RWTH Aachen University Univ.-Prof. Dr.rer.nat. Reinhart Poprawe, Vice-Rector for Structure, Research and Junior Academic Staff
Higher Education in Germany 365 institutions of higher education (03/04) 100 universities & comprehensive universities (21 technical universities) 6 colleges of education 16 colleges of theology 52 colleges of art 162 general universities of applied sciences 29 colleges of public administration 2.04 million students (2004) 72.7% at universities 7.3% at universities of applied sciences over 47.4 % were women
Location of RWTH Aachen University NL B D Travel distance (train): Aachen - Brussels 2 h Aachen - Paris 3 h Aachen - Amsterdam 3.5 h Aachen - London 4.5 h Aachen - Berlin 5.5 h
RWTH Aachen University Main Building Plot size: 250 ha Main area in use: 510.110 m² (incl. Medicine) approx. 16.000 rooms
Some numbers 30260 students 5272 foreign students 728 apprentices 260 institutes 436 professorships 2500 nonacademic staff 3250 academic staff
Faculties and Departments FB FB 1: 1: Faculty of of Mathematics, Computer Sciences & Natural Sciences Dept.: Dept.: Mathematics Mathematics Dept.: Dept.: Computer Computer Science Science Dept.: Dept.: Physics Physics Dept.: Dept.: Chemistry Chemistry Dept.: Dept.: Biology Biology FB FB 2: 2: Faculty of of Architecture FB FB 3: 3: Faculty of of Civil Engineering FB FB 4: 4: Faculty of of Mechanical Engineering FB FB 5: 5: Faculty of of Georesources & Materials Engineering Dept.: Dept.: Mining Mining & Waste WasteManagement Dept.: Dept.: Metallurgy Metallurgy Dept.: Dept.: Geoscience Geoscience FB FB 6: 6: Faculty of of Electrical Engineering & Information Technology FB FB 7: 7: Faculty of of Arts Arts FB FB 8: 8: Faculty of of Business & Economics FB FB 10: 10: Faculty of of Medicine Engingeering technology
Time series of the number of students present-day Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology Faculty of Architecture Faculty of Business & Economics Medical Faculty Faculty of Arts Faculty of Education Students 40000 35000 30000 25000 20000 15000 10000 5000 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 0 Year
Number of Students per faculty WS 06/07 Total winter term 06/07 First-year students (ST 06 + WT 06/07) 7000 6000 5000 Students 4000 3000 4936 5252 3820 2000 1000 0 2139 2118 2400 1481 1521 1104 1358 841 723 615 539 256 254 297 320 FB 1 FB 2 FB 3 FB 4 FB 5 FB 6 FB 7 FB 8 FB 10 Faculties
Students per Discipline Natural Sciences 24% Humanities, Social Sciences, and Economics 22% Engineering 45% Medicine 9% Total 30.180 (18% are international students) Stand: WT 06/07
International students WS 07/08 Pakistan Libanon Brasilien Vietnam Thailand Rumänien Ukraine Italien Frankreich Korea, Republik Spanien Indonesien Niederlande Marokko Russland Polen Griechenland Kamerun Iran Belgien Indien Luxemburg Bulgarien Türkei China Total: 5.272 1.100 international students from 95 further countries 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 900 1000 NATSP.XLS Dez. 2.0
Interdisciplinary activities at the RWTH 10 Sonderforschungsbereiche (Collaborative Research Centres) SFB 289 10 Graduiertenkollegs (RT Groups) AlgoSyn Graduiertenkolleg Biokatalyse in unkonventionellen Medien Graduiertenkolleg Elementarteilchenph ysik an der TeVSkala Graduiertenkolleg Software für mobile Kommunikationssysteme Graduiertenkolleg Brain-behavior relationship of normal and disturbed emotions in shizophrenia and autism Graduiertenkolleg Aero-thermodynamische Auslegung eines ScramjetAntriebssystems für zukünftige Raumtransportsysteme 6 Interdisziplinäre Foren 18 Interdisziplinäre Kompetenzzentren zmb BIONIK Zentrum Aachen
Interdisciplinary Forums Cooperation between forums and faculties Forums Technology and Society Natural Sciences Architecture Civil Engineering Mechanical Engineering Georesources Electrical Engineering Arts Faculties Economics Medicine Information Technology Materials Science Environmental Science Mobility and Transport Life Sciences
Research and Competence Centres Virtual Reality Center Aachen Aachener Kompetenzzentrum für Gesundheitsökonomie e.v. 19 Research and Competence Centres BIONIK Centre Aachen
RWTH International Academy www.rwth-academy.com (former Aachen Global Academy) Highlights RWTH Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering RWTH Master of Science in Lasers in Dentistry RWTH Program Redevelopment / Design and Management Executive MBA for Technology Managers 11.500 32.000 3.700 per semester 23.000 RWTH Certificate Course Aachen Energy Manager Power and Gas RWTH Certificate Course Industrial Services Management RWTH Certificate Course Chief Innovation Manager 14.500 2.950 3.400
IDEA League
Cooperation with Research Center Juelich Virtual Institute for forfunctional Molecular Systems for for Information Technology Virtual Institute for forbiohybrid Technology Ernst Ruska-Centrum
Cooperation with Research Center Juelich Section 1 Translational Brain Medicine JARA-BRAIN Joint professorships Virtual Institute for forbiohybrid Technology
Research: Third-Party Funding (German TOP10) 133,9 102,6 100,0 Third-party funded revenue 2004 (without medicine), [M ] 84,0 83,2 73,8 70,5 60,0 56,5 55,6 RWTH Aachen* TU München* Uni Stuttgart TU Dresden* Uni Karlsruhe Uni Bremen TU Berlin TU Darmstadt Uni München* Uni Erlangen* Rank 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Source: Statistisches Bundesamt, October 2006
DFG grants: Top Five Universities Million Euros, 2002-2004 88,3 Engineering Natural Science 52,8 52,8 35,7 35,5 40,8 32,1 27,8 27,8 26,6 RWTH Aachen Uni Stuttgart Uni Karlsruhe Uni Hannover TU Darmstadt Uni Karlsruhe Uni Bremen FU Berlin Uni Hamburg No. 1 2 3 4 5 No. 1 2 3 4 5 Quelle: DFG, Okt. 2006... 19,4 RWTH Aachen 18 Uni Heidelberg
Ranking results 2000-2007 WIRTSCHAFTSWOCHE Engineering Top Ranking (No. 1) 2000-2007 FOCUS Mechanical Eng. Top Ranking (No. 1) 2004-2007 DFG No. 1: 1999 2001; No. 2: 2002-2006 CAPITAL Mechanical Eng. No. 1 2003-2005...excellent in Engineering!
