The university offers great education but also due to the huge amount of associations offers great ways to indulge in your fields of desire. Yes, it may be a very difficult Uni regarding the things thought here but this additional pressure in the end literally helps you become a better engineer. Would recommend but you have to keep pushing!

When I finished High School here in Germany, I already knew that I want to study mechanical engineering. Due to the very good reputation of RWTH Aachen University and the very old romantic city centre which is mainly populated by students, I did not hesitate long with my decision to study here. After the welcome week I felt prepared well for everything. But the start turned out to be harder than expected. The essential courses in the first semesters(as maths, mechanics etc.) should not be taken to easy. Although in the lectures you feel like you can follow most of the topics, the exercises and exams teach you better. You will need to put real effort, if you want to pass the exams with good grades. But if you once realise this and have a good discipline, especially in declining party invitations during the two exam periods (Feb-Apr and Jul-Oct), you will be able to pass the exams. In general the university gives you a lot of freedom how to organise your semesters. It is kind of an eat-or-die mentality. There are nearly no courses with mandatory attendance and all materials(mostly well structured and helpful) will be provided online. So it is completely up to you how much effort you will use for university. Since the teachers/students-ratio is very low in most exercises in the first semesters, I felt more efficient in learning stuff on my own at home. BUT: Once you made the first couple of semesters things get better! The lectures become more interesting and the exercises better organised. However, for me the biggest advantage of RWTH is not the educational part, but the tight connection to industry and companies. It is quite easy to get student jobs at university institutions, where you will be highly involved in recent research works from the beginning on.
To sum up, after the first semesters RWTH gives you extraordinary and unique opportunities, besides the classical education part. You just have to take them.

As an engineering student I am one of many at the RWTH, which is the biggest technical university in Germany. The amount of quality knowledge created at the university and the oppertunities offered to students are amazing, making it an attractive location for people interested in various fields of study.
Although the university is one of the highest funded in all of Germany, sadly that doesn’t mean it also offers the best education.
The huge student body, in the area of engineering, results in an impersonal style of education compared to other universities. During the Bachelors Degree a rigid plan outlines the path of a mechanical engineering student, which can be followed by the traditional means of visiting lectures, but also through self-study, in case of nearly all modules.
All in all the university offers great opportunity for its graduates not least, because it is seen as the greatest mechanical engineering university in all of Germany, but at the same time requires its student to show great discipline and commitment to their studies.