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Since the early 1950s, synthetic plastics have found their way into almost every area of ​​life, including packaging, transportation, buildings, and healthcare. As a result, plastic consumption increased twenty-fold between 1964 and 2014,…

RWTH student Mohamed Alhaskir was awarded the DAAD Prize 2021 for his academic achievements and intercultural commitment. Rector Ulrich Rüdiger presented the award from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) as part of the Welcome…

The ranking examines employability worldwide, i.e. the ability to participate in work and professional life after graduation. For this purpose, 786 universities were rated according to five indicators.In the indicator of employer…

With the first doctoral conference, the qualification profile "Scientific and Management Competencies" of the model course in human medicine at the Faculty of Medicine now accelerated its efforts to inspire talented medical students for…

In the current ranking of the Center of Excellence Woman andScience (CEWS), RWTH ranks tenth among 66 German universities. The university ranking based on gender equality is published every two years and is based on data from the Federal…

The anniversary initiative of the donors' association “Effect high 100” is entering the third and final funding phase and the “phyphox” project of RWTH Aachen University is part of it. Ten of the more than 500 projects that have been…

This is awarded by the Daimler and Benz Foundation and is endowed with 10,000 euros. It honors young female engineers who have created added value for society with the results of their dissertation and who have shown a pioneering spirit,…

RWTH Rector Ulrich Rüdiger has now awarded Professor Ignacio Grossmann the academic degree and the dignity of "Honorary Doctor of Engineering". The award was made “in recognition of his outstanding engineering achievements in the field of…

RWTH students Jiayi He, Daniyar Kizatov, Anshul Prashar and Shunjiro Sodei participated as the AixSense team in the SensUs student competition and took second place for the analytical performance of their sensor. The competition is…

The Open Resources Campus NRW (ORCA.nrw) is a new cross-university online portal of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for studying and teaching. This provides openly licensed and quality-assured educational materials and services for…