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Institutional Rank 2024

RWTH Aachen University

Germany Rector: Ulrich Rüdiger

Key Metrics at a Glance - Ranking 2024

91.9
Institutional Score
88.3
Research
88.1
Innovation
73.4
Internationalization

History

Subject Area 202320242025 Trend
Institutional Ranking 7= 7= 7=
Chemical Engineering 7= 14= 17
Civil Engineering 8= 14= 17=
Electrical, Electronic, Information Engineering 11= 10= 8=
Environmental Engineering 2= 6 6
Materials Engineering 9 10= 10=
Mechanical Engineering 7= 12= 15=
Medical Engineering 12= 10= 9=

Comprehensive Rankings Analysis

Detailed breakdown of RWTH Aachen University's performance across all evaluation criteria

Civil engineering 14=

Overall score 85.42
Publications - 15% 63.36
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 52.11
Citations - 15% 62.40
Change of Impact - 15% 71.07
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 85.48
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 55.56
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 36.93

Medical engineering 10=

Overall score 83.39
Publications - 15% 81.33
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 56.49
Citations - 15% 76.55
Change of Impact - 15% 73.13
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 63.53
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 68.40
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 78.22

Chemical engineering 14=

Overall score 88.13
Publications - 16% 100
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 46.86
Citations - 16% 57.44
Change of Impact - 16% 51.97
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 54.45
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 55.09
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 10=

Overall score 86.24
Publications - 16% 78.61
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 60.93
Citations - 16% 69.52
Change of Impact - 16% 61.02
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 85.41
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 79.08
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Environmental engineering 6

Overall score 90.04
Publications - 15% 74.82
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 59.17
Citations - 15% 69.96
Change of Impact - 15% 60.13
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 83.41
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 85.79
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 44.12

Materials engineering 10=

Overall score 89.18
Publications - 16% 98.28
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 64.06
Citations - 16% 68.27
Change of Impact - 16% 74.96
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 39.13
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 83.40
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Mechanical engineering 12=

Overall score 93.14
Publications - 16% 94.80
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 50.88
Citations - 16% 55.95
Change of Impact - 16% 58.20
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 70.16
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 78.53
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

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