Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2011

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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen is the largest university of technology in Germany and one of the most renowned technical universities in Europe. It currently has around 31,400 enrolled students, most of them in the field of engineering.

Every year, a large number of international students and scientists come to the University to benefit from its high-quality study programmes and excellent facilities, both of which are internationally recognised. Almost 5,000 international students are currently enrolled in undergraduate, graduate and PhD programmes.

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen was founded as a polytechnical institute (Polytechnikum) in 1870 by an industrial initiative, in a then fringe area of the Prussian heavy industry. As early as 1899, it was granted the right to award doctoral degrees.

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen has a long history of close and wide-ranging co-operation with national and international industries and research centres and contributes effectively to the success and development of the German economy with an increasing extension of this role with regard to the rest of the world.