RWTH Aachen University is one of the leading research institutes of higher education and well known for its strong position in the fields of engineering in Germany. It is situated in Aachen – a major city in the North Rhine-Westphalia State.

Before we talk about the university, please allow me to give a short introduction to the historical city of Aachen. Aachen is the westernmost city in Germany and to the border with Netherlands and Belgium. Currently it has a population of close to 250,000, which is considered a big city in Germany. The earliest human settlement in Aachen area was discovered back to 3000–2500 BC. It has been famous for manuscript production since middle ages. Aachen is the administrative centre for the coal-mining industries in the region. It has efficient public transportations to Bonn, Cologne and Ruhrgebiet. Since 1950, a committee of Aachen citizens annually awards the International Charlemagne Prize (German: Karlspreis) to personalities of outstanding service to the unification of Europe.

RWTH Aachen University is a founding member of IDEA League – a strategic alliance of five leading universities of technology in Europe. The university is also a member of TU9, DFG (German Research Foundation) and the Top Industrial Managers for Europe network. In 2011, the university accounted for the highest amount of third-party funds per faculty member among all German universities. It has been awarded German University of Excellence 3 times in a row since the start of this initiative in 2006. The recent future concept of RWTH Aachen University in 2019 is “The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology: Knowledge, Impact, Networks”.

Internationally, RWTH A achen University is ranked 27th in Engineering and Technology by The Times Higher Education in 2019.

Now RWTH Aachen University has an average number of students of around 42,000. 57% of the students are in engineering programs, 23% in natural science, 13% in economics and humanities and 7% in medicine.

亚琛工业大学

亚琛工业大学是德国领先的高等科研院校，其中工程学科尤为著名。它座落于北莱茵-威斯特法伦州的主要城市亚琛市。

在我们介绍这所大学之前，让我们来看看亚琛这座历史悠久的城市。亚琛位于德国最西端与荷兰和比利时接壤的边境城市。目前其人口约为25万，以德国的整体规模而言是一座大型城市。亚琛地区最早的人类居住历史可以追溯到公元前3000到2500年。自中世纪以来这里就以印刷业而闻名。目前它是区域内煤炭工业的管理中心。从这里到前联邦德国首都波恩、科隆及鲁尔工业区有着便利的公共交通。值得一提的是，从1950年开始亚琛每年都会颁发著名的国际查理曼奖，以表彰为促进欧洲一体化做出卓越贡献的人士。

亚琛工业大学是由五所欧洲著名的理工科大学组成的IDEA联盟的创始成员之一，同时也是德国TU9、德国科研基金委和欧洲顶级工业经理人网络的成员。2011年亚琛工业大学创下了德国全部大学之中人均第三方科研资金的最高记录。从2006年德国开始评选精英大学以来，亚琛工业大学在到目前为止所有的3次评选之中均脱颖而出。最近亚琛工业大学提出的未来发展理念是“The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Science and Technology: Knowledge, Impact, Networks”。2019年英国泰晤士高等教育国际排名中亚琛工业大学在工程和科技类排名全球第27。

目前亚琛工业大学有约4万2千名学生。其中，57%的学生就读于工程专业，23%在自然学科，经济人文类学科占13%，医学院学生为整体的7%。

以下为亚琛工业大学所提供的的本科自然科学和工程学科专业。

Below is a list of science and engineering programs offered at RWTH Aachen University.

Applied Geography

Applied Geosciences

Architecture

Civil Engineering

Structural Engineering

Business Administration

Biology

Chemistry

Computational Engineering Science

Electrical Engineering

Power Engineering

Automotive Technology

Manufacturing Technology

Georesources Management

Wood Technology

Computer Science

Logopedics

Mechanical Engineering

Machine Technology

Materials Science

Mathematics

Molecular and Applied Biotechnology

Sustainable Resources and Energy Supply

Communications Engineering

Physics

Psychology

Technics

Technical Communication

Computer Engineering

Textile Technology

Underground Engineering

Environmental Engineering

Transport Engineering and Mobility

Supply Technology

Materials Engineering

下一次我们将去到德国首都柏林介绍那里的著名高等院校。

Next time we will guide you to Berlin and visit its universities there.