The Faculty of Mechanical Engineering is one of the nine faculties at the
RWTH Aachen University
RWTH Aachen University (), also known as North Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Rhine-Westphalia Technical University of Aachen, Technical University of Aachen, University of Aachen, or ''Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hoch ...
and is widely recognized as one of the foremosts of such a faculty in
Europe and the world. It was established in 1880 and has produced several notable individuals including
Wendelin Wiedeking,
Hugo Junkers, and
Jesco von Puttkamer.
Theodore von Kármán, a pioneer of modern
Aerodynamics, accepted a position as director of the Aeronautical Institute in 1912. Several projects are assisted by the
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft and the
European Union. Approximately 7,100 students are enrolled in the faculty. The faculty received a high amount of funds granted by third-party donors in the last years.
The faculty is closely affiliated with the
German Universities Excellence Initiative as all the three lines of funding, including the institutional strategy, one graduate school, and three clusters of excellence, involve chairs and institutes from the faculty. No other similar faculties in Germany obtain such a distinction. This fact underlines the prominent quality of the faculty in research and education vis-à-vis other similar faculties in Germany.
The faculty is divided in about 50 chairs and institutes. There are cooperations with the
Jülich Research Centre and the four
Fraunhofer Institutes
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in
Aachen
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...
. The research activities of the faculty are organized according to the following several fields:
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Chemical and
Process Engineering
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Control Engineering
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Aeronautics
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and
Aerospace Engineering
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Design Engineering and Development
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Plastics
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and Textile Technology
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Power Engineering
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Medical Engineering
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Computational Engineering Science
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Production Technology,
Industrial Engineering, and
Ergonomics
Rankings and Degrees awarded
The university was ranked 17th by
QS World University Rankings and 23rd by
US News in 2013 for
mechanical engineering.
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The following Degrees are awarded in mechanical engineering:
* Bachelor of Science (BSc RWTH)
* Master of Science (MSc RWTH)
* Diplom
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(Dipl.-Ing.) (discontinued due to Bologna Process)
* Doctor (Dr.-Ing.)
References
External links
Faculty of Mechanical engineering
(English version)
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