# Rheinisch Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

- Location: Aachen, Germany
- Type: Public
- Founded: 1870
- Official website: http://www.rwth-aachen.de/
- CollegeStat profile: https://collegestat.britexstudy-15d.workers.dev/university/rheinisch-westfalische-technische-hochschule-aachen-f7aaf172

## Summary

RWTH Aachen opened in 1870 as the Royal Rhenish-Westphalian Polytechnic School, set up to train engineers for the industrial Rhineland. Over time it added natural sciences, medicine, humanities and economics, though engineering remains its core. It is now one of Germany's largest technical universities, and more than a third of its students hold foreign citizenship.

## Key facts

- rank: #104 (QS 2027) — https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx

## Sources

- [rank](https://insights.qs.com/hubfs/Rankings%20Excel%20Reports/2027%20QS%20World%20University%20Rankings%201.1%20%28For%20qs.com%29.xlsx)
- [Official website](http://www.rwth-aachen.de/)
- [Admissions](http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/~ege/Zugangsvoraussetzungen/lidx/1/)
- [Financial aid](http://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Im-Studium/~ehg/Stipendien-Foerderung/lidx/1/)
- [Reference](https://ror.org/04xfq0f34)
- [44,382 students and 36% foreign citizens, winter 2025/26](https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/wir/aktuell/pressemitteilungen/dezember-2025/~bqyrjo/an-der-rwth-aachen-lernen-aktuell-44-382/?lidx=1)
- [Cross-check: founding 1870](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RWTH_Aachen_University)

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