RWTH Aachen University - Rankings

Rankings

On the national level, two prominent German newspapers, “Handelsblatt“ and “Wirtschaftswoche“, currently rank RWTH Aachen the first place in Germany in the fields of mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, and computer science. In the latest ranking published by DAAD together with Centre for Higher Education Development and Die Zeit, RWTH Aachen also stands on top among other German universities in the aforementioned fields of engineering and computer science.

In 2011 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 140th in the world. Its global subject rankings were: 35th in Engineering & IT, 330th in Life Sciences & Biomedicine, and 82nd in Natural Sciences.

Ranking 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004
THES-QS Rankings (2003–2009) QS Rankings (2010-) (Engineering & Technology) 30 35 39 57 70 83 39 28 38
THES-QS Rankings (2003–2009) QS Rankings (2010-) (Natural Sciences) 83 82 59 136 151 147 81 86 -
Research Performance Index (Engineering) - - 96 - - - - - -
Research Performance Index (For Pure, Natural, and Mathematical Sciences) - - 79 - - - - - -
Academic Ranking of World Universities (Mathematics) 76-100 - 77-100 76-101 - - - - -
THES-QS Rankings (2003–2009) QS World University Rankings (2010-) (World) 150 140 158 182 216 182 172 172 184
The Times Higher Education World University Rankings (World) 154 168 182 - - - - - -
Academic Ranking of World Universities (World) 201-300 201-300 201-300 201-302 201-302 203-304 201-300 203-300 201-300

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