Top Universities in Germany

#	University	City	#Students	Type	Rank
1	LMU Munich/University of Munich	Munich	51000	Public	1
2	Technical University of Munich	Munich	46000	Public	2
3	Heidelberg University	Heidelberg	29000	Public	3
4	University of Tubingen	Tubingen	27200	Public	4
5	Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin	Berlin	8100	Public	5
6	Humboldt University of Berlin	Berlin	33000	Public	6
7	University of Freiburg	Freiburg im Breisgau	24400	Public	7
8	University of Bonn	Bonn	36400	Public	8
9	RWTH Aachen University	Aachen	46000	Public	10
10	University of Hamburg	Hamburg	43650	Public	11
11	Free University of Berlin	Berlin	31500	Public	12
12	Georg August University of Gottingen	Gottingen	31620	Public	13
13	TU Dortmund University	Dortmund	34235	Public	14
14	Technical University of Dresden	Dresden	33000	Public	15
15	University of Siegen	Siegen	18630	Public	16
16	University of Stuttgart	Stuttgart	27686	Public	17
17	University of Ulm	Ulm	9898	Public	18
18	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	Karlsruhe	25196	Public	19
19	University of Wurzburg	Wurzburg	28890	Public	20
20	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	Mainz	32000	Public	21
21	University of Cologne	Cologne	48970	Public	22
22	University of Hagen	Hagen	35000	Public	23
23	University of Duisburg-Essen	Duisburg	43045	Public	24
24	University Erlangen-Nurnberg	Erlangen	38780	Public	25
25	University of Munster	Munster	43790	Public	26
26	Goethe University	Frankfurt am Main	45550	Public	27
27	University of Kiel	Kiel	26735	Public	28
28	University of Bochum	Bochum	42425	Public	29
29	Giessen University	Gieben	28454	Public	30
30	Leipzig University	Leipzig	29460	Public	31
31	Hannover Medical School	Hannover	2998	Public	32
32	Friedrich Schiller University Jena	Jena	18230	Public	33
33	Bielefeld University	Bielefeld	24255	Public	34
34	University of Regensburg	Regensburg	21088	Public	35
35	University of Wuppertal	Wuppertal	20959	Public	36
36	Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf	Dusseldorf	32069	Public	37
37	University of Potsdam	Potsdam	21240	Public	38
38	Technical University of Berlin	Berlin	35570	Public	39
39	Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt	Eichstatt	5400	Catholic
40	Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen	Neubiberg	3500	Public
41	University of Marburg	Marburg	26726	Public
42	University of Mannheim	Mannheim	12014	Public
43	Leuphana University of Luneburg	Luneburg	9888	Public
44	Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg	Oldenburg	15220	Public
45	Osnabruck University	Osnabruck	14000	Public
46	University of Trier	Trier	13751	Public
47	Witten/Herdecke University (UW/H)	Witten	2532	Private
48	German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer	Speyer		Public
49	Saarland University	Saarbrucken	17317	Public
50	University of Rostock	Rostock	13766	Public
51	Frankfurt School of Finance & Management	Frankfurt	2308	Private
52	Bauhaus-Universitat Weimar	Weimar	4072	Public
53	Paderborn University	Paderborn	20308	Public
54	University of Passau	Passau	12631	Public
55	University of Lubeck	Lubeck	4945	Public
56	University of Konstanz	Konstanz	11268	Public
57	Zeppelin University	Friedrichshafen	1060	Private
58	TU Bergakademie Freiberg	Freiberg	4900	Public
59	Europe University of Flensburg	Flensburg	5335	Public
60	University of Erfurt	Erfurt	5715	Public
61	Technische Universitat Darmstadt	Darmstadt	25889	Public
62	Clausthal University of Technology	Clausthal-Zellerfeld	4095	Public
63	University of Bremen	Bremen	19177	Public
64	Technische Universitat Braunschweig	Braunschweig	19981	Public
65	Berlin University of the Arts	Berlin	3536	Public
66	University of Bayreuth	Bayreuth	13497	Public
67	University of Bamberg	Bamberg	12681	Public
68	University of Greifswald	Greifswald	10179	Public
69	Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg	Halle	19319	Public
70	University of Koblenz and Landau	Koblenz	16479	Public
71	European University Viadrina	Frankfurt	6647	Public
72	University of Kassel	Kassel	25103	Public
73	Technical University of Kaiserslautern	Kaiserslautern	14869	Public
74	Ilmenau University of Technology	Ilmenau	6248	Public
75	University of Hohenheim	Stuttgart	9759	Public
76	University of Hildesheim	Hildesheim	7500	Public
77	Leibniz University Hannover	Hanover	26035	Public
78	Helmut Schmidt University	Hamburg	2144	Public
79	Hamburg University of Technology	Hamburg	7832	Public
80	HafenCity University Hamburg	Hamburg	2310	Public
81	University of Augsburg	Augsburg	20440	Public

German Universities

There are many universities in Germany; some were established in the 13th century (Heidelberg University)!
Education is Free in Germany (unless you go to a private College/University). Most Universities accept international students, and some courses are taught in English too. Education is almost free even for International students (non-EU Students)
German Universities have low Tuition fees, like 500 euros/semester (fees may be higher in private Universities)
Most of the courses are taught in German, but there are an increasing number of English courses (at Master's level and above! Like Engineering, Sciences, MBA.).
There are about 70 Universities, and about 10% are in the top 200 (worldwide ranking).
A "Universitat" is a doctorate-granting institution.
A "Fachhochschule" means the University of Applied Science; these Universities specialize in arts, science, engineering, or business.

Top Universities in Germany

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