Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf: Statistics

Updated: May 30, 2026 EliteDegrees

Position	Category
# 376 of 13,329	In the World
# 157 of 2,852	In Europe
# 32 of 373	In Germany
# 7 of 64	In North Rhine-Westphalia
# 1 of 6	In Dusseldorf
# 15 of 13,346	For Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB-GYN)
Top 1-3	For 11 other topics

Subject rankings

Quick Review

Acceptance rate

51%

Enrollment

37,473

Male:Female Ratio

42:58

Languages

German;English

Type

Non-profit

Funding

Public-private partnership

Highest Degree

Doctorate

Website

uni-duesseldorf.de

Acceptance rate & Admissions

Acceptance Rate	51%
Admissions Requirements	School leaving certificate (Hochschulzugangsberechtigung) or equivalent
Academic Calendar	October to September (Oct - Mar; Apr - Sept).
Enrollment	37,473

We've calculated the 51% acceptance rate for Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf based on the ratio of admissions to applications and other circumstantial enrollment data. Treat this information as a rough guide and not as a definitive measure of your chances of admission. Different programs may have significantly varying admissions rates.

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf faculties and divisions

Explore the various academic institutes, schools, and campuses that make up Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf.

Faculty : Arts and Humanities

Arts and Humanities Cultural Studies History Linguistics Literature Philosophy Social Sciences

Faculty : Business Administration and Economics

Business Administration Economics

Faculty : Law

Law

Faculty : Mathematics and Natural Sciences

Mathematics Natural Sciences

Faculty : Medicine

Medicine

Programs and Degrees

The table below displays academic fields with programs and courses that lead to Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctorate degrees offered by Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf.

Programs	Bachelor	Master	Doctoral
Art & Design	No	No	No
Biology	Yes	Yes	Yes
Business	Yes	Yes	Yes
Chemistry	Yes	Yes	Yes
Computer Science	Yes	Yes	Yes
Economics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Engineering	No	No	No
Environmental Science	Yes	Yes	Yes
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mathematics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Medicine	Yes	Yes	Yes
Physics	Yes	Yes	Yes
Psychology	Yes	Yes	Yes

Bachelor's Degree

American Studies Ancient Civilizations Applied Mathematics Applied Physics Art History Biochemistry Biology Business Administration Chemistry Communication Studies Computer Science Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Economics English Studies Finance German Hebrew History Industrial Chemistry Insurance Jewish Studies Linguistics Mathematics Media Studies Musicology Natural Sciences Philosophy Physics Political Sciences Psychology Romance Languages Social Sciences

Master

American Studies Applied Physics Art History Biochemistry Biology Business Administration Chemistry Communication Studies Comparative Literature Computer Science Cultural Studies East Asian Studies Economics English English Studies European Studies Germanic Studies History Information Sciences Italian Jewish Studies Linguistics Literature Mathematics Media Studies Philosophy Physics Political Sciences Psychology Sociology Toxicology Translation and Interpretation

PhD

Arts and Humanities Business Administration Economics Law Mathematics Medicine Natural Sciences

Habilitation

Arts and Humanities Business Administration Law Mathematics Medicine

Research profile

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf is a world-class research university with 105,645 scientific papers published and 3,380,174 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Biology, Medicine, Chemistry, Genetics, Biochemistry, Computer Science, Pathology, Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Engineering, and Psychology.

Publications

105,645

Citations

3,380,174

Publication / Citation count by topic

Biology	67,091 / 2,834,575
Medicine	65,665 / 2,354,175
Chemistry	48,274 / 2,014,386
Genetics	41,403 / 1,793,200
Biochemistry	37,690 / 1,698,151
Computer Science	29,956 / 1,365,149
Pathology	28,604 / 1,223,434
Liberal Arts & Social Sciences	28,465 / 795,754
Engineering	27,907 / 979,923
Psychology	26,832 / 1,081,913
Physics	26,517 / 967,327
Environmental Science	21,722 / 775,956
Organic chemistry	20,964 / 856,163
Surgery	19,143 / 676,963
Psychiatry	18,464 / 772,229
Immunology	17,331 / 718,009
Philosophy	15,425 / 340,683
Quantum and Particle physics	15,203 / 570,315
Neuroscience	14,019 / 658,503
Radiology	12,352 / 465,557
Materials Science	12,195 / 400,245
Mathematics	11,786 / 530,459
Political Science	11,078 / 256,708
Geology	11,009 / 442,422
Oncology	10,552 / 466,172
Statistics	10,365 / 496,879
Geography and Cartography	8,463 / 218,508
Paleontology	8,463 / 373,779
Obstetrics and Gynecology	8,319 / 59,673
Sociology	8,219 / 333,908
Law	7,825 / 242,256
Ecology	7,789 / 368,206
Optics	7,768 / 262,024
Anatomy and Physiology	7,397 / 287,959
Cardiology	6,887 / 195,715
Linguistics	6,786 / 205,271
Bioinformatics / Computational biology	6,610 / 380,475
Botany	6,571 / 347,644
History	6,204 / 155,424
Artificial Intelligence (AI)	6,147 / 206,023

Annual publication & citation counts

Academic rankings

27 Notable alumni

1. Sabine Kastner

1991-1993 (aged 2)

neuroscientist

Sabine Kastner is a German-born American cognitive neuroscientist. She is professor of psychology at the Princeton Neuroscience Institute at Princeton University. She also holds a visiting scientist appointment at the University of California at Berkeley.

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2. Paul Enck

1949-. (aged 77)

psychologist

Paul Enck is Professor of Medical Psychology and was Head of Research at the Department of Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University Hospital Tübingen, Germany until 2014; since then, he holds a part-time research and consultant position at the department. His research interests were and still are psychophysiology and neurogastroenterology (i.e. stress research, pain research, biofeedback applications, cortical imaging, eating disorders,...

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3. Doris Abele

researcher marine biologist

Doris Abele was an Antarctic marine biologist based at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) in Germany. She led the research group working on stress physiology and aging in marine invertebrates and also the Ecology Polar regions And Coasts in the changing Earth System (PACES) programme.

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4. Rüdiger Emshoff

1960-. (aged 66)

dentist

Rüdiger Emshoff is a German oral and maxillofacial surgeon and associate professor at the Medical University of Innsbruck, where he is head of the Orofacial Pain and Temporomandibular Disorder Unit. Emshoff is known for his work in the field of chronic orofacial pain management with a focus on the development of non-invasive and minimally-invasive methods in the diagnosis and treatment...

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All 27 notable alumni