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Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University
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Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University
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isb.rwth-aachen.de
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2019
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The Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr (ISB) — also known as the Chair and Institute of Urban and Transport Planning — is an academic research and teaching institute within RWTH Aachen University, organizationally situated in Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering) and led since 2019 by Universitätsprofessor Tobias Kuhnimhof. Its functional scope spans undergraduate and graduate teaching across six RWTH degree programs (Civil Engineering, Business Administration and Engineering specializing in construction, Mobility and Transport, Environmental Engineering, Applied Geography, and Economic Geography) and applied research in urban planning, transport modelling, mobility behaviour, public transport, parking, and climate-adaptive urban design. Course offerings include Verkehrsplanung I/II, Stadt- und Regionalplanung I/II, ÖPNV – Organisation und Betrieb, Planungsmethodik, and Mobility Research and Transport Modelling, with teaching supported by technical tools such as PTV Visum (transport modelling), QGIS (spatial analysis), and discrete choice modelling.

The institute's research infrastructure includes the Dauerzählstellen Hörn, a continuous traffic counting system with seven measurement stations (M1–M7) operational since September 2009, capturing vehicle classifications (bicycles, cars, trucks, buses) on the Hörn route in Aachen. ISB is a core member of the Profile Area Mobility & Transport Engineering (MTE), which unites 27 institutes and 27 professors across eight RWTH faculties, and runs the Mobility Meetup open lecture series to engage external researchers, industry, and students. The team comprises approximately 14 members including professors, senior engineers (Oberingenieurin/Oberrat), research assistants, and a technical engineer (Betriebsingenieur), with research outputs documented in a 413-publication database spanning 1987-2026. Joint teaching is delivered with the Chair for Road Engineering (ISAC) and the Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics (VIA), and a data partnership is maintained with the City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) for the Hörn counting system.

ISB is a non-commercial public entity and a structural subunit of RWTH Aachen University, itself a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Funding flows through state university budgets, federal and DFG research grants, and third-party project funding from industry and municipalities; no commercial pricing model, venture funding, or private ownership applies. There are no disclosed revenue figures, no funding rounds, no patents, no M&A activity, and no commercial product launches. The GTM motion is community-led — knowledge is distributed through classroom teaching, supervised theses, peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and applied municipal collaborations.

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ISB is an academic research and teaching institute at RWTH Aachen University (Faculty 3, Civil Engineering) that delivers urban and transport planning courses across six degree programs, conducts applied mobility and transport research, and operates the Hörn continuous traffic counting system. It is publicly funded and serves RWTH students plus municipal partners such as the City of Aachen.

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urban transport planning, academic research institute, mobility research, transport modeling education, civil engineering programs
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1Transportation & Infrastructure Planning
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2Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting
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Higher Education and Transport Research
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Funded by RWTH Aachen University as part of Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering). Government-funded higher education institution with annual budget allocations from German federal and state governments.

isb.rwth-aachen.de
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The Institute for Urban and Transport Planning (ISB) is a research and teaching institute within RWTH Aachen University's Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering). It delivers Bachelor and Master level academic programs in urban planning, transport planning, and mobility across multiple degree tracks, operates applied research projects (including the permanent Hörn Traffic Counting System operational since September 2009), and supervises student theses and dissertations in collaboration with municipal and industry partners.

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  • 413 published research works spanning transport planning, mobility research, and urban development
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The Institute of Urban and Transport Planning (ISB) at RWTH Aachen University is an academic research and teaching institute that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in urban planning, transport planning, and mobility. Their educational portfolio includes Bachelor and Master level courses across multiple programs including Civil Engineering, Business Administration and Engineering, Mobility and Transport, Environmental Engineering, and Geography. The institute operates research infrastructure including the Dauerzählstellen Hörn, a continuous traffic counting system with 7 measurement stations. Research focuses on travel behavior, transport modeling, urban mobility, and sustainable transportation. The institute is part of the MTE (Mobility & Transport Engineering) Profile Area, connecting 27 institutes across RWTH Aachen's eight faculties.

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1Bachelor Programs in Urban and Transport Planning
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1Profile Area Mobility & Transport Engineering (MTE)
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ISB is a core member of the MTE Profile Area at RWTH Aachen University, which unites 27 institutes, chairs, and research units across eight faculties. MTE drives development of intelligent, sustainable, and human-centered mobility with 27 professors working collaboratively on transport research.

