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LeadingStudying at RWTH Aachen with the IB
By Michael Thompson - Head of Teaching Excellence; 15 years as an IB Coordinator
Data checked 4 October 2026
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Accepts the IB
Aachen, Germany
Location
1870
Founded
~47,521
Students
Public
Institution
Language requirements
- Most bachelor's programs and many master's programs are taught in German; some master's programs are taught entirely in English.
- Applicants must show sufficient proficiency in the language of instruction of their chosen program, usually with a recognized language certificate.
- Exemption from the German certificate: applicants with a bilingual International Baccalaureate that meets the KMK resolution on 'Bilingual International Baccalaureates at Foreign Schools with German Instruction' (version valid at enrollment).
- Exemption from the German certificate: applicants holding a school-leaving qualification that grants higher-education admission in Germany, Luxembourg, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, German-speaking Belgium, or South Tyrol.
- Exemption from the German certificate: applicants who completed a German-taught degree at a German university, including a university of applied sciences.
- Exemption from the English certificate: applicants with a high school diploma or academic degree from the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, or the United States.
- Citizenship alone, including German or English-speaking-country citizenship, does not grant an exemption from the language requirement.
- TOEFL MyBest scores are not accepted; the minimum TOEFL score must be reached in a single test session.
- Only language tests whose results the test provider can verify are accepted; RWTH must be authorized as recipient of the results and test validity periods must be observed.
- For doctoral studies, the supervisor decides whether a language certificate is needed.
Worth knowing
- RWTH does not currently offer German courses for prospective students preparing for university study.
- Non-EU applicants should note that a residence permit for learning German is generally limited to 12 months.
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Sources
- rwth-aachen.deLanguage requirements page: language of instruction, bilingual IB exemption from German certificate, English exemptions, accepted tests, doctoral rules, German-learning notes.
- wikidata.orgFounding year, student numbers and institution type (Wikidata, CC0).