RWTH Welcome Center

  Researchers in Conversation © Thilo Vogel  

Welcome to RWTH Aachen! We're happy your're here!

We want you to be able to find your way straightaway, so we've put together information by target group. This information is an important tool for a successful start at our university and in Aachen. Our service oriented guides help you to quickly find the correct contacts in the "jungle" of services for your questions and concerns.

  Man on the phone © Thilo Vogel

Newly Appointed Professors

We're happy to welcome you as a new professor. The team of the Welcome and Dual Career Service for Professors is your central contact and helps you orient yourself in your new working and living environment. It puts together a mentoring package with you, effectively adapted to your individual situation.

  RWTH members on a stage © Peter Winandy

Postdocs and Junior Group Leaders

We offer our researchers with a doctorate a creative and lively environment with attractive framework conditions. We've put together information on the follow pages that is relevant to both your academic career at RWTH and life in Aachen as a postdoc, someone pursuing professorship, or as a junior group leader.

  A young scientist looking through a lens © Peter Winandy

Doctoral Candidates

Regardless whether you have enrolled in a doctoral program or are coming to RWTH Aachen for a short research stay, we have collected links for services relevant to your initial time at the university and in Aachen. You can also always directly contact the respective contact person and seek advising personally.

  team photo © A. Levay

Technical and Administrative Employees

Many technical and administrative empoyees ensure that our university is among the most renowned institutions of education in Europe. We guide new colleagues to the information and services that are important for entering the work life at RWTH Aachen. And, if you're new to Aachen, there are also aids for your start in a new living environment.