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2Faculty 3 - Civil Engineering (RWTH Aachen)
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ISB is organizationally located within Faculty 3 (Bauingenieurwesen) of RWTH Aachen University. Collaborates with other chairs in the faculty including Chair for Road Engineering and Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics.

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3City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen)
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Partnership with Stadt Aachen for the Hörn Traffic Counting System. Continuous data collection on traffic volumes since September 2009, with data provided by Fachbereich Geoinformation und Bodenordnung of the City of Aachen.

4Chair for Road Engineering (ISAC)
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Collaborates with Lehrstuhl für Straßenwesen (ISAC) on joint courses such as 'Finanzierung von Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Betrieb' (Financing of Transport Infrastructure and Operations).

5Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics (VIA)
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Joint teaching collaboration with Lehrstuhl für Schienenbahnenwesen und Verkehrswirtschaft (VIA) for the 'Finanzierung von Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Betrieb' course module.

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Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University

Higher Education and Transport Researchisb.rwth-aachen.de

ISB is an academic research and teaching institute at RWTH Aachen University (Faculty 3, Civil Engineering) that delivers urban and transport planning courses across six degree programs, conducts applied mobility and transport research, and operates the Hörn continuous traffic counting system. It is publicly funded and serves RWTH students plus municipal partners such as the City of Aachen.

What Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University does

The Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr (ISB) — also known as the Chair and Institute of Urban and Transport Planning — is an academic research and teaching institute within RWTH Aachen University, organizationally situated in Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering) and led since 2019 by Universitätsprofessor Tobias Kuhnimhof. Its functional scope spans undergraduate and graduate teaching across six RWTH degree programs (Civil Engineering, Business Administration and Engineering specializing in construction, Mobility and Transport, Environmental Engineering, Applied Geography, and Economic Geography) and applied research in urban planning, transport modelling, mobility behaviour, public transport, parking, and climate-adaptive urban design. Course offerings include Verkehrsplanung I/II, Stadt- und Regionalplanung I/II, ÖPNV – Organisation und Betrieb, Planungsmethodik, and Mobility Research and Transport Modelling, with teaching supported by technical tools such as PTV Visum (transport modelling), QGIS (spatial analysis), and discrete choice modelling.

The institute's research infrastructure includes the Dauerzählstellen Hörn, a continuous traffic counting system with seven measurement stations (M1–M7) operational since September 2009, capturing vehicle classifications (bicycles, cars, trucks, buses) on the Hörn route in Aachen. ISB is a core member of the Profile Area Mobility & Transport Engineering (MTE), which unites 27 institutes and 27 professors across eight RWTH faculties, and runs the Mobility Meetup open lecture series to engage external researchers, industry, and students. The team comprises approximately 14 members including professors, senior engineers (Oberingenieurin/Oberrat), research assistants, and a technical engineer (Betriebsingenieur), with research outputs documented in a 413-publication database spanning 1987-2026. Joint teaching is delivered with the Chair for Road Engineering (ISAC) and the Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics (VIA), and a data partnership is maintained with the City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen) for the Hörn counting system.

ISB is a non-commercial public entity and a structural subunit of RWTH Aachen University, itself a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts governed by the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Funding flows through state university budgets, federal and DFG research grants, and third-party project funding from industry and municipalities; no commercial pricing model, venture funding, or private ownership applies. There are no disclosed revenue figures, no funding rounds, no patents, no M&A activity, and no commercial product launches. The GTM motion is community-led — knowledge is distributed through classroom teaching, supervised theses, peer-reviewed publications, conference presentations, and applied municipal collaborations.

