Germany

RWTH Aachen University

Aachen, Germany

RWTH opened in 1870 as the Royal Rhenish-Westphalian Polytechnic School and is now a large technical university with about 44,000 students, roughly a third of them international (winter 2025/26). Bachelor's degrees are taught mainly in German; English-taught options are mostly at master's level.

Known for

Mechanical engineeringElectrical engineeringComputer scienceMaterials science

Facts

Type
Public university
Founded
1870
Degree levels
Bachelor's, Master's, PhD
Teaching language
Some programmes in English

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