Scientific Director

Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Jan Welm Biermann
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Kraftfahrwesen
Steinbachstr. 7
52074 Aachen
Tel.: +49 (241)8025606
biermann@ika.rwth-aachen.de

Course Manager

Qihui Huang, M.Sc.
Lehrstuhl und Institut für Kraftfahrwesen
Steinbachstraße 7
52074 Aachen, Germany
Phone: +49 241 8025614
Email: masterprog@ika.rwth-aachen.de

Institute Profile

Development work on passenger cars, trucks, and motorcycles is becoming increasingly complicated and challenging. Product development cycles must be shortened and costs must be reduced while growing demands for quality, safety, comfort, and ecological compatibility need to be satisfied. The institute stands for innovative and customer-oriented work as well as flexibility and punctuality with the highest standards of quality and cost awareness.
Leading domestic and international vehicle manufacturers, component manufacturers, suppliers, and public institutions make use of the wide range of services. A close collaboration with the Forschungsgesellschaft Kraftfahrwesen Aachen (fka) simplifies the industrial contacts and project management. This interaction between scientific research and product development generates pioneering results appropriate for the application in production vehicles.
The services range from concept development, computer simulation and engineering design to vehicle and component prototyping and experimental testing. One main field of activities is the advanced development of complete vehicle concepts as well as of single components.

General Program Management

RWTH International Academy Ltd. (formerly: Aachen Global Academy) was founded in 2000 as a subsidiary, non-profit company of RWTH Aachen University in order to offer further education under private law. The faculties and scientific institutes of RWTH Aachen University account for the imparted contents whereas RWTH International Academy concentrates on the provision of services that will allow for a beneficial learning environment for the students as well as effective teaching. The role of RWTH International Academy is to co-ordinate scientific and educational input from the chairs and institutes of RWTH Aachen University. Participants will achieve an official academic Degree (Master of Science) of RWTH Aachen University.