List of universities in Germany

This is a list of the universities in Germany, of which there are about seventy. The list also includes the 13 German "universities of technology" which have official and full university status, but which usually focus on education in the natural sciences rather than covering the whole spectrum of academic disciplines.

However, the list does not cover the German Fachhochschulen (universities of applied sciences) and institutions that cover only certain disciplines such as business studies, fine arts, or engineering sciences. Those do not have all of the responsibilities and limitations of old universities and they can not award Doctorate Degrees on their own.

Universities by years of existence

The University of Heidelberg is the oldest university in present Germany.

The University of Greifswald is the smallest among the ancient universities of Germany.

This is a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their founding in present-day Germany.

Some other formerly German universities, for instance the Charles University in Prague (now in the Czech Republic) are no longer on German soil. Also, some universities were established in the 14th or 15th centuries, but shut down for longer periods and later re-opened (e.g. the universities of Cologne, Erfurt or Würzburg). These are not included in this list.

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 Halle-Wittenberg	1502	18,500	Halle
University of Marburg	1527	24,000	Marburg

Universities alphabetically

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
• University of Düsseldorf

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)
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)
• 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

I-N

Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich

• Technical University of Ilmenau
• 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
• Leuphana
• University of Magdeburg
• University of Mainz
• University of Mannheim
• University of Marburg
• Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
• Bundeswehr University Munich
• University of Münster
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg

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 Trier
• University of Tübingen
• University of Ulm
• University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Halle)
• University of Vechta
• University of Wuppertal
• University of Würzburg

Universities by geographic region

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 Hildesheim
• University of Kiel
• University of Lübeck
• University of Lüneburg
• University of Oldenburg
• University of Osnabrück
• University of Rostock
• University of Vechta

West

University of Karlsruhe

University of Mannheim.

• 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 Kassel
• University of Koblenz
• University of Mainz
• University of Marburg
• University of Münster
• University of Paderborn
• Saarland University
• University of Trier
• University of Siegen
• University of Wuppertal

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)

South

• University of Augsburg
• University of Bamberg
• University of Bayreuth
• Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
• University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
• University of Freiburg
• Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)
• University of Heidelberg
• University of Hohenheim
• University of Karlsruhe
• University of Konstanz
• University of Mannheim
• 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

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
• University of Hanover
• Ilmenau University of Technology
• Kaiserslautern University of Technology
• Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
• Technical University of Munich

International rankings

According to the THE–QS World University Rankings:

NR = no ranking or ranking outside top 200.

Institution	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
University of Göttingen (Georg-August-Universität Göttingen)	85	114	156	168	166	186	43
University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg)	47	45	58	60	57	57	51
Technical University of Munich (Technische Universität München)	95	105	82	67	78	55	58
University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)	99	55	98	65	93	98	66
Free University of Berlin (Freie Universität Berlin)	NR	172	149	146	137	94	70
University of Freiburg (Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg)	NR	NR	NR	144	147	122	97
Humboldt University of Berlin (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)	125	112	105	126	139	146	123
Goethe University Frankfurt (Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)	NR	NR	NR	NR	169	NR	195

See also

• Education in Germany
• List of oldest universities in continuous operation
• German Academic Exchange Service
• Charles University in Prague (Karls-Universität: first German university, oldest in Europe)

External links

• Higher Education Compass: complete list of German universities