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RWTH Aachen University
Templergraben 55, Aachen 52056 Germany |
#199 in Best Global Universities (tie)
RWTH Aachen University Data
Total number of students
39,738
Number of international students
11,138
Total number of academic staff
795
Number of international staff
67
Number of undergraduate degrees awarded
2,516
Number of master's degrees awarded
3,859
Number of doctoral degrees awarded
1,017
Number of research only staff
384
Number of new undergraduate students
6,146
Number of new master's students
4,940
Number of new doctoral students
566
RWTH Aachen University Rankings
RWTH Aachen University is ranked #199 in Best Global Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
RWTH Aachen University Rankings
RWTH Aachen University Subject Rankings
- #227in Biology and Biochemistry (tie)
- #146in Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology (tie)
- #185in Cell Biology
- #66in Chemical Engineering (tie)
- #76in Chemistry (tie)
- #108in Civil Engineering (tie)
- #283in Clinical Medicine (tie)
- #174in Computer Science
- #110in Condensed Matter Physics (tie)
- #254in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (tie)
- #182in Endocrinology and Metabolism
- #111in Energy and Fuels (tie)
- #87in Engineering (tie)
- #267in Environment/Ecology
- #90in Gastroenterology and Hepatology
- #300in Geosciences
- #99in Materials Science
- #271in Mathematics (tie)
- #83in Mechanical Engineering
- #258in Molecular Biology and Genetics
- #126in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
- #233in Neuroscience and Behavior (tie)
- #221in Oncology
- #195in Optics
- #163in Physical Chemistry
- #84in Physics
- #106in Polymer Science
- #286in Psychiatry/Psychology (tie)
- #73in Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging (tie)
- #175in Surgery
2022-2023 Indicator Rankings
Thirteen indicators were used to calculate RWTH Aachen University's overall Best Global Universities rank. Here is a breakdown of how this institution ranked relative to other schools for each indicator.
Global score
63
Global research reputation
#101
Regional research reputation
#36
Publications
#173
Books
#453
Conferences
#40
Normalized citation impact
#626
Total citations
#194
Number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#199
Percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#618
International collaboration - relative to country
#925
International collaboration
#528
Number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#221
Percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#649
Biology and Biochemistry overall score
42.2
Biology and Biochemistry global research reputation
#304
Biology and Biochemistry regional research reputation
#102
Biology and Biochemistry publications
#167
Biology and Biochemistry normalized citation impact
#312
Biology and Biochemistry total citations
#189
Biology and Biochemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#214
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#386
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#471
Biology and Biochemistry international collaboration
#241
Biology and Biochemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#338
Biology and Biochemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#514
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology overall score
35.8
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology publications
#93
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology conferences
#126
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology normalized citation impact
#171
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology total citations
#115
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#176
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#225
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration - relative to country
#222
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology international collaboration
#118
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#108
Biotechnology and Applied Microbiology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#125
Cell Biology overall score
35.4
Cell Biology publications
#236
Cell Biology conferences
#27
Cell Biology normalized citation impact
#115
Cell Biology total citations
#202
Cell Biology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#240
Cell Biology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#200
Cell Biology international collaboration - relative to country
#120
Cell Biology international collaboration
#72
Cell Biology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#192
Cell Biology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#163
Chemical Engineering overall score
70.2
Chemical Engineering publications
#47
Chemical Engineering conferences
#10
Chemical Engineering normalized citation impact
#114
Chemical Engineering total citations
#62
Chemical Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#68
Chemical Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#132
Chemical Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#217
Chemical Engineering international collaboration
#137
Chemical Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#73
Chemical Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#105
Chemistry overall score
71.6
Chemistry global research reputation
#73
Chemistry regional research reputation
#26
Chemistry publications
#74
Chemistry normalized citation impact
#296
Chemistry total citations
#77
Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#73
Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#250
Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#699
Chemistry international collaboration
#425
Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#109
Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#384
Civil Engineering overall score
42.7
Civil Engineering publications
#79
Civil Engineering conferences
#83
Civil Engineering normalized citation impact
#171
Civil Engineering total citations
#116
Civil Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#101
Civil Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Civil Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#139
Civil Engineering international collaboration
#133
Civil Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#89
Civil Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#98
Clinical Medicine overall score
57.2
Clinical Medicine global research reputation
#322
Clinical Medicine regional research reputation
#158
Clinical Medicine publications
#220
Clinical Medicine normalized citation impact
#624
Clinical Medicine total citations
#289
Clinical Medicine number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#217
Clinical Medicine percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#387
Clinical Medicine international collaboration - relative to country
#257
Clinical Medicine international collaboration
#288
Clinical Medicine number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#269
Clinical Medicine percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#537
Computer Science overall score
53.2
Computer Science global research reputation
#102
Computer Science regional research reputation
#38
Computer Science publications
#195
Computer Science conferences
#72
Computer Science normalized citation impact
#260
Computer Science total citations
#194
Computer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Computer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#313
