Division 8.3 - Travel Management and Benefits Office

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The Division of Personnel Related Legal Matters belongs to the Department of Human Resources in RWTH Aachen Central University Administration. The staff works on two areas: calculating benefit applications and managing applications for travel expenses at the University.  The University Benefits Office also supervises benefits issues for the three Aachen, Düsseldorf, and Niederrhein Universities of Applied Sciences.  

Business Trip Management

We support employees of RWTH Aachen in planning their business trips. In addition, we calculate the reimbursement of costs for business trips. As part of the university‘s internationalization the number of business trips abroad in recent years has increased sharply.

Online Bookings

We provide employees with the relevant corporate client portal of RWTH Aachen for online bookings. With regards to the steadily growing number of business trips and thus the growing budget for travel costs we also, together with the Division of Central Purchasing, negotiate special conditions for travel services such as rental cars, hotels or flights with travel agencies. All institutions of higher learning can use these facilities via the Travel Management in our intranet.

Excursions for Students

Our employees also look after the calculation of the numerous excursions which students go on as part of their studies at our university with their professors or working groups. Here the primary role is to provide comprehensive advice either in person or over the phone to the excursion coordinators.

Moving Expenses & Separation Allowances

We advise newly appointed professors to RWTH Aachen with regard to any moving costs and separation allowances.

University Benefits Office

As the university benefit office for RWTH Aachen we are responsible for processing benefits for all those who qualify at RWTH Aachen, Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences, and Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences.

Law on Benefits

A brief overview on the type and scope of benefit law in North Rhine-Westphalia is available for you in the RWTH Aachen Benefit Handbook. We would like to explicitly draw your attention to the fact that the information merely provides an overview of the type and scope of the existing benefit law. No legal entitlements whatsoever may be derived from this publication.

Service Hours

You can reach us:

•  Monday to Thursday from 8:30am to 4pm
•  Friday from 8am to 2pm

Please note that some colleagues work part-time. Therefore, if you would like a personal consultation on site, we recommend that you make an appointment in advance with your case worker by phone or email.

Staff