Best Business Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Business

#28 in Europe #119 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

2

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Business

#29 in Europe #120 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

3

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Business

#60 in Europe #193 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

4

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Business

#71 in Europe #228 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

5

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Business

#74 in Europe #235 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

6

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Business

#82 in Europe #256 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

7

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Business

#83 in Europe #257 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

8

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Business

#84 in Europe #258 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

9

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Business

#90 in Europe #278 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

10

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Business

#112 in Europe #320 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

11

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Business

#115 in Europe #333 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

12

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Business

#116 in Europe #335 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

13

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Business

#117 in Europe #336 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

14

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Business

#120 in Europe #343 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

15

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Business

#133 in Europe #371 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

16

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Business

#136 in Europe #377 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

17

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Business

#139 in Europe #384 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

18

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Business

#141 in Europe #388 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

19

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Business

#148 in Europe #399 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

20

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Business

#152 in Europe #408 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

21

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Business

#153 in Europe #409 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

22

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Business

#157 in Europe #420 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

23

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Business

#158 in Europe #423 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

24

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Business

#159 in Europe #426 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

25

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Business

#174 in Europe #461 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

26

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Business

#190 in Europe #509 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

27

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Business

#192 in Europe #512 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

28

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Business

#201 in Europe #545 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

29

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Business

#211 in Europe #573 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

30

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Business

#212 in Europe #574 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

31

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Business

#216 in Europe #583 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

32

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Business

#224 in Europe #601 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

33

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Business

#229 in Europe #608 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

34

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Business

#234 in Europe #618 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

35

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Business

#236 in Europe #622 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

36

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Business

#244 in Europe #644 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

37

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Business

#250 in Europe #654 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

38

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Business

#271 in Europe #698 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

39

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Business

#280 in Europe #717 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

40

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Business

#296 in Europe #750 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

41

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Business

#298 in Europe #754 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

42

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Business

#313 in Europe #787 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

43

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Business

#315 in Europe #793 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

44

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Business

#325 in Europe #817 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

45

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

For Business

#333 in Europe #847 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

46

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Business

#341 in Europe #876 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

47

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Business

#348 in Europe #885 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

48

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Business

#354 in Europe #896 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

49

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Business

#381 in Europe #972 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

50

Saxony | Chemnitz

Chemnitz University of Technology

For Business

#396 in Europe #1005 in the World

46% Acceptance

9,873 Enrollment

1836 Founded

51

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Business

#426 in Europe #1095 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

52

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Business

#439 in Europe #1128 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

53

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Business

#451 in Europe #1156 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

54

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

For Business

#467 in Europe #1235 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

55

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin School of Economics and Law

For Business

#476 in Europe #1262 in the World

43% Acceptance

12,246 Enrollment

1971 Founded

56

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

For Business

#477 in Europe #1263 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

57

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Business

#478 in Europe #1264 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

58

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

For Business

#479 in Europe #1272 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

59

Hesse | Frankfurt

University of Banking of Frankfurt

For Business

#494 in Europe #1339 in the World

20% Acceptance

1,278 Enrollment

1957 Founded

60

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Business

#498 in Europe #1350 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

61

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Business

#519 in Europe #1426 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

62

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

European University Viadrina

For Business

#545 in Europe #1546 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,210 Enrollment

1991 Founded

63

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Business

#576 in Europe #1659 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

64

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Business

#584 in Europe #1682 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

65

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Clausthal University of Technology

For Business

#601 in Europe #1746 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,446 Enrollment

1775 Founded

66

Brandenburg | Berlin

Hertie School of Governance

For Business

#617 in Europe #1806 in the World

27% Acceptance

586 Enrollment

2003 Founded

67

Thuringia | Weimar

Bauhaus – University Weimar

For Business

#618 in Europe #1808 in the World

37% Acceptance

3,988 Enrollment

1860 Founded

68

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

German Sport University Cologne

For Business

#619 in Europe #1811 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1947 Founded

