Collaborative degree course with orientation semester; Extended initial study phase; Getting to know the University and the University of Applied Sciences. Bachelor’s degree course: Broad basic training; High proportion of internships; project work in the first and fourth semesters with early introduction to research; Exercises in small groups; Flexible transition to the Master´s degree programme; study abroad and work placement abroad, from the third academic year; English-language Master’s degree: 6 areas of specialisation; including optional study profiles, wide range of options; numerous top-notch exchange programmes worldwide (double degree); Industrial clerkship.

Our international links enable our students to expand their cross-cultural skills at renowned universities around the world. Students can spend one or two semesters studying abroad at one of our international partner universities during the Bachelor's or Master's degree course, either as "free-mover" or within the ERASMUS programme. We also offer double degrees within the framework of the T.I.M.E. programmes. Our foreign partners are the French Écoles Centrales, KTH Stockholm, CTU Prague, UPC Madrid, Keio Tokyo, Bauman University Moscow.

Due to the top position in research, students in all our teaching and research areas have access to the latest technology: Various study rooms with PC workstations, laboratories (clean room, chemistry, electrical laboratory), workshops (mechanics, electrics and electronics), CAVE space for projecting three-dimensional virtual reality environments, part of the e-mobility conurbation (E-Mobility-Ballungsraum) for developing and improving electric cars, especially battery storage technology, PC cluster for highly parallel computer architectures, Germany's most modern antenna measuring facility, real time digital simulator.

The research specialisations are: Energy and Environment; Information, communication & electronics; Information Technology Systems; Micro- and Nanoelectronics as well as medical engineering. Interdisciplinarity is a top priority, e.g. in cooperations within the E.ON Research Centre or the Jülich-Aachen-Research Alliance (JARA). The faculty has a space facility (CMNT) unrivalled in the university setting. Coordinating participation in 6G hub, Cluster4Future Neurosys. The exciting area of neuromorphic computing is currently being expanded through new appointments.

With RWTH Innovation GmbH, RWTH Aachen provides a competent team to individuals with an idea for a start-up, with the aim of turning the idea into a reality. Talents are supported along the way, from invention guidance to start-up coaching and the start-up itself. Every year, RWTH awards its Innovation Award to people with good ideas, whether students or professors, scientists or technicians. Employees of the Faculty of Electrical Engineering & Information Engineering have been particularly frequent recipients of this award (2015, 2017, 2018, 2019). A Start-up Award is also presented.