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RWTH Aachen University is the largest university of technology in Germany and one of the most renowned technical universities in Europe. It currently has around 30,000 enrolled students, most of them in the field of engineering. The wide range of disciplines taught at RWTH Aachen University cover natural sciences, engineering, economics, humanities, and medicine. Every year, a large number of international students and scientists come to RWTH Aachen University to benefit from its high-quality study programmes and excellent facilities, both of which are internationally recognised. Almost 5,500 international students are currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and PhD programmes. The proximity of Aachen to the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg and its variety of cultural heritages has placed the University in a unique position for international collaboration with other educational and research institutions as well as with business and industry. Aachen's unique location in the "Euregio" border region is apt to enhance and accelerate research activities and technology transfer between Germany, the neighbouring states of Belgium and the Netherlands and Europe at large.Teaching and research are characterised by an international, innovative, and interdisciplinary approach and a close cooperation with business and industry. The main educational objective of RWTH Aachen Universitys is to provide solid knowledge of the basic scientific subjects, including the ability to apply this knowledge to engineering problems, and a high level of expertise in the various fields of specialisation, fostering the students' capabilities to transfer research results into economic and technical applications. In addition, the intensive interaction between the various fields of study in teaching and research is a direct response to the demands placed on future young professionals. Our engineering professors usually hold leading positions in industry before they become faculty members, and other experts from industry teach special courses which enable students to benefit from their expertise in bringing technological know-how to market. RWTH Aachen University has a long history of close and wide-ranging co-operation with national and international research centres and industries and thus contributes to the success and development of the German economy, increasingly extending this role within the European Union. RWTH Aachen University has been awarded funding for all three funding lines within the Excellence Initiative of the German federal and state governments. With this programme, the RWTH is provided a unique and valuable opportunity to substantially sharpen its scientific profile within just a few years and to orient it towards its core competences, in order to conduct top-level research and improve its international visibility. To this end, RWTH Aachen University has developed a strategic plan which is reflected in the Institutional Strategy and leads to a superordinate goal: In contrast to a university primarily characterised by the coexistence of individual strengths, especially in engineering, the RWTH will now develop into an integrated interdisciplinary university of technology that is able to meet global challenges. Contacts RWTH Aachen University
International Office
Templergraben 57
52062 Aachen
Germany
Phone.: +49 (0)241 80 90665
Fax: +49 (0)241 80 92662
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