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World University Rankings 2026: Germany

73 universities ranked in Germany, out of 2,287 worldwide. No official admissions or graduate-earnings data is used for Germany yet, so the within-country part (35%) is estimated from each university’s standing among Germany’s universities on the global measures.

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National rankRank	University	World rank	Overall score	Research	Alumni outcomes	Admissions & earnings (in country)	World rank range
1	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München	49	70.2	95	97	est.	29–117
2	Heidelberg University	54	69.5	94	96	est.	31–132
3	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin	57	68.8	93	97	est.	32–139
4	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen	66	67.2	93	96	est.	36–167
5	University of Freiburg	=69	66.7	91	96	est.	37–171
6	University of Bonn	79	64.9	89	96	est.	44–187
7	Leipzig University	=115	58.3	82	95	est.	66–351
8	Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen	127	57.1	87	93	est.	79–371
9	Goethe University Frankfurt	=142	55.9	88	92	est.	84–396
10	Technical University of Munich	144	55.8	89	91	est.	77–422
11	Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg	=167	54.4	89	88	est.	100–430
12	Freie Universität Berlin	=191	53.3	93	77	est.	107–506
13	Universität Hamburg	=193	53.1	90	83	est.	113–486
14	Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz	=258	50.5	91	72	est.	132–610
15	University of Münster	=270	49.9	91	71	est.	144–617
16	University of Cologne	=275	49.8	88	78	est.	149–633
17	Philipps-Universität Marburg	=281	49.5	68	95	est.	103–726
18	Technische Universität Berlin	=305	48.7	78	89	est.	138–688
19	University of Konstanz	=309	48.6	81	85	est.	154–711
20	University of Potsdam	=416	45.8	86	63	est.	213–916
21	Kiel University	=453	44.8	72	89	est.	205–870
=22	Friedrich Schiller University Jena	=460	44.7	75	85	est.	218–874
=22	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg	=460	44.7	82	70	est.	243–938
24	RWTH Aachen University	=487	44.2	79	75	est.	233–994
25	Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf	=510	43.7	80	69	est.	275–973
26	Ruhr-Universität Bochum	=563	42.1	79	60	est.	308–1110
27	Justus Liebig University Giessen	=579	41.8	74	77	est.	309–1056
28	Ulm University	=595	41.4	78	60	est.	323–1139
29	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology	=603	41.3	75	71	est.	293–1151
30	Technische Universität Dresden	=606	41.2	78	61	est.	328–1193
31	Universität Regensburg	=617	41.0	77	59	est.	335–1165
32	University of Bayreuth	=628	40.8	76	64	est.	340–1203
33	University of Duisburg-Essen	=682	39.6	76	46	est.	375–1298
34	Saarland University	=722	38.6	70	72	est.	403–1348
35	Hannover Medical School	=734	38.3	72	66	est.	408–1369
36	Bielefeld University	=800	37.1	71	57	est.	466–1477
37	University of Luebeck	=813	36.8	72	22	est.	474–1541
38	University of Stuttgart	=839	36.3	60	81	est.	456–1535
39	Technische Universität Darmstadt	=845	36.2	64	76	est.	469–1550
40	University of Rostock	=878	35.6	55	85	est.	427–1586
41	Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg	=903	35.1	64	72	est.	538–1589
42	Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover	=910	35.0	63	73	est.	547–1634
43	University of Mannheim	=958	34.3	60	75	est.	560–1717
=44	University of Bremen	=978	33.9	66	57	est.	607–1701
=44	University of Greifswald	=978	33.9	65	59	est.	598–1680
46	University of Hohenheim	=1024	32.7	64	54	est.	654–1777
47	Technische Universität Braunschweig	=1104	31.6	58	67	est.	686–1877
48	Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg	=1176	30.5	58	50	est.	743–1931
=49	TU Dortmund University	=1238	29.7	57	22	est.	796–1972
=49	University of Augsburg	=1238	29.7	55	60	est.	802–1997
51	Rheinland-Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern-Landau	=1308	29.0	56	22	est.	850–2029
52	Leuphana University of Lüneburg	=1326	28.8	55	22	est.	816–2049
53	German Sport University Cologne	=1383	28.3	43	71	est.	810–2081
54	Osnabrück University	=1404	28.1	48	65	est.	861–2090
55	Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg	=1501	27.4	51	22	est.	942–2097
56	University of Siegen	=1562	27.0	41	65	est.	974–2137
57	University of Trier	=1604	26.7	39	65	est.	923–2133
=58	University of Kassel	=1615	26.6	45	52	est.	967–2143
=58	Witten/Herdecke University	=1615	26.6	48	22	est.	978–2155
60	University of Wuppertal	=1638	26.5	47	22	est.	1002–2143
61	Paderborn University	=1713	26.1	44	48	est.	1021–2172
62	University of Koblenz	=1733	26.0	45	22	est.	1057–2182
63	University of the Bundeswehr Munich	=1768	25.8	24	70	est.	957–2186
64	Hamburg University of Technology	=1809	25.6	34	63	est.	1060–2179
65	Chemnitz University of Technology	=1858	25.3	33	60	est.	1083–2192
=66	University of Bamberg	=1877	25.2	37	51	est.	1097–2198
=66	University of Hagen	=1877	25.2	24	67	est.	1082–2208
68	Technische Universität Ilmenau	=1985	24.7	28	59	est.	1132–2212
69	Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg	=2012	24.5	26	59	est.	1147–2220
70	Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg	=2106	24.0	30	22	est.	1180–2230
=71	Clausthal University of Technology	=2167	23.4	23	22	est.	1196–2251
=71	University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover	=2167	23.4	22	22	est.	1221–2247
73	Helmut-Schmidt-Universität/Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg	=2174	23.3	22	22	est.	1235–2248

73 universities

Business schools in Germany

Business Schools 2026

1. 60Mannheim Business SchoolUniversity of Mannheim
2. 82Frankfurt School of Finance & ManagementFrankfurt School of Finance & Management (independent)
3. =95WHU – Otto Beisheim School of ManagementWHU (independent)
4. 103ESMT BerlinESMT Berlin (independent)

4 schools; rank among 107 full-time MBA programmes worldwide.

Research Index for Germany · All of Europe · All countries

National rank follows the world ranking: universities are listed in world-rank order and keep a shared rank where their world rank is shared. Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among all 2,287 ranked universities; Admissions & earnings is the position within the university’s own country (est. where no official data exists). How the ranking works.