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RWTH Aachen University

RWTH Aachen University (''German:'' ''or Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, lit. Rhenish-Westphalian Technical University Aachen'') is a public research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is one of the oldest and leading technical universities in Germany (TU9) and, with about 45,000 students, is simultaneously the second-largest. It was founded in 1870 as ''Königliche Rheinisch-Westfälische Polytechnische Schule zu Aachen'' in Prussia. Renowned for its academic excellence, RWTH Aachen is funded under the national Excellence Strategy and is recognized as an elite research university. The university comprises ten faculties and some 290 institutes.

RWTH Aachen maintains numerous partner universities and is a founding member of the CESAER association of universities of science and technology in Europe, and IDEA League, a strategic alliance of five leading universities of technology in Europe, as well as its German counterpart TU9. It is also a member of DFG , Top Industrial Managers for Europe, ACalNet, ALMA, CESAER, DFH, JARA, NRW-Zertifikat, ENHANCE, PEGASUS and UNITECH International.

Since 2007, RWTH Aachen has been continuously funded by the DFG and the German Council of Science and Humanities as one of eleven (previously nine) German Universities of Excellence. RWTH Aachen regularly achieves good rankings in national and international rankings, particularly in engineering, natural sciences, and economics. In the Times Higher Education World University Ranking 2025, RWTH Aachen University was ranked 36th worldwide in engineering. In the QS World University Ranking 2025, RWTH Aachen University was ranked 1st in Germany, 8th in Europe, and 23rd worldwide in mechanical engineering. Provided by Wikipedia