Best Computer Science Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

#17 in Europe #85 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

2

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

#6 in Europe #49 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

3

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

#12 in Europe #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

4

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

#59 in Europe #171 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

5

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

#28 in Europe #110 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

6

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

#54 in Europe #161 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

7

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

#68 in Europe #197 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

8

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

#64 in Europe #190 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

9

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

#35 in Europe #128 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

#42 in Europe #139 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

11

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

#188 in Europe #442 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

12

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

#46 in Europe #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

13

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

#81 in Europe #224 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

14

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

#67 in Europe #196 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

15

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

#123 in Europe #312 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

16

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

#102 in Europe #267 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

17

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

#91 in Europe #242 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

18

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

#111 in Europe #286 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

19

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

#36 in Europe #131 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

20

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

#50 in Europe #157 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

21

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

#157 in Europe #376 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

22

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

#193 in Europe #463 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

23

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

#57 in Europe #168 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

24

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

#89 in Europe #239 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

25

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

#76 in Europe #215 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

26

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

#70 in Europe #200 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

27

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

#140 in Europe #350 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

28

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

#73 in Europe #208 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

29

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

#105 in Europe #272 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

30

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

University of Ulm

#181 in Europe #421 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

31

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

#127 in Europe #326 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

32

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

#156 in Europe #372 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

33

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

#170 in Europe #400 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

34

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

#164 in Europe #390 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

35

Hesse | Marburg

University of Marburg

#116 in Europe #294 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

36

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

#276 in Europe #666 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

37

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

#196 in Europe #478 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

38

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

#203 in Europe #502 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

39

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

#150 in Europe #365 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

40

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

University of Lubeck

#292 in Europe #698 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,968 Enrollment

1964 Founded

41

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

#190 in Europe #452 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

42

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Hannover Medical School

#247 in Europe #612 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

43

Bavaria | Regensburg

University of Regensburg

#171 in Europe #404 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,702 Enrollment

1962 Founded

44

Hesse | Giessen

University of Giessen

#129 in Europe #331 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

45

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

#254 in Europe #625 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

46

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

#258 in Europe #636 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

47

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

#321 in Europe #778 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

48

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

University of Rostock

#191 in Europe #453 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,996 Enrollment

1419 Founded

49

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

#315 in Europe #766 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

50

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

#160 in Europe #383 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

51

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

#220 in Europe #540 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

52

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

#415 in Europe #1057 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

53

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

#298 in Europe #723 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

54

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

#588 in Europe #1585 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

55

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

#299 in Europe #724 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

56

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

#304 in Europe #739 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

57

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

#322 in Europe #780 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

58

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

#334 in Europe #815 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

59

Saxony | Chemnitz

Chemnitz University of Technology

#308 in Europe #745 in the World

46% Acceptance

9,873 Enrollment

1836 Founded

60

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

#443 in Europe #1148 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

61

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

#447 in Europe #1154 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

62

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

#318 in Europe #773 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

63

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

#488 in Europe #1258 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

64

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

University of Greifswald

#275 in Europe #664 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,366 Enrollment

1456 Founded

65

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

#282 in Europe #678 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

66

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

#642 in Europe #1780 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

67

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

#482 in Europe #1240 in the World

53% Acceptance

16,136 Enrollment

1971 Founded

68

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

#431 in Europe #1120 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

69

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

Aachen University of Applied Sciences

#509 in Europe #1318 in the World

51% Acceptance

13,671 Enrollment

1971 Founded

70

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

#426 in Europe #1101 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

71

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Clausthal University of Technology

#475 in Europe #1224 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,446 Enrollment

1775 Founded

72

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

#469 in Europe #1216 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

73

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

#549 in Europe #1451 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

74

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

#457 in Europe #1182 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

75

Saxony | Freiberg

Freiberg University of Technology

#409 in Europe #1028 in the World

49% Acceptance

4,016 Enrollment

1765 Founded

76

Thuringia | Weimar

Bauhaus – University Weimar

#528 in Europe #1384 in the World

37% Acceptance

3,988 Enrollment

1860 Founded

77

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

University of Hildesheim

#618 in Europe #1694 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,307 Enrollment

1978 Founded

78

Lower Saxony | Hanover

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

#516 in Europe #1344 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,274 Enrollment

1778 Founded

79

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

#595 in Europe #1609 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

80

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

German Sport University Cologne

#539 in Europe #1426 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1947 Founded

81

Bavaria | Munich

Munich University of Applied Sciences

#430 in Europe #1115 in the World

43% Acceptance

18,183 Enrollment

1971 Founded

82

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

#727 in Europe #2109 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

83

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

#656 in Europe #1834 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

84

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

Folkwang University of the Arts

#542 in Europe #1432 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,506 Enrollment

1927 Founded

85

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

#598 in Europe #1622 in the World

49% Acceptance

17,125 Enrollment

1970 Founded

86

Thuringia | Erfurt

University of Erfurt

#602 in Europe #1640 in the World

50% Acceptance

6,052 Enrollment

1994 Founded

87

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

#637 in Europe #1759 in the World

51% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

88

Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen

TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

#1111 in Europe #4073 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,295 Enrollment

1897 Founded

89

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

#931 in Europe #3070 in the World

14% Acceptance

8,371 Enrollment

1878 Founded

90

Saxony-Anhalt | Merseburg

Merseburg University of Applied Sciences

#847 in Europe #2672 in the World

60% Acceptance

3,034 Enrollment

1992 Founded

91

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

European University Viadrina

#672 in Europe #1896 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,210 Enrollment

1991 Founded

92

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin School of Economics and Law

#722 in Europe #2099 in the World

43% Acceptance

12,246 Enrollment

1971 Founded

93

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Mainz University of Applied Sciences

#713 in Europe #2068 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,786 Enrollment

1996 Founded

94

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences

#767 in Europe #2325 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,833 Enrollment

1971 Founded

95

Hesse | Frankfurt

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

#759 in Europe #2279 in the World

29% Acceptance

15,362 Enrollment

1971 Founded

96

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Applied Science Koblenz

#834 in Europe #2622 in the World

60% Acceptance

9,145 Enrollment

1996 Founded

97

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

#620 in Europe #1697 in the World

51% Acceptance

14,167 Enrollment

1994 Founded

98

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

Reutlingen University

#804 in Europe #2461 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,700 Enrollment

1855 Founded

99

Hesse | Wiesbaden

EBS University for business and law

#839 in Europe #2643 in the World

51% Acceptance

2,227 Enrollment

1971 Founded

100

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

Zeppelin University

#955 in Europe #3196 in the World

30% Acceptance

805 Enrollment

2003 Founded

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