Program Overview

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Faculty of Medicine

The Faculty of Medicine at RWTH Aachen University offers a range of academic programs and research opportunities.

Academics

The faculty provides various courses of study, including:

• "Modellstudiengang Medizin" (Model degree program of medicine)
• Dentistry
• Logopedic Courses of Study
• Biomedical Engineering, M.Sc.
• Physical Therapy Courses of Study
• Hebammenwissenschaft (B.Sc.)
• Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, M.Sc.
• Minor in Medicine
• Postgraduate Studies

Forms of Teaching

The faculty employs various forms of teaching, such as:

• Blended Learning
• Problem-based learning
• AIXTRA Skills Lab
• AIXTRA Dental

Study at RWTH

The faculty offers several initiatives to support students, including:

• Didactics of Medicine
• PAULA Teaching Award
• Evaluation
• Teaching Projects
• Teaching Report
• Further Development of Courses of Study
• Teaching Awards
• IT-Systeme in der Lehre

Everything about Studies

The faculty provides information and resources on various aspects of studying, including:

• Application and Admission
• Form Database
• Student Representative Councils
• Doctoral Studies
• Alumni Services
• Student Loan
• Schwanger im Studium

Research

The faculty is involved in various research activities, including:

News

• Gesmed Award 2025
• Paper of the Month Program
• Information on the new Report of Third-Party Funding
• Datenverwendung bei Forschungsprojekten
• Recommendations for authorship
• New research results on Friedreich's ataxia published

Profile

• Focuses
• Current Joint Projects
• Research Training Groups
• Renowned Science Awards
• Junior Research Groups
• Facts and Figures
• Highlights from Research

Funding

• Internal Programs
• Individual Funding Programs
• Mentoring Programs
• Structured Doctoral Training
• Staff Development Offerings

Research Infrastructure

• CTC-A – Center for Translational & Clinical Research
• Core Facilities
• RWTH Centralized Biomaterial Database
• Electronic lab book eLabJournal

Research Information and Funding Allocation

• Infopoint MedFAQ
• Paper of the Month
• The Bonus Program
• LOM NRW
• Report of Third-Party funding

Faculty 10

The faculty has several objectives, support programs, and research initiatives, including:

Profile

• Objectives
• Support Programs
• Researcher Alliance
• Ausgründung und Entrepreneurship
• History

Deans's Office and Organization

• Dekanat
• Geschäftsführung der Fakultät
• Prodekanat für Finanzen
• Organizational Structure of the Faculty
• Prodekanat für Studium und Lehre
• Prodekanat für Forschung, wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs und Chancengerechtigkeit
• Prodekanat für Struktur und Chancengerechtigkeit
• Prodekanat für besondere Aufgaben
• Specialist group A and B
• Gremien und Kommissionen

Central Institutions

• AVMZ - Audiovisual Media Center
• CTC-A – Center for Translational & Clinical Research
• CoMA-Pool
• Core Facilities
• Independent Ethics Committee
• IZKF - Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research
• Mass spectrometry
• Medical Library
• Event Technology
• Scientific Workshop

Equal Opportunities

• Gender and Diversity
• Veranstaltungshinweise
• Kommission für Chancengerechtigkeit
• Gender Medicine Working Group
• Familie

Human Resources Development

• Doctorate
• Habilitations
• Adjunct Process
• University Professorship

Institutes and Departments

• Institutes and Clinics

Concept and Goal

The primary education goal of the Aachen "Modellstudiengang Medizin" (Model degree program of medicine) is to produce academically educated doctors who can continue to learn. The program focuses on teaching an understanding of biological and medically relevant principles, rather than just details about construction, function, and pathogenesis.

Primary Learning Goals

The primary learning goals of the program include:

• Primary Learning Goals (de) (pdf: 30kb)

Class Cohort Coordinators

Students in the program are mentored by full-time class cohort coordinators, who are responsible for:

• Academic advising and mentoring
• Organization of courses and classrooms
• Further development of the curriculum
• Coordination of content for different interdisciplinary courses
• Coordination of content and timing of contributions from lecturers
• Controlling that all courses have taken place with the planned content
• Planning course exams together with course instructors
• Improvement of lesson plans and lesson content for the next year

The Aachen "Modellstudiengang Medizin" (Model degree program of medicine) aims to produce graduates who are capable of adequately applying their acquired fundamental medical knowledge in theory and practice to the basic care of patients. They will have acquired a responsible medical perspective, where the mental-emotional well-being of patients and their social situation underlies how they treat patients.