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University firmographics

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Name
Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University
Legal name
Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) Aachen University
Website
https://isb.rwth-aachen.de
Company type
Public
Founded year
2019
Operating status
Operating
Headcount range
11–50 employees
Short description
ISB is an academic research and teaching institute at RWTH Aachen University (Faculty 3, Civil Engineering) that delivers urban and transport planning courses across six degree programs, conducts applied mobility and transport research, and operates the Hörn continuous traffic counting system. It is publicly funded and serves RWTH students plus municipal partners such as the City of Aachen.
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Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University industry classification

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Higher Education and Transport Research
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Transportation & Infrastructure Planning (BPAHAKAF)
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Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting (BPAHAIAC)

Keywords

  • Urban transport planning
  • Academic research institute
  • Mobility research
  • Transport modeling education
  • Civil engineering programs

Where Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University is headquartered

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Aachen
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Germany
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Europe

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Services
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Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Others

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  1. Public University Funding: Funded by RWTH Aachen University as part of Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering). Government-funded higher education institution with annual budget allocations from German federal and state governments.

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Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University product offering

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Core offering

The Institute for Urban and Transport Planning (ISB) is a research and teaching institute within RWTH Aachen University's Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering). It delivers Bachelor and Master level academic programs in urban planning, transport planning, and mobility across multiple degree tracks, operates applied research projects (including the permanent Hörn Traffic Counting System operational since September 2009), and supervises student theses and dissertations in collaboration with municipal and industry partners.

Product overview

The Institute of Urban and Transport Planning (ISB) at RWTH Aachen University is an academic research and teaching institute that offers undergraduate and graduate programs in urban planning, transport planning, and mobility. Their educational portfolio includes Bachelor and Master level courses across multiple programs including Civil Engineering, Business Administration and Engineering, Mobility and Transport, Environmental Engineering, and Geography. The institute operates research infrastructure including the Dauerzählstellen Hörn, a continuous traffic counting system with 7 measurement stations. Research focuses on travel behavior, transport modeling, urban mobility, and sustainable transportation. The institute is part of the MTE (Mobility & Transport Engineering) Profile Area, connecting 27 institutes across RWTH Aachen's eight faculties.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

  • Bachelor Programs in Urban and Transport Planning

Quantifiable outcome

  • 413 published research works spanning transport planning, mobility research, and urban development

Companies that use Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University

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Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University partnerships and signals

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Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

  • Profile Area Mobility & Transport Engineering (MTE)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISB is a core member of the MTE Profile Area at RWTH Aachen University, which unites 27 institutes, chairs, and research units across eight faculties. MTE drives development of intelligent, sustainable, and human-centered mobility with 27 professors working collaboratively on transport research.
  • Faculty 3 - Civil Engineering (RWTH Aachen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerISB is organizationally located within Faculty 3 (Bauingenieurwesen) of RWTH Aachen University. Collaborates with other chairs in the faculty including Chair for Road Engineering and Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics.
  • City of Aachen (Stadt Aachen)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership with Stadt Aachen for the Hörn Traffic Counting System. Continuous data collection on traffic volumes since September 2009, with data provided by Fachbereich Geoinformation und Bodenordnung of the City of Aachen.
  • Chair for Road Engineering (ISAC)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with Lehrstuhl für Straßenwesen (ISAC) on joint courses such as 'Finanzierung von Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Betrieb' (Financing of Transport Infrastructure and Operations).
  • Chair for Railway Engineering and Transport Economics (VIA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint teaching collaboration with Lehrstuhl für Schienenbahnenwesen und Verkehrswirtschaft (VIA) for the 'Finanzierung von Verkehrsinfrastruktur und Betrieb' course module.

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Frequently asked questions about Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University

What does Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University do?

The Institute for Urban and Transport Planning (ISB) is a research and teaching institute within RWTH Aachen University's Faculty 3 (Civil Engineering). It delivers Bachelor and Master level academic programs in urban planning, transport planning, and mobility across multiple degree tracks, operates applied research projects (including the permanent Hörn Traffic Counting System operational since September 2009), and supervises student theses and dissertations in collaboration with municipal and industry partners.

Is Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University a public or private company?

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University is a public company. It is classified as state government owned and is currently operating.

When was Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University founded?

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University was founded in 2019. It employs 11 to 50 people.

Where is Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University based?

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University is headquartered in Aachen, Germany, in the Europe region.

How does Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University make money?

One revenue line is on record: public University Funding.

Does Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University have an API?

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What industry is Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University in?

Institut für Stadtbauwesen und Stadtverkehr der RWTH Aachen University's product category is Higher Education and Transport Research. Its primary akta.pro industry code is BPAHAKAF, Transportation & Infrastructure Planning, with a secondary code of BPAHAIAC, Transportation & Traffic Engineering Consulting.

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