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Industrial Engineering, Department

Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik

Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen

Fakultät für Georessourcen und Materialtechnik
Lehrstuhl für Metallurgie von Eisen und Stahl am Institut für Eisenhüttenkunde (IEHK)
Intzestraße 1
D-52072 Aachen
Telephone: +49 241 809-5783
https://www.rwth-aachen.de
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Basic information

Total number of students at the department

410

Number of master degree students (w/o teacher qualification)

90

Percentage of teaching by practitioners

5.0%

Percentage of teaching by practitioners, master's

15.0%

Support during the study entry phase

Total score for support in the study entry phase

12/16 points

Job market- and career-orientation

Bachelor theses in cooperation with work environment

no data

Master theses in cooperation with work environment

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Students' assessments on undergraduate, presence-learning-courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Courses offered
Study organisation
Exam organisation
Digital teaching elements

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Introduction to scientific work

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Offers for career orientation

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Practical orientation in teaching

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Support for stays abroad

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Rooms

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Library

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IT-infrastructure

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Laboratories

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

18

Students' assessments on consecutive master's degree courses

Teacher support
Support in studies
Digital teaching elements
Practical orientation in teaching

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Courses offered
Study organisation
Transition to Master's studies
Research orientation
Support for stays abroad

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Overall study situation
Return rate of the questionnaires

19

Further information provided by the department

Special features regarding teaching

Solution-oriented teaching; Basic academic training that focuses on the current status of research in the field of Materials and Process Innovations; Close collaboration with industry: Excursions, joint research projects; focus on practical relevance; very good support ratio enables student interests and special abilities to be encouraged; range of international study courses supports the teaching of soft skills, such as communication skills, team work, foreign language skills and social skills.

Special features regarding the international orientation

The Master's degree course in Metallurgical Engineering is taught completely in English and contributes significantly to internationalisation. As the teaching content is integrated with that of the degree courses held in German, students on these courses can also benefit from the international orientation. Additionally, exchange programmes such as ERASMUS+ and departmental collaborations have been and continue to be expanded with a view to fostering and increasing student mobility. In the field of research, our Chairs cooperate with a large number of international partners.

Exchange universities for stay abroads

Imperial College London, England; KTH Stockholm, Schweden; UPV Valenica, Spanien; EPFL Lausanne, Frankreich; Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA; Kumamoto University, Japan; BIT Beijing, China; University of Queensland, Australien.

Special features regarding the equipment

The nine institutes in the department have highly modern technical equipment for basic research and practice-based research into materials. Students benefit from the equipment in the laboratories and workshops in a wide variety of internal practice at the university. From the PVD coating chamber to the 3D laser doppler anemometer and the top-blown converter through to access to the Ernst Ruska centre (electron microscopy) and to the Jugene mainframe at Forschungszentrum Jülich, students and researchers equally benefit from innovative equipment for material analysis.

Special features regarding research activities

The department participates in large research associations: 2 Clusters of Excellence (Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries, Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass), 1 EU Cluster (KIC) and 3 Collaborative Research Centres (Plasma, Steel Ab Initio, Precision Manufacturing by Controlling Melt). There is close cooperation via JaraEnergy, StrucMat and CorroNet with the Jülich Research Centre, DLR, DecHEMA and MPI. There are two affiliated institutes: ACCESS and ÖFI, as well as collaborations within RWTH: 2 profile areas (Materials Science and Engineering, Production Engineering), AixViPMaP, Aec, AKR, CHAMP.

Support for founders

In the specialisation area in Economics, special events in the field of entrepreneurship can be taken. As part of these modules, participation in a business plan competition is possible. Furthermore, numerous block events, excursions and similar events offer various networking opportunities for those interested in starting a business.

Other special features

Diversity; Sustainability; Highly practice related; Worldwide network; Promotion of mobility (stays abroad)

Further information on research activities

Website of the Student Council

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Last Update 2023: Data collected by the CHE Center for Higher Education
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