Editing Aachen (section)

== Education ==
[[File:Aachen RWTH Hauptgebaeude.jpg|thumb|left|The main building of RWTH Aachen University]]
[[File:Aachen-ElegantStreet.JPG|thumb|right|Typical Aachen street with early 20th-century [[Gründerzeit]] houses]]
[[File:Typical Aachen street with early 20th-century Gründerzeit houses (2).JPG|thumb|Another example of Aachen early 20th-century Gründerzeit houses]]

[[RWTH Aachen|RWTH Aachen University]], established as Polytechnicum in 1870, is one of [[German Universities Excellence Initiative|Germany's Universities of Excellence]] with strong emphasis on technological research, especially for electrical and mechanical engineering, computer sciences, physics, and chemistry. The university clinic attached to the RWTH, the [[Klinikum Aachen]], is the biggest single-building hospital in Europe.<ref>{{harvnb|Aachen Institute for Advanced Study in Computational Engineering Science|2009}}.</ref> Over time, a host of software and computer industries have developed around the university. It also maintains a [[botanical garden]] (the [[Botanischer Garten Aachen]]).

[[FH Aachen]], Aachen University of Applied Sciences (AcUAS) was founded in 1971. The AcUAS offers a classic engineering education in professions such as [[mechatronics]], construction engineering, mechanical engineering or electrical engineering. German and international students are educated in more than 20 international or foreign-oriented programmes and can acquire German as well as international degrees (Bachelor/Master) or ''Doppelabschlüsse'' (double degrees). Foreign students account for more than 21% of the student body.

The Katholische Hochschule Nordrhein-Westfalen – Abteilung Aachen (Catholic University of Applied Sciences Northrhine-Westphalia – Aachen department)<ref>{{harvnb|Catholic University of Applied Sciences|2014}}.</ref> offers its some 750 students a variety of degree programmes: social work, childhood education, nursing, and co-operative management. It also has the only programme of study in Germany especially designed for mothers.<ref>{{harvnb|Catholic University of Applied Sciences|2014a}}.</ref>

The {{Lang|de|[[Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln]]|italic=no}} ([[Cologne University of Music]]) is one of the world's foremost performing arts schools and one of the largest music institutions for higher education in Europe<ref>{{harvnb|Academy of Music and Dance Cologne|2014}}.</ref> with one of its three campuses in Aachen.<ref>{{harvnb|Academy of Music and Dance Cologne|2014a}}.</ref> The Aachen campus substantially contributes to the Opera/Musical Theatre master's programme by collaborating with the [[Theater Aachen]] and the recently established musical theatre chair through the Rheinische Opernakademie.

The [[German Army]]'s technical school ''(Ausbildungszentrum Technik Landsysteme)'' is located in Aachen.<ref name="MeerOpitz1998">{{harvnb|Van der Meer|Richter|Opitz|1998|p=718}}.</ref>