|access-date=27 September 2023|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]|date=27 September 2023 }}</ref>
| ARWU = 201–300
| ARWU_N = 10–19
| ARWU_year = 2023
| ARWU_ref = <ref name="ARWU">{{cite web|url=https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/arwu/2023|title=2023 Academic Ranking of World Universities|website=[[Academic Ranking of World Universities]]|access-date=15 August 2023}}</ref>
}}

=== Overall ===
RWTH Aachen was ranked #106 globally (#5 nationally) in the [[QS World University Rankings]] 2024,<ref name="QS" /> #90 globally (#5 nationally) in the [[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]] 2024,<ref name="THE" /> and #201–300 globally (#10–19 nationally) in the [[Academic Ranking of World Universities|ARWU World Rankings]] 2023.<ref name="ARWU" />

=== Subject ===
In the 2023 QS Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in mechanical engineering and materials sciences.<ref name="QSSubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.topuniversities.com/subject-rankings/2022|title=QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022|date=23 March 2023|website=[[QS World University Rankings]]}}</ref> In the 2023 THE Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks second in Germany in engineering and computer science.<ref name="THESubject">{{cite web|url=https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/by-subject|title=World University Rankings by subject|access-date=27 October 2022|website=[[Times Higher Education World University Rankings]]}}</ref> In the 2022 ARWU Subject Ranking, RWTH Aachen ranks first in Germany in chemical engineering.<ref name="ARWU"/>

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| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
|}
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! Subject !! Global !! National
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| Computer science
| data-sort-value="50" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;50}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
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| Engineering
| data-sort-value="32" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;32}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
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| Clinical & health
| data-sort-value="201–250" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–250}}
| data-sort-value="12–16" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;12–16}}
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| Physical sciences
| data-sort-value="91" | {{Center|1={{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;=91}}
| data-sort-value="8" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;8}}
|-
|}
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|+ ARWU Subject Ranking 2022<ref name="ARWU" />
! Subject !! Global !! National
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! colspan="3" | Natural Sciences
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| Mathematics
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="19–29" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;19–29}}
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| Physics
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| data-sort-value="6–7" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6–7}}
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| Chemistry
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="2–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;2–5}}
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| Earth Sciences
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="24–30" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;24–30}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Engineering
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| Mechanical Engineering
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="1–2" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;1–2}}
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| Electrical & Electronic Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Telecommunication Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Instruments Science & Technology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–6" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;3–6}}
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| Biomedical Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="6–10" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;6–10}}
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| Computer Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="3–10" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–10}}
|-
| Chemical Engineering
| data-sort-value="76–100" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;76–100}}
| data-sort-value="1" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;1}}
|-
| Materials Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–5" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3–5}}
|-
| Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="3–5" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;3–5}}
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| Energy Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Environmental Science & Engineering
| data-sort-value="151–200" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;151–200}}
| data-sort-value="5–6" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;5–6}}
|-
| Biotechnology
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="5–7" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;5–7}}
|-
| Mining & Mineral Engineering
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="2" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;2}}
|-
| Metallurgical Engineering
| data-sort-value="36" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;36}}
| data-sort-value="3" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;3}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Life Sciences
|-
| Human Biological Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="27–30" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;27–30}}
|-
| Agricultural Sciences
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="19–23" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;19–23}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Medical Sciences
|-
| Dentistry & Oral Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="8–13" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;8–13}}
|-
| Medical Technology
| data-sort-value="51–75" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;51–75}}
| data-sort-value="9–12" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;9–12}}
|-
| Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences
| data-sort-value="101–150" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;101–150}}
| data-sort-value="10–14" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;10–14}}
|-
! colspan="3" | Social Sciences
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| Economics
| data-sort-value="301–400" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;301–400}}
| data-sort-value="16–23" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;16–23}}
|-
| Psychology
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="18–23" | {{Center|{{Fall|size=9}}&nbsp;18–23}}
|-
| Business Administration
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="5–10" | {{Center|{{Rise|size=9}}&nbsp;5–10}}
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| Management
| data-sort-value="201–300" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;201–300}}
| data-sort-value="4–8" | {{Center|{{Same position|size=9}}&nbsp;4–8}}
|-
|}
{{col-end}}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.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mass Customization |url=http://www.tim.rwth-aachen.de/blog/?p=178 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827193123/http://www.tim.rwth-aachen.de/blog/?p=178 |archive-date=27 August 2010 |access-date=21 July 2015 |work=Prof. Frank Piller – RWTH Aachen TIM Group}}</ref> In 2012, Handelsblatt ranked The RWTH School of Business and Economics amongst top 10 within Germany.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Handelsblatt-Ranking Betriebswirtschaftslehre 2012 – Handelsblatt Online |url=https://tool.handelsblatt.com/tabelle/index.php?id=118&so=1a&pc=100&po=0 |access-date=22 April 2019 |website=tool.handelsblatt.com |archive-date=28 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028073406/https://tool.handelsblatt.com/tabelle/index.php?id=118&so=1a&pc=100&po=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In the 2015 ranking published by [[German Academic Exchange Service|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.<ref>{{cite web |author=DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst |title=Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst – DAAD – Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst |url=http://www.daad.de |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