Computer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#663
Computer Science international collaboration
#460
Computer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#610
Computer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#734
Condensed Matter Physics overall score
48.9
Condensed Matter Physics publications
#85
Condensed Matter Physics conferences
#73
Condensed Matter Physics normalized citation impact
#157
Condensed Matter Physics total citations
#109
Condensed Matter Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#108
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#144
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#227
Condensed Matter Physics international collaboration
#106
Condensed Matter Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#112
Condensed Matter Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#141
Electrical and Electronic Engineering overall score
49.6
Electrical and Electronic Engineering publications
#235
Electrical and Electronic Engineering conferences
#60
Electrical and Electronic Engineering normalized citation impact
#311
Electrical and Electronic Engineering total citations
#263
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#250
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#274
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#451
Electrical and Electronic Engineering international collaboration
#261
Electrical and Electronic Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#300
Electrical and Electronic Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#356
Endocrinology and Metabolism overall score
43.7
Endocrinology and Metabolism publications
#239
Endocrinology and Metabolism conferences
#27
Endocrinology and Metabolism normalized citation impact
#137
Endocrinology and Metabolism total citations
#220
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#202
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#121
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration - relative to country
#168
Endocrinology and Metabolism international collaboration
#92
Endocrinology and Metabolism number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#157
Endocrinology and Metabolism percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#79
Energy and Fuels overall score
49.7
Energy and Fuels publications
#57
Energy and Fuels conferences
#19
Energy and Fuels normalized citation impact
#205
Energy and Fuels total citations
#84
Energy and Fuels number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#83
Energy and Fuels percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#214
Energy and Fuels international collaboration - relative to country
#303
Energy and Fuels international collaboration
#174
Energy and Fuels number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#125
Energy and Fuels percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#224
Engineering overall score
70.0
Engineering global research reputation
#40
Engineering regional research reputation
#8
Engineering publications
#95
Engineering conferences
#38
Engineering normalized citation impact
#484
Engineering total citations
#111
Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#104
Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#477
Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#902
Engineering international collaboration
#593
Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#134
Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#509
Environment/Ecology overall score
52.7
Environment/Ecology global research reputation
#149
Environment/Ecology regional research reputation
#73
Environment/Ecology publications
#403
Environment/Ecology normalized citation impact
#360
Environment/Ecology total citations
#389
Environment/Ecology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#328
Environment/Ecology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#260
Environment/Ecology international collaboration - relative to country
#450
Environment/Ecology international collaboration
#216
Environment/Ecology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#338
Environment/Ecology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#311
Gastroenterology and Hepatology overall score
52.1
Gastroenterology and Hepatology publications
#194
Gastroenterology and Hepatology conferences
#6
Gastroenterology and Hepatology normalized citation impact
#27
Gastroenterology and Hepatology total citations
#127
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#130
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#39
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration - relative to country
#44
Gastroenterology and Hepatology international collaboration
#37
Gastroenterology and Hepatology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#88
Gastroenterology and Hepatology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#12
Geosciences overall score
35.1
Geosciences global research reputation
#227
Geosciences regional research reputation
#88
Geosciences publications
#220
Geosciences normalized citation impact
#375
Geosciences total citations
#286
Geosciences number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#295
Geosciences percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#361
Geosciences international collaboration - relative to country
#392
Geosciences international collaboration
#194
Geosciences number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#375
Geosciences percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#421
Materials Science overall score
63.5
Materials Science global research reputation
#27
Materials Science regional research reputation
#8
Materials Science publications
#69
Materials Science normalized citation impact
#430
Materials Science total citations
#102
Materials Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#119
Materials Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#444
Materials Science international collaboration - relative to country
#564
Materials Science international collaboration
#296
Materials Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#138
Materials Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#387
Mathematics overall score
42.0
Mathematics global research reputation
#147
Mathematics regional research reputation
#93
Mathematics publications
#187
Mathematics normalized citation impact
#338
Mathematics total citations
#268
Mathematics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#261
Mathematics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#313
Mathematics international collaboration - relative to country
#366
Mathematics international collaboration
#230
Mathematics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#396
Mathematics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#396
Mechanical Engineering overall score
44.1
Mechanical Engineering publications
#62
Mechanical Engineering conferences
#28
Mechanical Engineering normalized citation impact
#136
Mechanical Engineering total citations
#80
Mechanical Engineering number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#82
Mechanical Engineering percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#124
Mechanical Engineering international collaboration - relative to country
#132
Mechanical Engineering international collaboration
#75
Mechanical Engineering number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#97
