Best Accounting Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Accounting

#35 in Europe #153 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

2

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Accounting

#40 in Europe #164 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

3

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Accounting

#55 in Europe #213 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

4

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Accounting

#75 in Europe #253 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

5

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Accounting

#91 in Europe #288 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

6

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Accounting

#92 in Europe #293 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

7

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Accounting

#99 in Europe #313 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

8

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Accounting

#121 in Europe #377 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

9

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Accounting

#142 in Europe #429 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

10

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Accounting

#152 in Europe #452 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

11

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Accounting

#155 in Europe #457 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

12

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Accounting

#158 in Europe #464 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

13

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Accounting

#159 in Europe #466 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

14

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Accounting

#160 in Europe #467 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

15

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Accounting

#167 in Europe #482 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

16

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Accounting

#176 in Europe #499 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

17

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Accounting

#178 in Europe #501 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

18

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Accounting

#201 in Europe #562 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

19

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Accounting

#206 in Europe #570 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

20

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Accounting

#210 in Europe #575 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

21

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Accounting

#214 in Europe #583 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

22

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Accounting

#227 in Europe #632 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

23

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Accounting

#234 in Europe #647 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

24

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Accounting

#245 in Europe #666 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

25

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Accounting

#251 in Europe #688 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

26

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Accounting

#290 in Europe #785 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

27

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Accounting

#291 in Europe #786 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

28

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Accounting

#294 in Europe #790 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

29

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

For Accounting

#314 in Europe #847 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

30

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Accounting

#334 in Europe #903 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

31

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Accounting

#370 in Europe #989 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

32

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Accounting

#394 in Europe #1051 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

33

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin School of Economics and Law

For Accounting

#413 in Europe #1118 in the World

43% Acceptance

12,246 Enrollment

1971 Founded

34

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Accounting

#450 in Europe #1244 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

35

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Accounting

#466 in Europe #1287 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

36

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Accounting

#384 in Europe #1029 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

37

Brandenburg | Berlin

ESMT Berlin

For Accounting

#567 in Europe #1672 in the World

22% Acceptance

233 Enrollment

2002 Founded

38

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Accounting

#186 in Europe #529 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

39

Hesse | Wiesbaden

EBS University for business and law

For Accounting

#559 in Europe #1633 in the World

51% Acceptance

2,227 Enrollment

1971 Founded

40

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

Zeppelin University

For Accounting

#730 in Europe #2392 in the World

30% Acceptance

805 Enrollment

2003 Founded

41

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Accounting

#416 in Europe #1124 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

42

Brandenburg | Berlin

Hertie School of Governance

For Accounting

#581 in Europe #1714 in the World

27% Acceptance

586 Enrollment

2003 Founded

43

Thuringia | Erfurt

University of Erfurt

For Accounting

#758 in Europe #2519 in the World

50% Acceptance

6,052 Enrollment

1994 Founded

44

Hesse | Frankfurt

University of Banking of Frankfurt

For Accounting

#229 in Europe #640 in the World

20% Acceptance

1,278 Enrollment

1957 Founded

45

Baden-Wurttemberg | Pforzheim

Pforzheim University

For Accounting

#649 in Europe #2053 in the World

35% Acceptance

5,753 Enrollment

1877 Founded

46

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Accounting

#149 in Europe #442 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

47

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

European University Viadrina

For Accounting

#409 in Europe #1110 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,210 Enrollment

1991 Founded

48

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

For Accounting

#679 in Europe #2196 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

49

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Clausthal University of Technology

For Accounting

#612 in Europe #1875 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,446 Enrollment

1775 Founded

50

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

Reutlingen University

For Accounting

#752 in Europe #2474 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,700 Enrollment

1855 Founded

51

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Accounting

#164 in Europe #478 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

52

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

For Accounting

#800 in Europe #2769 in the World

51% Acceptance

14,167 Enrollment

1994 Founded

53

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Accounting

#157 in Europe #463 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

54

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Accounting

#282 in Europe #760 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

55

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Accounting

#183 in Europe #516 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

56

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Accounting

#671 in Europe #2171 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

57

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Accounting

#454 in Europe #1253 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

58

Bavaria | Munich

Munich Business School

For Accounting

#729 in Europe #2384 in the World

51% Acceptance

637 Enrollment

1991 Founded

59

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Accounting

#683 in Europe #2213 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

60

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Accounting

#320 in Europe #882 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

61

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Accounting

#415 in Europe #1123 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

62

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Accounting

#528 in Europe #1523 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

63

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Accounting

#362 in Europe #969 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

64

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Accounting

#743 in Europe #2441 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

65

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Accounting

#790 in Europe #2733 in the World

43% Acceptance

47,098 Enrollment

1993 Founded

66

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

For Accounting

#430 in Europe #1174 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

67

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Accounting

#323 in Europe #886 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

68

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Kuhne Logistics University

For Accounting

#643 in Europe #2005 in the World

19% Acceptance

450 Enrollment

2010 Founded

69

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Accounting

#495 in Europe #1409 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

70

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Accounting

#568 in Europe #1673 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

71

Saxony | Leipzig

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

For Accounting

#481 in Europe #1353 in the World

32% Acceptance

737 Enrollment

1898 Founded

72

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg School of Business Administration

For Accounting

#444 in Europe #1230 in the World

35% Acceptance

731 Enrollment

2004 Founded

73

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

For Accounting

#584 in Europe #1740 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

74

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Accounting

#418 in Europe #1131 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

75

Saxony | Chemnitz

Chemnitz University of Technology

For Accounting

#459 in Europe #1265 in the World

46% Acceptance

9,873 Enrollment

1836 Founded

76

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

For Accounting

#807 in Europe #2812 in the World

49% Acceptance

17,125 Enrollment

1970 Founded

77

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Accounting

#513 in Europe #1463 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

78

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Accounting

#277 in Europe #745 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

79

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Accounting

#293 in Europe #789 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

80

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Accounting

#590 in Europe #1779 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

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