FH Aachen

Founded: 1971
Students: 13,000
Programmes: 115
Taught in English: 24

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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.

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

Key facts

Type: Fachhochschulen / HAW
Founded: 1971
Students: 13,000
International: More than 19 percent students from abroad according to the official English short profile (2012 snapshot; current profile pages publish totals only - over 15,000 students, ~100 degree programmes, 10 faculties - without a current percentage).
Faculties: 10
Programmes: 115

Admissions & fees

What it costs

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.

How international applicants apply

Bachelor applications go through uni-assist when the applicant has no German HZB (documents uploaded to uni-assist, fees paid before the deadline; uni-assist checks completeness and admission requirements). NOT via uni-assist: master's applicants, Freshman Institute graduates and programme changers (direct FH online portal), and applicants from Ostbelgien (separate rules).

Languages of instruction

German; English

Entry requirements, intake dates and language levels differ for every degree.

Campuses & locations

Aachen

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).

Jülich

Second campus, in the town of Jülich near Aachen, focused on technical and life-science fields.

Living in Aachen

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.

Student life & support

FH Aachen is a large university of applied sciences spread over two campuses, Aachen and Juelich, in the euregional tri-border area next to Belgium and the Netherlands. Campus life beyond lectures includes a university big band and a university choir, and students can join a broad sports programme run jointly with RWTH Aachen at the Hochschulsportzentrum. The university offers around 100 degree programmes with small-group support, English-taught international programmes and a Freshman Institute that prepares international students for bachelor studies in North Rhine-Westphalia. Official profile figures: over 13,000 students, roughly 2,000 graduates per year, 10 faculties and about 240 professors.

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Study programmes

Aerospace Engineering, M.Sc.

Angewandte Chemie (Dual), B.Sc.

Angewandte Chemie mit Praxis- oder Auslandssemester, B.Sc.

Angewandte Chemie, B.Sc.

Angewandte Mathematik und Informatik, B.Sc.

Angewandte Mathematik und Informatik, M.Sc.

Angewandte Physik, B.Eng.

Angewandte Polymerwissenschaften, M.Sc.

Applied Chemistry (AOS), B.Sc.

Architektur, B.A.

Architektur, M.A.

Augenoptik und Optometrie, B.Sc.

Bauingenieurwesen (Dual), B.Eng.

Bauingenieurwesen mit Auslandssemester, B.Eng.

Bauingenieurwesen mit Orientierungssemester, B.Eng.

Bauingenieurwesen mit Praxissemester, B.Eng.

Bauingenieurwesen, B.Eng.

Bauingenieurwesen, M.Eng.

Betriebswirtschaft / Business Studies (Teilzeit), B.Sc.

Betriebswirtschaft / Business Studies mit Mobilitätssemester, B.Sc.

Betriebswirtschaft / Business Studies, B.Sc.

Betriebswirtschaft Praxis Plus (Teilzeit, B.Sc.

Betriebswirtschaft Praxis Plus, Bachelor

Biotechnologie mit Praxis- oder Auslandssemester, B.Sc.

Admissions & fees

What it costs

Admission requirements

Application deadlines

How international applicants apply

Languages of instruction

Scholarships at FH Aachen

AuslandsBAföG (BAföG for Stays Abroad)

Bayer Foundation Scholarships Abroad (Chemistry, Biology, Medical Technology)

DAAD One-Year Scholarships for Studies Abroad

DFJW Short Scholarships for Thesis Preparation (Franco-German Youth Office)

FH-Stipendienprogramm (Deutschlandstipendium) at FH Aachen

Fulbright Travel Grants USA

HAW.International - Internships Abroad

HAW.International - Semester Stays and Final Theses Abroad

Neufert Foundation Scholarship (Architecture, Urban Planning, Landscape Architecture)

PROMOS - Scholarship for Subject-Related Stays Abroad

Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes - Metropolises in Eastern Europe

Campuses & locations

Living in Aachen

Student life & support

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