Mechanical Engineering percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#124
Molecular Biology and Genetics overall score
36.8
Molecular Biology and Genetics global research reputation
#125
Molecular Biology and Genetics regional research reputation
#34
Molecular Biology and Genetics publications
#274
Molecular Biology and Genetics normalized citation impact
#174
Molecular Biology and Genetics total citations
#236
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#248
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#192
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration - relative to country
#349
Molecular Biology and Genetics international collaboration
#161
Molecular Biology and Genetics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#210
Molecular Biology and Genetics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#168
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology overall score
44.7
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology publications
#128
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology conferences
#116
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology normalized citation impact
#179
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology total citations
#133
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#180
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration - relative to country
#216
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology international collaboration
#94
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#148
Nanoscience and Nanotechnology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#179
Neuroscience and Behavior overall score
33.9
Neuroscience and Behavior global research reputation
#192
Neuroscience and Behavior regional research reputation
#52
Neuroscience and Behavior publications
#165
Neuroscience and Behavior normalized citation impact
#356
Neuroscience and Behavior total citations
#193
Neuroscience and Behavior number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#175
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#245
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration - relative to country
#136
Neuroscience and Behavior international collaboration
#114
Neuroscience and Behavior number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#196
Neuroscience and Behavior percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#281
Oncology overall score
39.3
Oncology publications
#313
Oncology conferences
#41
Oncology normalized citation impact
#177
Oncology total citations
#278
Oncology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#265
Oncology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#156
Oncology international collaboration - relative to country
#91
Oncology international collaboration
#62
Oncology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#248
Oncology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#187
Optics overall score
37.7
Optics publications
#278
Optics conferences
#166
Optics normalized citation impact
#108
Optics total citations
#221
Optics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#223
Optics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#127
Optics international collaboration - relative to country
#253
Optics international collaboration
#143
Optics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#98
Optics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#31
Physical Chemistry overall score
56.4
Physical Chemistry publications
#108
Physical Chemistry conferences
#274
Physical Chemistry normalized citation impact
#347
Physical Chemistry total citations
#136
Physical Chemistry number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#147
Physical Chemistry percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#345
Physical Chemistry international collaboration - relative to country
#304
Physical Chemistry international collaboration
#174
Physical Chemistry number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#200
Physical Chemistry percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#363
Physics overall score
71.6
Physics global research reputation
#73
Physics regional research reputation
#21
Physics publications
#94
Physics normalized citation impact
#223
Physics total citations
#90
Physics number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#93
Physics percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#334
Physics international collaboration - relative to country
#470
Physics international collaboration
#316
Physics number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#114
Physics percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#308
Polymer Science overall score
43.8
Polymer Science publications
#59
Polymer Science conferences
#4
Polymer Science normalized citation impact
#164
Polymer Science total citations
#107
Polymer Science number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#102
Polymer Science percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#133
Polymer Science international collaboration - relative to country
#144
Polymer Science international collaboration
#61
Polymer Science number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#103
Polymer Science percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#145
Psychiatry/Psychology overall score
34.3
Psychiatry/Psychology global research reputation
#333
Psychiatry/Psychology regional research reputation
#38
Psychiatry/Psychology publications
#308
Psychiatry/Psychology normalized citation impact
#229
Psychiatry/Psychology total citations
#302
Psychiatry/Psychology number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#288
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#236
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration - relative to country
#292
Psychiatry/Psychology international collaboration
#259
Psychiatry/Psychology number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#216
Psychiatry/Psychology percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#134
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging overall score
57.8
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging publications
#90
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging conferences
#64
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging normalized citation impact
#52
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging total citations
#80
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#85
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#98
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration - relative to country
#68
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging international collaboration
#71
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#77
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Medical Imaging percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#82
Surgery overall score
43.0
Surgery publications
#148
Surgery conferences
#55
Surgery normalized citation impact
#236
Surgery total citations
#182
Surgery number of publications that are among the 10% most cited
#206
Surgery percentage of total publications that are among the 10% most cited
#253
Surgery international collaboration - relative to country
#33
Surgery international collaboration
#36
Surgery number of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#182
Surgery percentage of highly cited papers that are among the top 1% most cited
#207