About FH Aachen
FH Aachen (University of Applied Sciences Aachen) is one of the largest and most research-active universities of applied sciences in Germany. With more than 14,000 students, around 2,000 graduates each year, 10 faculties and about 100 degree programmes, it spans two campuses in Aachen and Jülich. Its teaching is practice- and application-oriented across the classic MINT fields (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences and technology) as well as business studies, architecture and design, with a growing range of dual study programmes.
Research at FH Aachen is application-driven and closely tied to regional industry, with core competencies in energy, mobility and life sciences as well as digitalisation and industrial production. The university hosts 14 in-house and five affiliated institutes plus four competence platforms, and around 240 professors and about 1,300 employees work in teaching, research and administration.
The university sits in the euregional border area close to Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and places strong emphasis on international networking, partner-university cooperation and international degree programmes. Its Freshman Institute prepares students from around the world for a subsequent Bachelor's degree in North Rhine-Westphalia. Doctorates are possible via the NRW Doctoral College (Promotionskolleg NRW) or in cooperation with a doctorate-awarding university.
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One of the largest universities of applied sciences in Germany, with more than 14,000 students
10 faculties and about 100 degree programmes across two campuses (Aachen and Jülich)
Strong, application-oriented research in energy, mobility, life sciences, digitalisation and industrial production
14 in-house and 5 affiliated institutes plus 4 competence platforms
Euregional location bordering Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg
Freshman Institute prepares international students for Bachelor's study in NRW
Admissions & costs
Tuition & fees
As a public university in North Rhine-Westphalia, FH Aachen charges no general tuition fees for its regular Bachelor's and Master's programmes; students pay only the statutory semester contribution (Semesterbeitrag) each semester, which typically covers student-services and student-union fees plus a semester transport ticket. The exact current semester-contribution amount is not stated on the official English pages reviewed. Note that applying through uni-assist involves a separate uni-assist service fee paid at registration. {{ verify: 2026-06 }}
Admission requirements
Most international applicants with foreign school-leaving qualifications apply for Bachelor's programmes through uni-assist (the Service Center for International Applicants), which checks completeness and admission eligibility before forwarding qualifying applications to FH Aachen. FH Aachen does NOT use the VPD procedure; applicants submit full documents directly to uni-assist under the standard procedure. Processing usually takes four to six weeks. Applicants from China, India and Vietnam must include an APS certificate among their documents. If a school-leaving certificate is not recognised as a German university entrance qualification, applicants may first attend a preparatory college (Studienkolleg) — FH Aachen's Freshman Programme is one option. Master's programmes are applied for directly via FH Aachen's Online Application Portal (not uni-assist) and have individual, programme-specific deadlines. German-taught programmes require German at admission level (DSH-2 / TestDaF 4x4 / telc C1 Hochschule / Goethe-Zertifikat C2 / ÖSD C2 or equivalent), with at least DSH-1 / B2-level proof required at the time of application; English-taught (IOS) programmes have lower or different German requirements, and the Global Business and Economics programme requires no German proof.
Application deadlines
Bachelor's applications via uni-assist: winter semester deadline 15 July; summer semester deadline 15 January. Documents submitted after the deadline cannot be considered. Master's programmes have individual, programme-specific application deadlines published on each programme's pages.
Languages of instruction
German; English
Campuses & locations
Main location; the central building is at Bayernallee 11. Faculties are spread across several sites in the city (e.g. Bayernallee, Boxgraben, Eupener Straße, Goethestraße, Hohenstaufenallee/KMAC).
Second campus, in the town of Jülich near Aachen, focused on technical and life-science fields.
Living in Nordrhein-Westfalen
FH Aachen's main campus is in Aachen, a historic university city in the far west of North Rhine-Westphalia at the tripoint where Germany meets Belgium and the Netherlands. The euregional location gives students easy access to three countries and a strong cross-border academic and economic environment. The university describes a familial atmosphere across its city locations, with a second campus in the nearby town of Jülich.
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