Established in 1870, the RWTH Aachen University is an open research university that has domestic as well as international collaborations. Some of the domestic organizations that the university is associated with, include DFG, TU9, and German Excellence Initiative, while the international affiliations are CEASER, Idea League, TIMES, ALMA, Pegasus, EASN, and Unitech International. The university began its first classes in the year of establishment with around 223 students and thirty-two faculty members. The university is considered among the top technological universities in Germany. In 1909, the female students were admitted into the college for the first time. The medical and philosophical schools started in 1965 and enrolment increased to 10,000 students. Presently, the university consists of 45,628 students and 5,695 staff members.