University Rankings in Germany

In 2012 more than 2 million students were enrolled at these universities providing knowledge and skills for the talented of tomorrow. In order to maintain this level of quality German universities spend an effort in staying among the top ranked universities, as the following rankings show.

QS World University Rankings

This ranking shows that three universities are ranked among the World’s top 100 and another 28 among the World’s top 300.

World Rank by QS World University Rankings	Universities
50	Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg
53	Technische Universität München
65	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
102	Universität Freiburg
109	Freie Universität Berlin
…	…

Germany’s universities offer great courses in:

Linguistics
Physics
Medicine
Pharmacy & pharmacology
Chemistry

THE World University Rankings

THE World University Rankings released in 2013 a ranking with eleven German universities among the top 200. Besides another eight universities are among the World’s top 200.

World Rank by THE World University Rankings	Universities
48	Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
70	Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
78	Universität Heidelberg
99	Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
105	Technische Universität München
128	Freie Universität Berlin
144	Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
151	Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
154	RWTH Aachen University
171	Universität Bonn
199	Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

The ShanghaiRanking / Academic Ranking of World Universities

In 2013 the ShanghaiRanking ranked four German universities among the World’s 100 best universities and another 34 universities among the World’s top 500.

World Rank by ShanghaiRanking	Universities
50	Technical University of Munich
54	University of Heidelberg
61	University of Munich
100	University of Freiburg
101-150	University of Bonn
101-150	University of Frankfurt
101-150	University of Göttingen
101-150	University of Münster
101-150	University of Hamburg
101-150	University of Kiel

Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU)

International Medical University (IMU)

Asia School of Business (ASB)

The Education University of Hong Kong

SEGi University Kota Damansara

Management and Science University (MSU)

Asia Pacific University of Technology and Innovation (APU)

International Medical University (IMU)

Asia School of Business (ASB)

The Education University of Hong Kong

SEGi University Kota Damansara

Management and Science University (MSU)

Nilai University

Sunway University

University Rankings in Germany

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