The Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen, known as RWTH Aachen for short, has been in existence since 1870. Some 30,000 students are enrolled in more than 85 courses. The main emphasis is on the engineering sciences. Roughly 40 per cent of our students study engineering, with a further 25 per cent enrolled in natural sciences, mathematics or computer science.

While TU Berlin’s core research and teaching lies in engineering and natural sciences, courses are also offered in planning, social sciences, humanities and economics. The broad range of subjects has been a key feature of the university since it was re-established in April 1946. Today teaching and research is carried out in close cooperation with independent research                                       institutions and industry.

13,000 students find excellent conditions for future-oriented research and teaching in 110 institutes and departments grouped together in six faculties. An important column in the academic training are the classical subjects in the fields of engineering, natural sciences, humanities and social sciences.

TU Darmstadt is not only one of the leading German universities in research and teaching. It also has a higher degree of independence and autonomy than any other German state university.

The Technische Universität Dresden dates back to the "Technische Bildungsanstalt Dresden", founded in 1828. TU Dresden thus ranks among the oldest technical-academic educational establishments in Germany. In the meantime it is also one of the strongest in research. With almost 35,000 students, it is one of the largest universities in Germany.

With 21.000 students Leibniz Universität Hannover is one of the largest universities in Lower Saxony. Students are attracted to Leibniz Universität Hannover by the broad variety of courses, with more than 60 subjects and a choice of some 160 full-time and part-time courses in natural sciences and engineering, humanities and social sciences, as well as in economics and management and law.

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology offers a variety of degree programmes that ranges from the natural and engineering sciences to computer science. Moreover, humanities and social sciences are offered. Emphases in research are information and communication technology, human centered computing, energy management and environmental research, catastrophe research, automation and assembly technique, as well as nanotechnology.

As far as the range of subjects is concerned, TU München is in a unique position in Europe. The fully developed natural sciences and engineering sciences are complemented by medicine and life sciences. TU München offers about 102 courses of studies with different graduations. In accordance with the Bologna-process there are being offered an increased number of Bachelor and Master degrees, but also the classical Diploma as well as state examinations.

Stuttgart’s institute of technology was founded in 1829 at the beginning of the industrial age. Cooperation between engineering, natural sciences and the humanities is one of the particular strengths of the Universität Stuttgart. It has developed into a modern performance-oriented university with an extensive spectrum of subjects and a main focus on engineering and the natural                                       sciences.