A short introduction to RWTH
Location of RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Mainbuilding
Development of RWTH Aachen University until 2004 Students Foreign Students Polytechnical School Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Business Administration & Economics Students 40000 Institute of Technology -present-day Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Natural Sciences -present-day Faculty of Civil Engineering -present-day Faculty of Mechanical Engineering -present-day Faculty of Georessources and Materials Engineering Faculty of Arts present-day Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Faculty of Education Medical Faculty 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 1870 1880 1890 1900 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Year 0
Diplom Bachelor/Master Courses Diploma Engineer Master Intership Advanced Studies 3 years Basic Studies 2 years Intership Master Studies 2 years Bachelor Bachelor Studies 3 years Classical Engineering Education Bachelor / Master
Master & Bachelor Courses at RWTH Aachen Bachelor Courses Materials Sciences Biotechnology (limited admission) Master Courses Automotive Systems Engineering Biomedical Engineering Science Chemical Engineering Communications Engineering Computer Engineering Electrical Power Power Engineering Energy Engineering Materials Science Media Media Informatics Metallurgical Engineering Production Engineering Simulation Techniques in in Mechanical Engineering Software Systems Engineering Textile Textile Engineering Changeover to to BA/MA for all programmes: 2008
Technical Universities in Germany TU 9
Share of TU9 Engineering Graduates Share of TU9 engineering graduates among German universities in 2003 12 000 10 000 10936 Other universities TU9 8 000 RWTH Aachen 6 000 TU Berlin TU Braunschweig 4 000 2 000-6342 (58%) 2126 1311 (62%) TU Darmstadt TU Dresden U Hanover U Karlsruhe TU Munich Diploma / Master PhD U Stuttgart RWTH Aachen, Abteilung 6.4 Quelle: destiats / Herr Beck 09. Nov. 2004
Development of budget volume including medicine 700,0 600,0 Third-party funds Rent Budget without third-party funds 500,0 Millions Euro 400,0 300,0 * ** 200,0 100,0 0,0 1980 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 * 2001 nach Rechtsformänderung des Universitätsklinikums Aachen ** 2002/03 erstmalig veranschlagt Mieten/Pachten an den BLB NRW in Höhe von 43,3 Mio. EURO
Extra Budget according to Research Fields 2003 Energy Research Mobility and Traffic 6,3% 7,9% Information and Communication Technologies 30,9% others 11,4% 17,2% Collaborative Research Centres (SFB) 13,8% 12,5% Materials Science Research Life Sciences and Medical Technology
Interdisciplinary activities at RWTH Aachen 14+2 Collaborative Research Centres Forschungskolle g SFB 289 SFB 476 "Medien und kulturelle Kommunikation 6 Graduate Colleges Graduiertenkolleg Software für Kommunikationssysteme Graduiertenkolleg Biofinterface - Detektion und Steuerung grenzflächeninduzierter biomolekularer und zellulärer Funktionen" Graduiertenkolleg "Elementarteilchenphysik an der TeV-Skala" 6 Interdisciplinary Forums FORUM MOBILITÄT &VERKEHR 16 Interdisciplinary Competence Centres Virtual Reality Center Aachen zmb BIONIK Zentrum Aachen 16.02.04.
Mission statement of RWTH Aachen University 1. Educating highly qualified graduates aware of societal and economical responsibility 2. Excellence in research 3. Interdisciplinarity 4. Developing solutions for societal and environmental challenges 5. Transferring scientific results into economical and technical application 6. Contributing to the public discourse on progress in Science, Technology, and Medicine 7. International co-operation and competition
Characteristics 1. Research university 2. Network of competence centres 3. Research - driven by competition 4. Professor: manager of a competence centre 5. Consense oriented interaction and development 6. Students - educational self-management
Future at RWTH - Super C
Workshop Program Mrs. Bernadette Conradts Senior Advisor of the EUA with general information on workshop procedure Dr. Christiane Ebel-Gabriel Secretary General, German Rectors Conference (HRK), Germany Prof. Jane Grimson Member of the European Research Advisory Board (EURAB) to the European Commission; Vice Provost of The University of Dublin - Trinity College, Ireland