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Institutional Rank 2025

RWTH Aachen University

Germany Rector: Ulrich Rüdiger

Key Metrics at a Glance - Ranking 2025

91.9
Institutional Score
86.0
Research
81.2
Innovation
75.1
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

Chemical engineering 17

Overall score 85.74
Publications - 16% 100
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 46.43
Citations - 16% 57.11
Change of Impact - 16% 52.99
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 55.24
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 48.81
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Civil engineering 17=

Overall score 82.46
Publications - 15% 63.17
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 51.44
Citations - 15% 58.80
Change of Impact - 15% 58.69
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 77.06
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 51.19
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 38.88

Electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering 8=

Overall score 87.46
Publications - 16% 78.61
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 61.59
Citations - 16% 68.04
Change of Impact - 16% 60.07
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 85.60
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 76.46
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Environmental engineering 6

Overall score 88.95
Publications - 15% 76.97
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 56.90
Citations - 15% 65.76
Change of Impact - 15% 63.26
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 68.76
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 83.69
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 45.18

Materials engineering 10=

Overall score 88.06
Publications - 16% 99.69
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 64.06
Citations - 16% 70.30
Change of Impact - 16% 69.27
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 39.53
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 84.41
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Mechanical engineering 15=

Overall score 90.65
Publications - 16% 93.79
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 16% 47.65
Citations - 16% 53.78
Change of Impact - 16% 55.33
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 16% 69.25
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 74.29
Accreditations - 10% 0.00

Medical engineering 9=

Overall score 83.45
Publications - 15% 81.65
Publications in Top 10% Journals - 15% 55.23
Citations - 15% 74.75
Change of Impact - 15% 68.31
Academic-Corporate Collaboration - 15% 62.70
Research and Innovation Funding - 10% 57.08
Accreditations - 10% 0.00
SDG - 5% 82.01

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