University Year of establishment Students Location

University of Heidelberg 1386 26,500 Heidelberg

University of Leipzig 1409 29,500 Leipzig
University of Rostock 1419 14,000 Rostock
University of Greifswald 1456 12,000 Greifswald
University of Freiburg 1457 20,500 Freiburg
University of Munich 1472 44,000 Munich
University of Mainz 1477 33,500 Mainz
University of Tübingen 1477 23,500 Tübingen
University of Marburg 1527 24,000 Marburg
University of Jena 1558 21,000 Jena
[edit]Universities alphabetically
[edit]A-D

Humboldt University of Berlin is the oldest university in Germany's capital city, Berlin.

 University of Augsburg
 University of Bamberg

 University of Bayreuth

 Free University of Berlin

 Humboldt University of Berlin

 University of Bielefeld

 Ruhr University Bochum

 University of Bonn

 University of Bremen
 Jacobs University Bremen

 University of Cologne

 University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Duisburg)

 University of Düsseldorf

[edit]E-H

The University of Freiburg

Festive hall of the University of Göttingen.

 Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

 University of Erfurt

 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

 University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)

 University of Flensburg

 University of Frankfurt am Main

 Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)

 University of Freiburg

 University of Giessen

 University of Göttingen

 University of Greifswald

 Fernuniversität Hagen (distance learning; open university)

 University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg)

 University of Hamburg

 Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)

 University of Hannover

 University of Heidelberg

 University of Hildesheim

 University of Hohenheim

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Ludwig Maximilians University of Munichis among the best-ranked institutions of higher education in Germany.

 University of Jena
 University of Karlsruhe

 University of Kassel

 University of Kiel
 University of Koblenz-Landau

 University of Konstanz

 University of Leipzig

 University of Lübeck

 University of Lüneburg

 University of Magdeburg

 University of Mainz

 University of Mannheim

 University of Marburg

 Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

 Bundeswehr University of Munich

 University of Münster

 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

[edit]O-Z

University of Tübingen

 University of Oldenburg
 University of Osnabrück

 University of Passau
 University of Paderborn

 University of Potsdam

 University of Regensburg

 University of Rostock

 Saarland University

 University of Siegen

 University of Stuttgart

 University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart)

 University of Trier

 University of Tübingen

 University of Ulm

 University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Halle)

 University of Vechta

 University of Wuppertal

 University of Würzburg

[edit]Universities by geographic region

[edit]North

 University of Bremen
 Jacobs University Bremen

 University of Flensburg

 University of Göttingen

 University of Greifswald

 University of Hamburg
 Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)

 University of Hannover

 University of Kiel

 University of Lübeck

 University of Lüneburg

 University of Oldenburg

 University of Osnabrück

 University of Rostock

 University of Vechta

 University of Mamashizburg

[edit]West

 University of Bielefeld
 Ruhr University Bochum

 University of Bonn

 University of Cologne

 University of Duisburg-Essen

 University of Düsseldorf

 University of Frankfurt am Main

 University of Giessen

 Fernuniversität Hagen (distance learning; open university)

 University of Hildesheim

 University of Hohenheim

 University of Karlsruhe
 University of Kassel

 University of Koblenz

 University of Mainz

 University of Mannheim

 University of Marburg

 University of Münster

 University of Paderborn

 Saarland University

 University of Trier

 University of Siegen

 University of Wuppertal

[edit]East

 Free University of Berlin

 Humboldt University of Berlin

 University of Erfurt

 Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)

 University of Halle-Wittenberg

 University of Jena

 University of Leipzig

 University of Magdeburg

 University of Potsdam

 University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Halle)

[edit]South
 University of Augsburg
 University of Bamberg

 University of Bayreuth

 Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt

 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

 University of Freiburg

 University of Heidelberg

 University of Konstanz

 Bundeswehr University of Munich

 University of Munich

 University of Passau

 University of Regensburg

 University of Stuttgart

 University of Hohenheim (Stuttgart)

 University of Tübingen

 University of Ulm

 University of Würzburg

[edit]Universities of Technology by location

Dresden's University Library reading room

 RWTH Aachen
 Technical University of Berlin

 Braunschweig University of Technology

 Chemnitz University of Technology

 Clausthal University of Technology

 Brandenburg University of Technology

 Darmstadt University of Technology

 Dortmund University of Technology

 Dresden University of Technology

 Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg

 Hamburg University of Technology

 Ilmenau University of Technology

 Kaiserslautern University of Technology

 Technical University of Munich

 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

[edit]International rankings
According to the THE–QS World University Rankings:

Institution 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München) 95 105 82 67 78 55
University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg) 47 45 58 60 57 57
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin) NR 172 149 146 137 94
University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) 99 55 98 65 93 98
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg) NR NR NR 144 147 122
Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin) 125 112 105 126 139 146

NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.

Universities in Germany
 Aachen University of Technology
 Berufsakademie Ravensburg

 Christian-Albrechts-Universität

 Dortmund University

 Dresden Technical University

 Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald

 Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder)

 Fachhochschule Fulda

 Fachhochschule Karlsruhe

 Fachhochschule Reutlingen, Hochschule fär Technik und Wirtschaft

 Frankfurt University

 Freie Universität Berlin

 Friedrich Schiller Universität, Jena

 GISMA Business School

 Heinrich-Heine-Universität Dässeldorf

 Humboldt-University, Berlin

 Institut f. Semantische Informationsverarbeitung

 Institut fur Lasertechnik

 Johannes Gutenberg Universität, Mainz

 Julius-Maximilians-Universität, Wärzburg

 Katholische Universität Eichstätt

 Ludwig Maximilians Universität, Mänchen

 Martin Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg

 Medical University of Luebeck

 Otto von Guericke Universität, Magdeburg

 Ruhr-Universität Bochum

 Technische Hochschule Darmstadt

 Technische Universität Berlin

 Technische Universität Braunschweig

 Technische Universität Chemnitz-Zwickau

 Technische Universität Clausthal

 Technische Universität Dresden

 Technische Universität Hamburg-Harburg

 Technische Universität Ilmenau

 Technische Universität M?nchen

 Universität Augsburg

 Universität Bamberg

 Universität Bayreuth

 Universität Bielefeld

 Universität Bonn

 Universität Bremen

 Universität Duisburg

 Universität Erlangen-N?rnberg

 Universität Freiburg

 Universität G?ttingen

 Universität Gesamthochschule Essen

 Universität Gesamthochschule Kassel

 Universität Hamburg

 Universität Hannover

 Universität Heidelberg

 Universität Hildesheim

 Universität K?ln

 Universität Kaiserslautern

 Universität Karlsruhe

 Universität Konstanz

 Universität Leipzig

 Universität Mannheim
 Universität Passau

 Universität Potsdam

 Universität Regensburg

 Universität Rostock

 Universität Stuttgart

 Universität T?bingen

 Universität Trier

 Universität Ulm

 Universität der Bundeswehr M?nchen

 Universität des Saarlandes

 Universität, Hohenheim

 Universität-GH Paderborn

 Universitaet des Saarlandes

 University of Giessen

 University of Marburg

 University of Oldenburg

 WHU Koblenz School of Corporate Management

 Westf?lische Wilhelms Universität, M?nster