FH Aachen

FH Aachen – University of Applied Sciences
MottoPraktisch gut. Theoretisch auch.
Motto in English
Good in practice. And in theory.
TypePublic
Established1971
ChancellorProf. Dr. Bernd Pietschmann
Academic staff
520
Administrative staff
700
Students15.100 (WS 2020/2021)[1]
Location, ,
50°45′25.11″N 6°5′42.77″E / 50.7569750°N 6.0952139°E / 50.7569750; 6.0952139
Campus4 Urban Campus in Aachen
1 Rural Campus in Jülich
ColorsMint, White and Black    
Websitefh-aachen.de

The FH Aachen – Aachen University of Applied Sciences is one of the biggest Fachhochschulen in Germany with roughly 15,000 students, 250 professors, 470 contract lecturers, and 340 assistants. It is specialized in certain topical areas (e.g. technology, engineering, business, design).

The FH Aachen ranks as the first best among the Universities of Applied Sciences in Germany in the fields of Electrical, Mechanical engineering and Informatics.[2] Ten Faculties offer 53 Bachelor's, 22 Master's and three cooperative degree programmes.

The FH Aachen is situated in Aachen and in Jülich.

  1. ^ "Über 15.000 Studierende: FH Aachen vermeldet neuen Studierendenrekord" (PDF). www.fh-aachen.de (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-03.
  2. ^ "FH Aachen website covering recent ranking results of the German business publication "WirtschaftsWoche"". Archived from the original on 2022-11-22. Retrieved 2021-04-13.