RWTH - Aachen University of Technology

RWTH - Aachen University of Technology

The RWTH as an interdisciplinary research centre :

• € 451 mill. annual budget, of which € 139 mill. is external funding (approx. 1/3 comes from industry)
• 260 departments and institutes, 30 clinics, 7 central establishments
• 720 professors, lectures and teaching staff for particular assignments
• 170 teaching and research areas, 7 special research areas, numerous research networks and fora overlapping subjects and faculties

The RWTH as an application-orientated place of training :

• 30.000 students, 4.000 of whom are foreigner from 100 nations
• 9 faculties, 65 courses of study, continuation and supplementary courses of study, 1 graduate college, studies for the elderly
• 4.000 graduates every year
• 9.000 members of staff, 1.800 persons undergoing practical training and trainees, thereby the largest employer in the region

The RWTH as an international innovation centre :

• Cooperation agreements with the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Aachen as well as the Chamber of Handicrafts in Aachen
• Cooperation with the Aachen Society for Innovation and Technology Transfer (AGIT) and companies concerned with promoting the economy in the border area
• 13 allied research institutes, which focus on areas ranging from biomedical technology to water-technology
• 57 spin-off companies established in the Aachen Technology Centre, 80% of which emanating from the University with the creation of over 2.000 new jobs (since 1984)
• 200 seminars and colloquia held annally in respect of vocational further training
• Regional industrial clubs
• 40 cooperation treaties with R&D-establishments around the world

Faculties of the RWTH Aachen

• Faculty 1 : Faculty of Mathematics and Sciences
• Faculty 2 : Faculty of Architecture
• Faculty 3 : Faculty of Civil Engineering and Surveying
• Faculty 4 : Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
• Faculty 5 : Faculty of Minig Engineering, Metallurgy and Geoscience
• Faculty 6 : Faculty of Electrical Engineering
• Faculty 7 : Faculty of Philosophy
• Faculty 8 : Faculty of Economics
• Faculty 10 : Faculty of Medicine

EVOLUTION OF DATA PERTAINING TO STUDENTS AND RATE OF CAPACITY UTILIZATION

• year students(1) new students percentage
• WS 1979/80 25.447 4.238 ca. 95 %
• WS 1985/86 35.074 4.692 99 %
• WS 1990/91 37.043 5.039 112 %

• (1) : students = students with their first subject and first examination, "heads"
• WS : Wintersemester