RWTH Aachen 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 initiatives 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. 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.
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, as well as its German counterpart TU9. It is also a member of DFG and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network.
QUICK HIGHLIGHTS
YEAR OF ESTABLISHED | 1870 |
ALSO KNOWN AS | RWTH |
ACCEPTED EXAMS | IELTS, TOEFL |
TOTAL INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS | 10455 |
FEE STRUCTURE
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