Worldwide Alumni Network Alumni-Treffs Alumni-Clubs Hamburg Berlin Essen Aachen Frankfurt Mannheim Stuttgart Munich Contact Person RWTH Club Club with German Alumni
Socrates/Erasmus Partners & Agreements 1 / 1 9 / 16 1 / 12 3 / 4 8 / 15 1 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 5 / 5 19 / 36 10 / 22 11 / 20 11 / 29 58/ 82 5 / 15 35/ 63 5 / 13 5 / 6 2 / 3 4 / 4 3 / 4 13 / 17 30 / 59 2 / 2 1 / 1 8 / 18 5/ 13 8 / 8 1 / 1 1 / 1 Left: number of partners / Right: number of agreements
Chinese-German Double Degree Example: Chinese student Available Programmes: Tsinghua:studies (1 semester) Production Engineering Automotive Engineering RWTH: studies (2 semesters) Tsinghua: thesis (1 semester) Double Degree (Tsinghua and RWTH)
Oman-German University of Technology Contract Signing December 27, 2006, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman Prof. Dr. Burkhard Rauhut Dr. Rawiyah Bint Saud Al Busaidiyah Abdullah Al-Salmi Foundation year starts 2007 Bachelor programs start 2008 Master programs start 2009 PhD programs and researches will follow...
Thai-German Graduate School of Engineering
Development of budget volume 700 600 Third-party funds Rent Budget without third-party funds 500 Millions Euro 400 300 200 100 0 1975 1980 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 * 2002 ** 2003 2004 2005 2006 * 2001 nach Rechtsformänderung des Universitätsklinikums Aachen ** 2002/03 erstmalig veranschlagt Mieten/Pachten an den BLB NRW in Höhe von 43,3 Mio. EURO Data incl. medicine
600 500 400 300 200 100 0 Budgets of NRW Universities Third-party funds Budget without third-party funds Univ. Muenster Univ. Bonn Univ. Cologne Univ. Duisburg-Essen Univ. Bochum Univ. Duesseldorf Univ. Dortmund Univ. Bielefeld Univ. Wuppertal Univ. Paderborn Univ. Siegen Dist.Univ. Hagen DSH Cologne Stand: 2006 RWTH Aachen
On the Excellence Initiative
Excellence Initiative Agreement on Excellence Initiative by the German Federal Gov. & the States in June 2005 Aims To strengthen science and research in Germany in the long term To improve the international competitiveness of Germany To raise the profile of the top performers in academia and research
Funding Lines Excellence Initiative of the German Federal Gov. and the States 1. Funding Line GRADUATE SCHOOLS 2. Funding Line CLUSTERS OF EXCELLENCE 3. Funding Line FUTURE CONCEPTS Funding p.a.: 1 Mio. Euro Funding p.a.: 6,5 Mio. Euro Funding p.a.: ~ 12,5 Mio. Euro plus 20% overhead
Retained Proposals of the RWTH Aachen 1 st funding line: Graduate School Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science Coordinator: Prof. Behr 2 nd funding line: Cluster of Excellence Ultra High-Speed Mobile Information and Communication Coordinator: Prof. Ascheid Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries Coordinator: Prof. Brecher Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass Coordinator: Prof. Pischinger 3 rd funding line: Institutional Strategy RWTH 2020: Meeting Global Challenges The Integrated Interdisciplinary University of Technology
Four Interrelated Measures Institutional Strategy RWTH 2020 Measure 1: Measure 2: Measure 3: Measure 4: Sharpening the Scientific Profile JARA - Forming a Research Alliance with FZJ Mobilising People Enhancing Corporate Governance Research-related structures and processes Support- and service-related structures and processes RWTH 2020: Institutional Strategy
RWTH Campus West Campus Tower Quarter and Cluster Campus with Future
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