Population
262,67K
Aachen, Stadt · 2024-12-31 · AGS 05334002
Cities
Aachen
NW · Aachen municipality
Student decision snapshot
Study destination evidence for Aachen
Aachen uses the official Destatis / GV-ISys municipality boundary for the public city and population contract. Metro areas, neighbouring municipalities and institution marketing regions are not silently folded into this profile.
1 verified institutions1 verified teaching locations5 verified city metrics
Student living
~€1,100
Indicative monthly EUR reference · source methodology varies by city
Student transport
€226.80 / semester
Source-native ticket period · enrolment or eligibility conditions apply
Student work
20 h / week
Federal reference for eligible third-country students during lecture periods; individual residence conditions still control
Metric context
Living: RWTH advises international students to plan at least about EUR 1,100 per month for studying/living costs in Aachen.
Transport: WS 2026/27 German semester ticket; separate Zuid-Limburg add-on EUR 7.77; total mobility contribution EUR 234.57.
Germany programme delivery verification pending
CampCareer has a Germany programme catalogue, but the current city seed relationships do not prove campus-specific delivery. Institution or teaching-location presence is never used to infer programme delivery; city programmes will appear only after explicit offering-to-campus evidence is verified.
The city catalogue state is shown as verification pending rather than “0 programmes”.
Verified institutions in Aachen municipality
1 institutions · 1 locationsThis is the Phase 3 initial verified teaching-location set, not a complete inventory of every German university site. Multi-campus institutions are kept inside the municipality boundary only when the teaching location itself is explicitly verified.
RWTH Aachen University
Verified domain rwth-aachen.de · 1 teaching location
RWTH Central Campus (Templergraben) · Templergraben 55 · 52062
Career environment
City of Aachen future-sector and regional-development profile These are context signals, not shortage rankings, job guarantees or immigration eligibility signals.
EnergyArtificial intelligence and digitalAutomotive and mobilitySemiconductor technologyCircular economyHigh-tech research and startupsSustainable industry
International student work context
The stored federal reference is up to 20 hours per week during lecture periods for eligible third-country students, or the annual 140 full / 280 half-day rule.
Student auxiliary academic work has a separate exception in the stored federal guidance.
Third-country students may use the 140 full/280 half-day annual rule or work up to 20 hours/week during lecture periods; student auxiliary academic work is exempt from these restrictions.
Metric sources
Statistische Ämter des Bundes und der Länder — GV-ISys · 2024-12-31 · high confidenceCity of Aachen — Regional development · 2026-08-10 · medium confidenceRWTH Aachen University — Costs · 2026-08-10 · medium confidenceAStA RWTH Aachen — Finance and semester contribution · 2026-08-10 · high confidenceMake it in Germany — Study and work · 2026-08-10 · high confidence
City Compare
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