=== Graduates ===
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.<ref>[https://www.odgersberndtson.com/media/6963/7-dax-vorstands-report-2018.pdf 7 DAX-Vorstands-Report 2018]odgersberndtson.com {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122011200/https://www.odgersberndtson.com/media/6963/7-dax-vorstands-report-2018.pdf |date=22 January 2022 }}</ref> In 2019, RWTH Aachen took 2nd place.<ref name="Klaus Hansen">Klaus Hansen. (2019). 8. DAX-Vorstands-Report</ref> The top 3 universities in 2019 with the most top managers were the [[Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich|LMU Munich]], the RWTH Aachen and the [[Technische Universität Darmstadt]].<ref name="Klaus Hansen" />

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]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stepstone.de/wissen/einstiegsgehalt/|title=Einstiegsgehälter für Absolventen|date=19 November 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaanwbi RWTH Aachen ranking report 2001–2010] ''(German; retrieved 9 April 2009)''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.che-ranking.de/downloads/CHE_AP149_Vielfaeltige_Exzellenz_2011_Maschinenbau_Uni.pdf|title=CHE report|website=che-ranking.de}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wiwo.de/erfolg/campus-mba/uni-ranking-die-besten-unis-sind-in-der-provinz-/8023206.html|title=Uni-Ranking: Deutschlands beste Universitäten – Campus & MBA – Erfolg – Wirtschaftswoche|date=11 April 2013 |access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.wiwo.de/management-erfolg/die-besten-unis-fuer-die-karriere-463360/ Uni-Ranking 2011: Die besten Unis für die Karriere – Trends – Erfolg – Wirtschaftswoche]. Wiwo.de (19 April 2011). Retrieved 18 September 2013.</ref><ref>{{in lang|de}} [http://www.wiwo.de/themen/Uni-Ranking WiWo Rankings 2013]. Wiwo.de (2013). Retrieved 14 December 2013.</ref>

== Organisation ==
{{Update|inaccurate=yes|paragraph|date=June 2012}}
Almost all basic lectures are held in German, but an increasing number of master programs require proficiency in English for admission.

=== Fees ===
RWTH Aachen is run by the [[States of Germany|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.
[[File:Institut für physikalische Chemie - RWTH Aachen.jpg|thumb|Institute for physical chemistry]]

=== Faculties ===
The RWTH is divided into nine (previously ten) faculties:
{|
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Mathematics, Computer science, and Natural sciences|F 1 – Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Architecture|F 2 – Faculty of Architecture]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Civil Engineering|F 3 – Faculty of Civil Engineering]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Mechanical Engineering|F 4 – Faculty of Mechanical Engineering]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering|F 5 – Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology|F 6 – Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Arts and Humanities|F 7 – Faculty of Arts and Humanities]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Business and Economics|F 8 – Faculty of Business and Economics]]
|-
|[[RWTH Aachen Faculty of Medicine|F 10 – Faculty of Medicine]]
|}

Faculty nine was [[Pedagogy|pedagogical sciences]], but it was abandoned in 1989. [[Teacher education]], however, continued.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Studienangebot – RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY – Deutsch|url=https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/Studium/Vor_dem_Studium/~efv/Studiengaenge|access-date=12 February 2023|website=www.rwth-aachen.de}}</ref>
[[File:Universitätsklinikum Aachen 2023 Front.jpg|thumb|[[Klinikum Aachen]] (University hospital)]]

