Participation Information
The University Sports Center organizes University Sports' service and education offers in Aachen for the nearly 50,000 members of Aachen's universities. Members and affiliates of RWTH Aachen and FH Aachen as well as students of all universities worldwide are authorized to take advantage of these offers. A certain number of our offers are also open to guests. Offer descriptions indicate whether guests are restricted from participating.
You can find detailed information about participating at University Sports in the Regulation for Aachen University Sports and answers to frequently asked questions in our FAQs.
In contrast to students, Aachen university employees and guests need an additional card valid for the duration of the sport semester.
Employees
To take advantage of the program of the University Sports Center, employees must purchase employee sports card. When booking, one may choose between booking an employee sports card for the entire course period or a card for one of the two course periods. The duration of the course periods can be viewed by clicking the link to the booking page in the post-it above. Depending on the course period the employee sports card costs 25 euros or 12.50 euros. The payment is collected through a one-time direct debit authorization. The to be printed participation authorization serves as the employee sports card and is only valid in combination with the RWTH Aachen University ID or a comparable ID from your employer.
Employees pay the same price as students for courses with a fee. It is possible to participate in workshops without the employee sports card.
In order to facilitate registration to the courses of the next semester, you can book the required employee sports card up to a week in advance of the start of the new semester. Thereby, giving you easy access to popular and quickly filled courses. Please note, that for technical reasons booking is only possible until the day before the start of registration.
Guests
A limited number of guests are allowed to participate at University Sports every semester. Guests may use all of the sports facilities, except the sauna and RWTH GYM. Guests wishing to participate in the program of the University Sports Center must purchase a guest card. When booking a guest card, one may choose between booking an guest card for the entire course period or a card for one of the two course periods. The duration of the course periods can be viewed by clicking the link to the booking page in the post-it above. Depending on the course period the employee sports card costs 25 euros or 12.50 euros. The payment in collected through a one-time direct debit authorization. The printed participation authorization serves as the guest card and is only valid in combination with a photo ID.
Guests pay the same price as students and employees for courses with a fee. It is possible to participate in workshops without the guest sports card.
Registration for offers for participants with guest status starts on the registration day at 6pm, two hours after the regular registration time. This complies with a requirement in the university sports regulation, whereby guests may participate in university sports as long as there is sufficient capacity.