List of universities in Germany

There are about 400 universities in Germany out of which most of them are public sector
universities. The list also includes German Technische Universitäten (universities of technology),
which have official and full university status, but usually focus on engineering and the natural
sciences rather than covering the whole spectrum of academic disciplines. Some seventeen
German universities rank among top 250 universities in world. Highest ranked universities in
Germany include some research oriented universities for MS, MBA and Medical and Engineering.
The list does not, however, cover the German Fachhochschulen (University of Applied Sciences)
or institutions that cover only certain disciplines such as business studies, fine arts, or engineering.
Those do not have all of the responsibilities and limitations of universities, and they cannot award
doctorate degrees on their own.
In general, public German universities don't charge tuition fees. This usually also applies to foreign
students.
Contents
1 Universities alphabetically
1.1 A–D
1.2 E–H
1.3 I–N
1.4 O–Z
2 Universities by geographic region
2.1 North
2.2 West
2.3 East
2.4 South

This is a list of the ten oldest universities that have been in continuous operation since their
founding in present-day Germany. 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,
Ingolstadt, Mainz and Würzburg). These are not included in this list.
University Year of establishment Students Location
Heidelberg University 1386 31,500 Heidelberg
Leipzig University 1409 29,500 Leipzig
University of Rostock 1419 14,000 Rostock
University of Greifswald 1456 12,000 Greifswald
University of Freiburg 1457 24,700 Freiburg
University of Munich 1472 44,000 Munich
University of Tübingen 1477 28,700 Tübingen
University of Halle-Wittenberg1502 18,500 Halle
University of Marburg 1527 24,000 Marburg
University of Jena 1558 19,000 Jena
Universities alphabetically
A–D
1. RWTH Aachen University
2. University of Augsburg
3. University of Bamberg
4. University of Bayreuth
5. Berlin University of the Arts
6. Free University of Berlin
7. Humboldt University of Berlin
8. Technical University of Berlin
9. University of Bielefeld
10. Ruhr University Bochum
11. University of Bonn
12. Brandenburg University of Technology
13. Braunschweig University of Technology
14. University of Bremen
15. Jacobs University Bremen
16. Chemnitz University of Technology
17. Clausthal University of Technology
18. University of Cologne
19. Darmstadt University of Technology
20. Technical University of Dortmund
21. Dresden University of Technology
22. University of Duisburg-Essen
23. University of Düsseldorf
E–H
24. Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt
25. ESCP Europe Wirtschaftshochschule Berlin
26. University of Erfurt
27. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
28. University of Duisburg-Essen (Campus Essen)
29. University of Flensburg
30. Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main
31. Viadrina University (Frankfurt an der Oder)
32. Freiberg University of Mining and Technology
33. Zeppelin University (Friedrichshafen)
34. University of Freiburg
35. University of Giessen
36. University of Göttingen
37. University of Greifswald
38. University of Hagen (distance learning; open university)
39. University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Wittenberg)
40. University of Hamburg
41. HafenCity University Hamburg
42. Hamburg University of Technology
43. Helmut Schmidt University (University of the Bundeswehr, Hamburg)
44. Hertie School of Governance (private institution with university status, awards PhD)
45. University of Hannover
46. University of Heidelberg
47. University of Hildesheim
48. University of Hohenheim
49. University of Heilbronn
50. Goethe University Frankfurt
I–N
51. Technical University of Ilmenau
52. University of Jena
53. Kaiserslautern University of Technology
54. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
55. University of Kassel
56. University of Kiel
57. University of Koblenz-Landau
58. University of Konstanz
59. University of Leipzig
60. University of Lübeck
61. Leuphana University of Lüneburg
62. University of Magdeburg
63. University of Mainz
64. University of Mannheim
65. University of Marburg
66. Technical University of Munich
67. Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich
68. Bundeswehr University Munich
69. Ukrainian Free University Munich (private university; awards PhD)
70. University of Münster
71. University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
72. University of Karlsruhe
73. Leipzig University
74. LMU Munich
O–Z
75. University of Oldenburg
76. University of Osnabrück
77. University of Paderborn
78. University of Passau
79. University of Potsdam
80. University of Regensburg
81. University of Rostock
82. Saarland University
83. University of Siegen
84. German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer
85. University of Stuttgart
86. University of Trier
87. University of Tübingen
88. University of Ulm
89. University of Halle-Wittenberg (also in Halle)
90. University of Vechta
91. University of Weimar
92. Witten/Herdecke University
93. University of Wuppertal
94. University of Würzburg
95. University of Rostock
96. University of Tübingen
97. Bauhaus University, Weimar
98. Campus of the Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg in Halle