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"RWTH" is the abbreviation of "Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule". The official English translation of its name is "Aachen University of Technology (RWTH)" (leaving the RW untranslated, which actually just means: of Rhineland- Westphalia).
Its main focus are technological studies, especially electrical and mechanical engineering.
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| Motto: Zukunft beginnt bei uns – the future starts with us | |
| Rector | Burkhard Rauhut |
| School type | public |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Founded | 1870 |
| Location | Aachen, Germany |
| Enrollment | 26,000 grad., 2400 post-grad. |
| Faculty | 7000 |
| Annual budget | 650 Mio. Euro |
| Campus surroundings | urban |
The RWTH is not a campus university. Instead, its buildings are spread over the whole city. There are two core areas (midtown and Melaten district), though not very distinct. The Main Building and the Kármán Hall are 500 m away from the city centre with the Aachen Cathedral, the Audimax (biggest lecture hall) and the main refectory are 200 m farther.
The RWTH has external facilities in Jülich and owns together with the University of Stuttgart a house in Kleinwalsertal in the Austrian Alps.
The RWTH Aachen is run by the federal state of
North Rhine-Westphalia. There are tuition fees only for long-term students and second studies. Almost all lecturesare given in German languageGerman (called Deutsch in German in which germanisch refers to prechristian times), is a member of the western group of Germanic languages and one of the world's major languages. It is the language with the most native speakers in the European Union., some graduate programs are offered in English.
The RWTH is divided into nine faculties:
| 1 | mathematicsMathematics is commonly defined as the study of patterns of structure, change, and space; more informally, one might say it is the study of "figures and numbers". In the formalist view, it is the investigation of axiomatically defined abstract structures, computer scienceIn its most general sense, computer science CS or compsci is the study of computation and information processing, both in hardware and in software. Introduction Computer science encomposses a variety of topics relating to computation, ranging from abstrac, and natural scienceThe term natural science as the way in which different fields of study are defined is determined as much by historical convention as by the present day meaning of the words. Thus the traditional description of natural science is the study of the physical,s |
| 2 | architectureArchitecture is the art and science of designing buildings. A wider definition would include within its scope the design of the total built environment, from the macrolevel of town planning, urban design, and landscape architecture to the microlevel of fu |
| 3 | civil engineeringIn modern usage, civil engineering is a broad field of engineering that deals with the planning, construction, and maintenance of fixed structures as they related to earth, water, or civilization and their processes. Most civil engineering today deals wit |
| 4 | mechanical engineering |
| 5 | geological resources and material sciences |
| 6 | electrical engineering and information technology |
| 7 | philosophy (actually all humanities) |
| 8 | economic sciences |
| 10 | medicines (including the Klinikum Aachen) |
Faculty nine was pedagogical sciences and abandoned in 1989.
The RWTH is a member of the IDEA League.