 thumb|280px|superc, landmark of rwth aachen and the central service building for students rwth aachen university (rheinisch-westfÃ¤lische technische hochschule aachen)"rwth" is the abbreviation of "rheinisch-westfÃ¤lische technische hochschule", which translates literally into "rheinish-westphalian technical high school". in german, high school is synonymic to university. the institution is in germany commonly referred to as "rwth aachen" or simply "rwth". the abbreviation remains untranslated in other languages to avoid the use of the "hochschule" term, which is sometimes mistakenly translated as [[highs
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