Organisation
RWTH Aachen is run by the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Since the summer semester of 2004 the state of North Rhine-Westphalia allowed universities to request a maximum of 500€ per semester as tuition fees. Since the summer semester of 2007, all students enrolled at the RWTH Aachen have to pay these 500€, if they are not exempt for one of several reasons put forth by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. In the past, tuition fees applied solely for long-term students and second studies. Almost all basic lectures are held in German, but an increasing number of master programs require proficiency in English for admission.
The RWTH is divided into nine (previously ten) faculties:
| F 1 - Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences |
| F 2 - Faculty of Architecture |
| F 3 - Faculty of Civil Engineering |
| F 4 - Faculty of Mechanical Engineering |
| F 5 - Faculty of Georesources and Materials Engineering |
| F 6 - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology |
| F 7 - Faculty of Arts and Humanities |
| F 8 - School of Business and Economics |
| F 10 - Faculty of Medicine |
Faculty nine was pedagogical sciences, but it was abandoned in 1989. Teacher education, however, continued.
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