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For: RWTH Aachen · German-taught Bachelor's programmes (e.g. Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering) — most RWTH bachelor's degrees are taught in German, not English · international (non-EU) student
Your situation
Programme length (3-year Bachelor's is typical)
2 years
3 years
4 years
City
Aachen
Tuition shown is the non-EU / international rate. If you hold an EU/EEA passport (or the host country's), you may pay much less — check the official fee page.
Your monthly living-cost estimate for Aachen (€)
Pre-filled with our rough estimate for Aachen (not independently verified — there's no single official source for per-city student living costs). Edit it to use your own number instead.
Tuition (3 years × €0)
No tuition fee for non-EU international students — North Rhine-Westphalia funds study places for all nationalities equally. Only a mandatory semester contribution applies (not tuition), reported at roughly €320–330/semester across multiple sources. · Verified 2026-10-05 · Source ↗
€0
≈ $0
Living costs, Aachen (3 years)
Your own estimate — we don't have verified per-city living-cost data yet (Milestone 3 of the roadmap).
€30,600
≈ $34,148
Residence permit & visa fees
Not yet in the data pipeline for this country — not counted in the total.
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Legal part-time work offset
Not yet in the data pipeline (needs a verified minimum-wage figure) — not counted in the total.
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Estimated cost to graduate
€30,600
≈ $34,148
€1 ≈ 1.12 USD · rate updated 2026-11-07 · ExchangeRate-API — rates move, so treat this as a guide.
Every verified row above is a specific, sourced figure — nothing here is interpolated. Residence permit fees and the work-offset aren't in the data pipeline yet, so they're shown as missing, not guessed, and left out of the total.