Solution-oriented teaching; Basic academic training that focuses on the current status of research in the field of Materials and Process Innovations; Close collaboration with industry: Excursions, joint research projects; focus on practical relevance; very good support ratio enables student interests and special abilities to be encouraged; range of international study courses supports the teaching of soft skills, such as communication skills, team work, foreign language skills and social skills.

The Master's degree course in Metallurgical Engineering is taught completely in English and contributes significantly to internationalisation. As the teaching content is integrated with that of the degree courses held in German, students on these courses can also benefit from the international orientation. Additionally, exchange programmes such as ERASMUS+ and departmental collaborations have been and continue to be expanded with a view to fostering and increasing student mobility. In the field of research, our Chairs cooperate with a large number of international partners.

Imperial College London, England; KTH Stockholm, Schweden; UPV Valenica, Spanien; EPFL Lausanne, Frankreich; Georgia Tech in Atlanta, USA; Kumamoto University, Japan; BIT Beijing, China; University of Queensland, Australien.

The nine institutes in the department have highly modern technical equipment for basic research and practice-based research into materials. Students benefit from the equipment in the laboratories and workshops in a wide variety of internal practice at the university. From the PVD coating chamber to the 3D laser doppler anemometer and the top-blown converter through to access to the Ernst Ruska centre (electron microscopy) and to the Jugene mainframe at Forschungszentrum Jülich, students and researchers equally benefit from innovative equipment for material analysis.

The department participates in large research associations: 2 Clusters of Excellence (Integrative Production Technology for High-Wage Countries, Tailor-Made Fuels from Biomass), 1 EU Cluster (KIC) and 3 Collaborative Research Centres (Plasma, Steel Ab Initio, Precision Manufacturing by Controlling Melt). There is close cooperation via JaraEnergy, StrucMat and CorroNet with the Jülich Research Centre, DLR, DecHEMA and MPI. There are two affiliated institutes: ACCESS and ÖFI, as well as collaborations within RWTH: 2 profile areas (Materials Science and Engineering, Production Engineering), AixViPMaP, Aec, AKR, CHAMP.

In the specialisation area in Economics, special events in the field of entrepreneurship can be taken. As part of these modules, participation in a business plan competition is possible. Furthermore, numerous block events, excursions and similar events offer various networking opportunities for those interested in starting a business.

Diversity; Sustainability; Highly practice related; Worldwide network; Promotion of mobility (stays abroad)