Study in Germany at Top Universities

Germany has world-class leading universities offering a wide range of internationally recognized courses and educational programs to foreign students. Students wishing to study in Germany should search for appropriate courses and information about the institution profile.

German institutions are ranked highly in the international league tables:

According to The Leiden Ranking 2008, 19 German institutions are placed among the European Top 100. Technical University Munich is ranked top in the country and 27th in Europe:
Rank, Name, (Europe Rank)
1 Technical University Munich (27th)
2 University of Karlsruhe (TH) (30th)
3 Joh Wolfg Goethe University Frankfurt (47th)
4 Bayreuth University (57th)
5 Heidelberg University (59th)
6 Freiburg Univ(64th)
7 Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munich (67th)
8 Johannes Gutenberg Univ Mainz (68th)
9 Hamburg Univ (73rd)
10 Friedrich Alexander Univ Erlangen (75th)
11 Heinrich Heine Univ Düsseldorf (78th)
12 Technical Univ Berlin (81st)
13 Medical Hochschule Hannover (84th)
14 Stuttgart Univ (90th)
15 Humboldt Univ Berlin (91st)
16 Aachen Univ (RWTH) (95th)
17 Konstanz Univ(97th)
18 DORTMUND Univ (99th)
19 Bjm University Würzburg (100th)

According to the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2008 published by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 40 German institutions are placed among the world's top 500, with 6 universities placed in the top 100 list:
1 Munich University (55th)
2 Technical University Munich (57th)
3 Heidelberg University (67th)
4 Göttingen University (90th)
5 Freiburg University (96th)
6 Bonn University (97th)

According to the Times Higher - QS World University Rankings 2009, 10 German universities are placed among the world's top 200:
National Rank, (World Rank), Institution
1 (55= ) Technical University Munich
2 (57) Heidelberg University
3 (94) Freie Universität Berlin
4 (98) Ludwig Maximilians Univ Munich
5 (122=) Freiburg Univ
6 (146=) Humboldt Univ Berlin
7 (149=) Eberhard Karls Univ Tübingen
8 (182) Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen
9 (184) Karlsruhe Univ
10 (186=) Göttingen Univ

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