What Students Say
Likes
- Good education and good salary. Distinguished professors. Family friendly work environment.
- Many distinguished professors work at this university (e.g., Wil van der Aalst for Data Science, Bastian Leibe for Computer Vision, etc.) and attending their classes is a unique opportunity.
- Moreover, as a Master Student, there are many opportunities to work up to 20 hrs/week as a student assistant (not doing mundane work, but working on scientific topics relevant to your studies). The renumeration is pretty good and you can expect around 1000 euro per month. If the job is related to computer / computational science, you perhaps won't need even German for your work.
Dislikes
- The administration authorities (e.g., HR) mostly speak only German.
- Sometimes, you have to struggle to get an appointment at the foreign office when you want to extend your residence permit.
- Sometimes, there are more paper works that might seem unnecessary.
Required Exams for Admission
The overall experience was amazing. Great faculties, good education and decent opportunities and remuneration. It is great for students.
Course Curriculum
The curriculum is usually well-structured. For some courses, internships are mandatory. In general, you have options to spend semester abroad or do internships.
Faculty
It varies depending up on the course. Also, there are visiting faculties who come and go. It is hard to give a definitive answer to this question. The professor who had the best impact on me was Prof. Paolo Bientinesi. Some other distinguished faculties are Prof. Wil van der Aalst, Bastian Leibe.
Campus Life
There is a university Gym and Sports Club. There are student groups like INCAS Aachen, AISA Aachen who regular co-ordinate extracurricular activities.
Placement
There are job fairs conducted twice a year. In general there are plenty of opportunities, especially if you know at least German (B2) after the end of your studies. However, The ability to find a job depends mostly on the students capabilities and the demand on that point in time. As a university, the education with supporting infrastructures are offered as best as possible. The scope of getting a job depends on the economic trends.
Accommodation
The accommodations are limited, and it is hard to find one. But this is a common problem when you try to get into established universities around the globe.
Exams
CV, SOP, Transcripts, TOEFL/IELTS score and 2 Letters of recommendations My Scores: TOEFL 102. GRE was not required for my program, but some may ask for it. Yes. SOP and LORs are required. They have to demonstrate why you would be qualified for the chosen program. Sometimes there are telephone interviews, but this differs from program to program. I had one telephone round for admission to the Master program.
Fees
There was no tuition fee. There was a social contribution fee of 300 euro per semester.
Scholarship
For my Masters: No. But I worked part time on scientifically related topics and earned around 750 euro per month (2015 - 2017) For my PhD: Yes. I'm fully funded and the gross salary is between 50 - 58K per year (It increases every year)