69

Hesse | Wiesbaden

EBS University for business and law

For Business

#635 in Europe #1880 in the World

51% Acceptance

2,227 Enrollment

1971 Founded

70

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Business

#639 in Europe #1904 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

71

Brandenburg | Berlin

ESMT Berlin

For Business

#660 in Europe #2049 in the World

22% Acceptance

233 Enrollment

2002 Founded

72

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

University of Hildesheim

For Business

#671 in Europe #2127 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,307 Enrollment

1978 Founded

73

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

Zeppelin University

For Business

#674 in Europe #2134 in the World

30% Acceptance

805 Enrollment

2003 Founded

74

Thuringia | Erfurt

University of Erfurt

For Business

#675 in Europe #2138 in the World

50% Acceptance

6,052 Enrollment

1994 Founded

75

Saxony | Leipzig

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

For Business

#732 in Europe #2413 in the World

32% Acceptance

737 Enrollment

1898 Founded

76

Rhineland-Palatinate | Speyer

German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer

For Business

#733 in Europe #2432 in the World

32% Acceptance

295 Enrollment

1947 Founded

77

Bavaria | Munich

Munich University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#741 in Europe #2463 in the World

43% Acceptance

18,183 Enrollment

1971 Founded

78

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#755 in Europe #2534 in the World

49% Acceptance

17,125 Enrollment

1970 Founded

79

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg School of Business Administration

For Business

#767 in Europe #2579 in the World

35% Acceptance

731 Enrollment

2004 Founded

80

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Business

#780 in Europe #2615 in the World

43% Acceptance

47,098 Enrollment

1993 Founded

81

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

Reutlingen University

For Business

#782 in Europe #2625 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,700 Enrollment

1855 Founded

82

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#794 in Europe #2681 in the World

51% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

83

Baden-Wurttemberg | Pforzheim

Pforzheim University

For Business

#796 in Europe #2690 in the World

35% Acceptance

5,753 Enrollment

1877 Founded

84

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#841 in Europe #2947 in the World

51% Acceptance

14,167 Enrollment

1994 Founded

85

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Kuhne Logistics University

For Business

#850 in Europe #2998 in the World

19% Acceptance

450 Enrollment

2010 Founded

86

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Mainz University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#855 in Europe #3042 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,786 Enrollment

1996 Founded

87

Hesse | Frankfurt

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#864 in Europe #3069 in the World

29% Acceptance

15,362 Enrollment

1971 Founded

88

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#880 in Europe #3147 in the World

14% Acceptance

8,371 Enrollment

1878 Founded

89

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heilbronn

Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#883 in Europe #3156 in the World

41% Acceptance

7,917 Enrollment

1961 Founded

90

Bavaria | Munich

Munich Business School

For Business

#898 in Europe #3245 in the World

51% Acceptance

637 Enrollment

1991 Founded

91

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#904 in Europe #3266 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,833 Enrollment

1971 Founded

92

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Applied Science Koblenz

For Business

#965 in Europe #3563 in the World

60% Acceptance

9,145 Enrollment

1996 Founded

93

North Rhine-Westphalia | Sankt Augustin

Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#980 in Europe #3644 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,000 Enrollment

1995 Founded

94

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#981 in Europe #3649 in the World

40% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

95

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#989 in Europe #3669 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,633 Enrollment

1971 Founded

96

Baden-Wurttemberg | Furtwangen

Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#998 in Europe #3735 in the World

44% Acceptance

4,461 Enrollment

1971 Founded

97

Hesse | Wiesbaden

RheinMain University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#1010 in Europe #3780 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,322 Enrollment

1971 Founded

98

North Rhine-Westphalia | Lemgo

Ostwestfalen-Lippe University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#1015 in Europe #3798 in the World

40% Acceptance

5,938 Enrollment

1971 Founded

99

Baden-Wurttemberg | Offenburg

Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

For Business

#1027 in Europe #3851 in the World

37% Acceptance

4,161 Enrollment

1967 Founded

100

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Business

#1037 in Europe #3900 in the World

32% Acceptance

11,170 Enrollment

1971 Founded

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