RWTH Aachen

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• RWTH Aachen legal notice https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/footer/services/~bw/impressum/

  The official legal notice states the German legal name Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen and uses the English name RWTH Aachen University.

• RWTH current degree programs https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/~yev/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/lidx/1/

  The catalog shows admission into named degree programs and separate degree types, including Bachelor and Staatsexamen Medicine/Dentistry.

  This is boundary evidence against a university-wide post-enrollment major or minor choice model.

• Application for admission https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/~egg/Bewerbung-um-einen-Studienplatz/lidx/1/

  RWTH describes application through RWTHonline for the intended program followed by enrollment after admission.

  For applicants unsure about the program, RWTH points to self-assessment before application rather than a common first year with later program choice.

• Transferring to another degree program https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Im-Studium/~ehc/Studienfachwechsel/lidx/1/

  Changing a subject or degree program requires an application for change of enrollment through RWTHonline within deadlines.

  Placement in a higher semester requires a separate application and available capacity, so this is a transfer procedure rather than ordinary in-study program choice.

• Business Administration study structure https://www.wiwi.rwth-aachen.de/cms/wirtschaftswissenschaften/studium/studiengaenge/bachelorstudiengaenge/bachelorstudiengang-bwl/information-fuer-studieninteressierte/~kgsd/struktur-des-studiums/?lidx=1

  The programme structure page sets out a six-semester, 180 ECTS bachelor.

  Inside the program there is a mandatory elective area in business administration and economics; additional study-abroad courses may be recognized, but this is not ordinary external course choice.

• Minor Subjects and Compulsory Elective Modules https://www.geographie.rwth-aachen.de/cms/geographie/studium/waehrend-des-studiums/~pmry/nebenfaecher/?lidx=1

  The geography page states that in geography degree programs a minor subject usually consists of 30 credit points and is recommended from the third bachelor semester.

  This confirms a flexible pocket in one subject area, but not RWTH's dominant university-wide model; therefore it does not raise programChoice above 0.

• Computer Science elective courses https://sc.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/de/wahlpflichtfaecher-winter-2025/

  The computer science study center lists Wahlpflichtfächer for the faculty's programs.

  The source confirms elective modules inside specific curricula, but states that not every listed course can be taken in every degree program.

• Teacher-related Bachelor's Programmes https://www.lbz.rwth-aachen.de/cms/LBZ/Studium/Im-Studium-LBZ/Bachelorstudium/~bmivbi/Lehramtsbezogene-Bachelorstudiengaenge/?mobile=1

  Teacher-related bachelor's programmes combine two teaching subjects, educational sciences and didactics in a 180-credit structure.

  The source confirms a subject-combination structure, but does not prove post-enrollment choice of the second subject.

• Medicine Staatsexamen https://www.rwth-aachen.de/cms/root/studium/Vor-dem-Studium/Studiengaenge/Liste-Aktuelle-Studiengaenge/Studiengangbeschreibung/Medizin-Modellstudiengang-Staatsexamen/~bncq/Medizin-Staatsexamen-Modellstudiengang/lidx/1/

  The Medicine Staatsexamen program page states the Staatsexamen degree and a standard period of 13 semesters.

  This extends bachelorSpecialistProgramDuration to 6.5 years for the first-professional route.

• QS World University Rankings 2027 https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/rwth-aachen-university

  The QS profile is kept as the external ranking page for the university; the qs2027 value 104 is checked against the catalog's QS World University Rankings 2027 table.

• THE World University Rankings 2026 https://www.timeshighereducation.com/world-university-rankings/rwth-aachen-university

  The Times Higher Education profile confirms RWTH Aachen University's World University Rankings 2026 position: 92.

• Number of Students Compact WS 2025/26 https://www.rwth-aachen.de/global/show_document.asp?download=1&id=aaaaaaaaakdmewh

  RWTH's official Studierendenzahlen Kompakt for winter semester 2025/26 uses a 1 December 2025 status date.

  In the Studierende als Personen table by Wissenschaftsbereichen, the Summe row lists 24,885 students in the Bachelor* column. The footnote says Bachelor* includes Medicine and Dentistry Staatsexamen, so `bachelor` is left `null`. The Lehramt column is not added because the source does not split it into bachelor's and master's teacher-training levels.