AIM Connect
Aachen · WS 26/27
- Application deadline
- 21 Sep
- Program start
- 23 Oct
About us
The first chapter outside of Munich
OneAIM Aachen was founded in 2025 by students of RWTH Aachen who wanted to bring medicine and technology closer together. As the first chapter beyond Munich, Aachen turned OneAIM from a local initiative into a growing network across Germany. Today the team runs multiple successful programs right here in the city, hand in hand with Aachen's remarkable MedTech scene: global players like Abiomed (Johnson & Johnson MedTech), Uniklinik RWTH Aachen, a vibrant startup community and many more local and international partners.
Our programs in Aachen
Know what you're signing up for
Pick a program to see what it offers, and how a semester with us is built.
AIM Connect is an exclusive add-on study program for students passionate about the intersection of medicine, entrepreneurship, and technology. Over the semester, participants gain in-depth insights into the MedTech field, from hospitals and research institutions to startups and established companies.
Three key components
Every AIM Connect semester is built on three pillars: the kickoff weekend to form your cohort, regular partner visits and workshops, and a team project, built intensively at the Makeathon weekend, and pitched at the closing summit.
Kickoff Weekend
Three days to get to know your cohort: intro talks, the first 2-3 partner visits, team building and a look at the semester ahead.
Partner visits & workshops
Weekly sessions with our partners: clinicians, labs, start-ups, established companies and all other parts of MedTech innovation.
Team project: Makeathon & Summit
In interdisciplinary teams you work on a MedTech project: preparation sessions during the semester, an intensive build at the Makeathon weekend, and the final pitch at the summit.
Semester timeline
The upcoming batch (WS 26/27)
Applications open
Apply online. Open to students of all disciplines.
Application deadline
Last day to submit your application.
Interviews
Short personal conversations. We want to get to know you, not grill you.
Final decision
You hear back from us and the cohort is complete.
Kickoff Weekend in Berlin
Get to know your cohort: team building and intro talks.
Partner visits & workshops
One visit or workshop per week with our partners: hospitals, labs, MedTech companies and startups. Most visits take place on Tuesday afternoons; exact times will be communicated in October.
Makeathon
An intensive build weekend. Your team turns its project into a prototype.
OneAIM x CSI Summit
The closing event: final pitches in front of partners and guests.
Already on board for the upcoming batch
These partners are secured for the semester you are applying to.
Abiomed (J&J MedTech)
Company visit at Abiomed, the heart pump pioneer from Aachen, with founder and CTO Dr. Thorsten Sieß.
Harvard University
Session with Harvard/MIT professor for AI in critical care Leo Celi on the risks and benefits of AI in healthcare.
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen
OR visit at the Uniklinik: experience surgery and medical technology up close.
Vivalyx
Startup visit at Vivalyx, the Aachen company developing organ perfusion technology for transplantation.
RWTH Aachen
MRI & AI session with professor for AI in Medicine Daniel Truhn: how AI is changing medical image analysis.
The last batch (SS 26)
Kickoff Weekend
Getting to know the Berlin MedTech startup scene, from seed round to unicorn.
AMBOSSMadjid Salimi (Founder & CEO), Valentin von Seggern (Head of AI)
SynagenAIChristiane Höper (CMO), Dyke Ferber (CTO)
ElucidJulius Emmerich (Founder & CEO)
Expert Session: Artificial Heart Pumps
How mechanical pumps support failing hearts, straight from clinical practice.
Uniklinik RWTH AachenPD Dr. Jörg Schröder
OR Visit: Artificial Heart Pumps
Inside the operating room: heart pump surgery up close.
Uniklinik RWTH Aachen Expert Session: Medical Robotics
Guest lecture on the state of the art in medical robotics.
Imperial College LondonProf. Ferdinando Rodriguez y Baena (Director, Hamlyn Centre for Medical Robotics)
Expert Session: Big Data for Medicine
What large-scale health data can and cannot tell us about patients.
Uniklinik RWTH AachenProf. Caroline Schneider (Professor for Big Data in Medicine, Forbes 30 Under 30)
MRI & AI Visit
The development of AI in medical image analysis, plus a live MRI demonstration.
RWTH AachenProf. Daniel Truhn (Professor for AI in Medicine)
Hands-on Workshop: Medical Robotics
Steering OR robots yourself at RWTH's Chair of Medical Engineering.
mediTECProf. Klaus Radermacher
Project Preparation Sessions
Three sessions to get your team project ready for the Makeathon.
digitalHUB AachenHow to: User interview, with Malvine Klecha
AlpamayoHow to: Code with AI, with Christoph Netsch (Co-Founder)
With Love and DataHow to: Start-up pitch, with Alex Jacobi (Serial Founder)
Makeathon
An intensive build weekend: 5 teams turned their projects into prototypes.
OneAIM x CSI Summit
The closing event: final pitches in front of partners and guests.
CSIHost
Within AIM Code, we offer specialized coding courses for students and medical professionals, from hands-on introductory Python workshops to advanced sessions on artificial intelligence in healthcare. All courses are free of charge.
Coming soon
AIM Code in Aachen is in preparation. Course details and registration dates will be announced here as soon as they are set. Until then, have a look at what the courses are about.
About AIM Code →With AIM Educate, we host open events: summits, lecture series and expert talks on Health AI and MedTech. Open to everyone, event by event: no semester-long commitment, no application.
No upcoming events right now
There are currently no open AIM Educate events in Aachen. New summits, lecture series and expert talks are announced as soon as the dates are set: have a look at the overview page for all events.
All AIM Educate events →Our team
The people behind OneAIM Aachen
Aliya Zwiens
Team Lead | Interview & Application Management
Adam Khizar
Member
Seiar Yousofi
Member
Julian Sandten
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