Top Universities in Germany

205 universities in Germany with a measured position, 40 of them ranked worldwide.

#UniversityCityWorld rankIn-countryCitations
51 Universität Siegen not ranked #58 2,227,334
52 Universität Paderborn not ranked #62 1,237,808
53 Universität Osnabrück not ranked #63 1,198,595
54 Universität Kassel not ranked #65 1,140,269
55 Technische Universität Chemnitz not ranked #67 986,713
56 Private Universität Witten/Herdecke not ranked #69 944,474
57 Hochschule Darmstadt not ranked #72 769,890
58 Hochschule München not ranked #71 700,462
59 Technische Universität Ilmenau not ranked #74 675,291
60 Technische Universität Clausthal not ranked #75 663,093
61 Leuphana Universität Lüneburg not ranked #76 637,410
62 Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln not ranked #78 480,185
63 Fachhochschule Kiel not ranked #79 440,749
64 Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus - Senftenberg not ranked #82 404,163
65 Technische Hochschule Ulm not ranked #84 375,325
66 Bauhaus Universität Weimar not ranked #87 327,777
67 Hochschule für Technik, Wirtschaft und Kultur Leipzig (FH) not ranked #85 327,187
68 Fachhochschule Bielefeld not ranked #88 317,072
69 Technische Hochschule Köln not ranked #86 298,780
70 Hamburg University of Applied Sciences (HAW Hamburg) not ranked #90 284,468
71 Universität Passau not ranked #92 258,466
72 Fernuniversität Gesamthochschule Hagen not ranked #96 209,487
73 WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management not ranked #97 163,495
74 Universität Hildesheim not ranked #99 144,305
75 Universität Erfurt not ranked #100 138,721
76 Pädagogische Hochschule Heidelberg not ranked #101 134,287
77 Hochschule Bremen not ranked #102 114,491
78 Pädagogische Hochschule Freiburg not ranked #104 105,848
79 Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg not ranked #105 100,975
80 Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) not ranked #105 100,975
81 Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Heidenheim not ranked #105 100,975
82 Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Heilbronn not ranked #105 100,975
83 Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Ravensburg not ranked #105 100,975
84 Frankfurt School of Finance & Management not ranked #111 96,148
85 Technische Fachhochschule Berlin not ranked #112 88,507
86 Europa-Universität Viadrina not ranked #113 84,802
87 Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin not ranked #114 78,150
88 Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft Ludwigshafen not ranked #115 76,186
89 Fachhochschule Koblenz not ranked #116 73,216
90 Fachhochschule Kaiserslautern not ranked #117 72,400
91 Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt not ranked #122 59,450
92 EBS Universität not ranked #123 58,789
93 Hochschule Vechta not ranked #126 52,031
94 Handelshochschule Leipzig not ranked #127 50,712
95 Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen not ranked #125 50,142
96 Hochschule Fulda not ranked #129 48,493
97 Hochschule Hannover not ranked #131 43,694
98 Hochschule Anhalt (FH), Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften not ranked #132 43,528
99 Hochschule Bremerhaven not ranked #134 41,270
100 Fachhochschule für Oekonomie und Management (FOM) not ranked #133 36,622
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What the two columns mean

In-country is the position the ranking record gives the university among those in its own country, and it is often the more useful number: a university ranked 480th in the world may still be third at home. It is carried over as published, so it does not always follow the order of the other two columns. World rank is the university's QS World University Rankings position. Citations are the number of times work published by the university has been cited, as recorded in OpenAlex; it is the measure used to order universities that QS does not rank at all.

The two do not always agree. A large research university can out-cite a smaller one that sits above it in QS, because QS weighs reputation surveys and staff ratios as well as research.

Rankings in other countries

USA 138 ranked UK 55 ranked China 37 ranked Australia 31 ranked Canada 26 ranked France 19 ranked Italy 18 ranked South Korea 17 ranked Japan 16 ranked Spain 15 ranked Switzerland 13 ranked Malaysia 11 ranked