Aachen University

RWTH Key Data

Academics in Winter Semester 2017/2018

• 45,377 Students in the winter semester of 2017/2018
• 6,798 Students in the first core semester for a Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's Teacher Training Programs or Medicine/Dentistry Staatsexamen
• 3,219 Students in the first core semester for a Master's degree or Master's Teacher Training
• of which 1,798 students previously completed a Bachelor's degree at RWTH Aachen
• 157 Courses of study – of which 16 are private courses of study
• 9,651 International students from 125 countries
• 7,165 Graduates in the 2017 academic year, that is winter semester 2016/2017 and summer semester 2017

Staff 2017

• 547 Professors as of December 31, 2017
• 5,564 Other academic staff (including externally funded staff)
• 2,786 Non-faculty staff (including externally funded staff)
• 599 Trainees and interns

Institutions

• 9 Faculties
• 260 Institutes
• 6 Collaborative Research Centers and Transregios
• 10 Participations in Collaborative Research Areas and Transregional Collaborative Research Areas
• 36 Research Training Programs (including 9 DFG Research Training Groups)

Excellence Initiative

• 1 Graduate School
• 2 Clusters of Excellence
• 1 Institutional Strategy “RWTH 2020: Meeting Global Challenges”

Annual Budget 2016

• 900 Million Euros in total annual budget, including
• 325,7 Million Euros in external funding