=== Fraunhofer-Institutes ===
The university cooperates with the [[Fraunhofer Society|Fraunhofer-Institutes]] situated in the Melaten district of [[Aachen]]. The institutes offer workshops, courses and lectures for the students of RWTH Aachen.
[[File:Fraunhofer-Institut f. Molekularbiologie, Campusboulevard Aachen (2).JPG|thumb|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) ===
The ''Jülich-Aachen Research Alliance'' (JARA) was founded by the RWTH Aachen and [[Forschungszentrum Jülich]] in 2007.<ref name="JARA">{{cite web|url=http://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaazygh|title=Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA)|website=rwth-aachen.de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614163803/http://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaazygh|archive-date=14 June 2011}}</ref> 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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.exzellenz.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/sam/lang/en|title=Error|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* JARA-FAME (Forces and matter experiments) <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/main/root/Forschung/Einrichtungen/JARA/~dsgx/JARA_FAME/|title=JARA-FAME|author=RWTH Aachen University|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>

=== Graduate schools ===
==== Aachen Institute for advanced study in Computational Engineering Science ====
[[File:Aices.png|thumb|100px]]

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 ==
* 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)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aisa.rwth-aachen.de|title=Association of Indian Students in Aachen|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* GATS (Association of Thai Students in Aachen)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gats.rwth-aachen.de|title=Association of Thai Students in Aachen|website=rwth-aachen.de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070521203306/http://www.gats.rwth-aachen.de/|archive-date=21 May 2007}}</ref>
* ISA e.V (Iranian Students Association)<ref>[https://isa-aachen.com/ ISA e.V (Iranian Students Association)]</ref>
* Pakistan Student Association<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.psa.rwth-aachen.de|title=Home|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* MexAS – Mexikanische Aachener Studierende (Mexican Students' Association)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mexas.rwth-aachen.de/index.php/ueber-uns.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100425185045/http://www.mexas.rwth-aachen.de/index.php/ueber-uns.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 April 2010|title=MexAS – Über uns|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/groups/mexas.aachen/|title=MexAS – Mexikanische Aachener Studierende |work=Facebook|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* ADDI (Aachen Drone Development Initiative)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aachen Drone Development Initiative {{!}} Discover. Develop. Fly |url=https://www.aachen-drone.de/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |language=de-DE}}</ref>
* [[Flugwissenschaftliche Vereinigung Aachen]] ([[abbreviation]]: FVA, English: Flight Research Association Aachen).<ref name="FVA">{{cite web|url=http://www.fva.rwth-aachen.de/fliegerei/index.htm|title=Fva.rwth-aachen.de|website=rwth-aachen.de|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070612015159/http://www.fva.rwth-aachen.de/fliegerei/index.htm|archive-date=12 June 2007}}</ref> The FVA academic flying group is closely affiliated with RWTH Aachen and overseen by [[IDAFLIEG]] (''Interessengemeinschaft deutscher akademischer Fliegergruppen e.V.'').<ref name="IDA">{{cite web|url=http://www.idaflieg.de/|title=Home|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref>
* [[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 [[:de:Formula Student Germany|formula student]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Ecurie Aix – Der Verein|url=https://www.ecurie-aix.de/ueber-uns/der-verein|access-date=17 November 2021|website=Ecurie Aix RWTH Aachen|language=de-de|archive-date=24 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524004129/https://www.ecurie-aix.de/ueber-uns/der-verein|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*SKY Campus Aachen – A student initiative that aims to boost awareness for mental health in the student community, through mindfulness, breathwork and yoga.<ref>{{Cite web |title=SKY Campus Aachen {{!}} AStA der RWTH Aachen |url=https://www.asta.rwth-aachen.de/amo-team/sky-campus-aachen/ |access-date=7 October 2022 |language=de-DE}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sky Campus Aachen |url=https://skycampusaachen.com/ |access-date=7 October 2022 |website=Sky Campus Aachen |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[Space Team Aachen]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Space Team Aachen |url=https://www.spaceteamaachen.de/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=www.spaceteamaachen.de |language=en}}</ref>
*TechAachen<ref>{{Cite web |title=TechAachen — Technische studentische Vereine Aachen |url=https://techaachen.de/ |access-date=16 January 2023 |website=techaachen.de}}</ref>
*Ecogenium<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ecogenium |url=https://www.ecogenium.com/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |website=Ecogenium |language=en-US}}</ref>

== Notable faculty and alumni ==

{{Main|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 engineering|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 ==
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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