Best Economics Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Economics

#53 in Europe #177 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

2

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Economics

#61 in Europe #187 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

3

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Economics

#67 in Europe #198 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

4

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Economics

#68 in Europe #202 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

5

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Economics

#69 in Europe #203 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

6

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Economics

#76 in Europe #215 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

7

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Economics

#92 in Europe #259 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

8

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Economics

#93 in Europe #261 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

9

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Economics

#101 in Europe #285 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

10

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Economics

#104 in Europe #293 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

11

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Economics

#105 in Europe #303 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

12

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Economics

#114 in Europe #323 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

13

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Economics

#122 in Europe #340 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

14

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Economics

#124 in Europe #348 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

15

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Economics

#130 in Europe #363 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

16

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Economics

#131 in Europe #366 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

17

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Economics

#148 in Europe #400 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

18

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Economics

#150 in Europe #409 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

19

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Economics

#174 in Europe #458 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

20

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Economics

#185 in Europe #481 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

21

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Economics

#186 in Europe #483 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

22

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Economics

#188 in Europe #491 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

23

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Economics

#189 in Europe #493 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

24

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Economics

#191 in Europe #498 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

25

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Economics

#194 in Europe #506 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

26

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Economics

#198 in Europe #524 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

27

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Economics

#200 in Europe #527 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

28

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Economics

#204 in Europe #539 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

29

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Economics

#205 in Europe #546 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

30

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Economics

#206 in Europe #547 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

31

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Economics

#217 in Europe #578 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

32

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Economics

#229 in Europe #601 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

33

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Economics

#258 in Europe #672 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

34

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Economics

#279 in Europe #724 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

35

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Economics

#291 in Europe #759 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

36

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Economics

#295 in Europe #769 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

37

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Economics

#297 in Europe #772 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

38

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Economics

#319 in Europe #826 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

39

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Economics

#339 in Europe #872 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

40

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Economics

#364 in Europe #952 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

41

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Economics

#375 in Europe #978 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

42

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Economics

#381 in Europe #994 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

43

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Economics

#390 in Europe #1016 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

44

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Economics

#402 in Europe #1050 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

45

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Economics

#407 in Europe #1064 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

46

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Economics

#413 in Europe #1077 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

47

Hesse | Frankfurt

University of Banking of Frankfurt

For Economics

#424 in Europe #1102 in the World

20% Acceptance

1,278 Enrollment

1957 Founded

48

Brandenburg | Berlin

Hertie School of Governance

For Economics

#485 in Europe #1334 in the World

27% Acceptance

586 Enrollment

2003 Founded

49

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Economics

#492 in Europe #1348 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

50

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

For Economics

#499 in Europe #1374 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

51

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Economics

#500 in Europe #1376 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

52

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

European University Viadrina

For Economics

#505 in Europe #1391 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,210 Enrollment

1991 Founded

53

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

For Economics

#517 in Europe #1444 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

54

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Economics

#528 in Europe #1502 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

55

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin School of Economics and Law

For Economics

#542 in Europe #1556 in the World

43% Acceptance

12,246 Enrollment

1971 Founded

56

Thuringia | Erfurt

University of Erfurt

For Economics

#548 in Europe #1575 in the World

50% Acceptance

6,052 Enrollment

1994 Founded

57

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Economics

#607 in Europe #1824 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

58

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Economics

#641 in Europe #2003 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

59

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Economics

#647 in Europe #2044 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

60

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Economics

#648 in Europe #2052 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

61

Hesse | Wiesbaden

EBS University for business and law

For Economics

#660 in Europe #2111 in the World

51% Acceptance

2,227 Enrollment

1971 Founded

62

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#677 in Europe #2233 in the World

51% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

63

Saxony | Leipzig

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

For Economics

#702 in Europe #2319 in the World

32% Acceptance

737 Enrollment

1898 Founded

64

Brandenburg | Berlin

ESMT Berlin

For Economics

#704 in Europe #2324 in the World

22% Acceptance

233 Enrollment

2002 Founded

65

Baden-Wurttemberg | Friedrichshafen

Zeppelin University

For Economics

#705 in Europe #2328 in the World

30% Acceptance

805 Enrollment

2003 Founded

66

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg School of Business Administration

For Economics

#725 in Europe #2424 in the World

35% Acceptance

731 Enrollment

2004 Founded

67

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#740 in Europe #2478 in the World

49% Acceptance

17,125 Enrollment

1970 Founded

68

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

University of Hildesheim

For Economics

#744 in Europe #2509 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,307 Enrollment

1978 Founded

69

Rhineland-Palatinate | Speyer

German University of Administrative Sciences Speyer

For Economics

#807 in Europe #2898 in the World

32% Acceptance

295 Enrollment

1947 Founded

70

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Management

For Economics

#822 in Europe #2989 in the World

43% Acceptance

47,098 Enrollment

1993 Founded

71

Schleswig-Holstein | Flensburg

University of Flensburg

For Economics

#839 in Europe #3084 in the World

48% Acceptance

5,333 Enrollment

1946 Founded

72

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#851 in Europe #3148 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,833 Enrollment

1971 Founded

73

Baden-Wurttemberg | Pforzheim

Pforzheim University

For Economics

#852 in Europe #3150 in the World

35% Acceptance

5,753 Enrollment

1877 Founded

74

Bavaria | Munich

Munich Business School

For Economics

#861 in Europe #3191 in the World

51% Acceptance

637 Enrollment

1991 Founded

75

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Mainz University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#867 in Europe #3229 in the World

49% Acceptance

5,786 Enrollment

1996 Founded

76

Hesse | Fulda

Fulda University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#889 in Europe #3355 in the World

68% Acceptance

9,289 Enrollment

1974 Founded

77

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#891 in Europe #3360 in the World

51% Acceptance

14,167 Enrollment

1994 Founded

78

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Applied Science Koblenz

For Economics

#902 in Europe #3408 in the World

60% Acceptance

9,145 Enrollment

1996 Founded

79

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Kuhne Logistics University

For Economics

#929 in Europe #3520 in the World

19% Acceptance

450 Enrollment

2010 Founded

80

Baden-Wurttemberg | Reutlingen

Reutlingen University

For Economics

#957 in Europe #3681 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,700 Enrollment

1855 Founded

81

Lower Saxony | Vechta

University of Vechta

For Economics

#958 in Europe #3682 in the World

47% Acceptance

4,540 Enrollment

1830 Founded

82

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heilbronn

Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#972 in Europe #3749 in the World

41% Acceptance

7,917 Enrollment

1961 Founded

83

Bavaria | Munich

Munich School of Philosophy

For Economics

#973 in Europe #3760 in the World

41% Acceptance

342 Enrollment

1925 Founded

84

Hesse | Frankfurt

Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#995 in Europe #3885 in the World

29% Acceptance

15,362 Enrollment

1971 Founded

85

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

Cologne Business School

For Economics

#1000 in Europe #3895 in the World

33% Acceptance

1,123 Enrollment

1993 Founded

86

Bremen State | Bremen City

Bremen University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1033 in Europe #4079 in the World

23% Acceptance

8,672 Enrollment

1982 Founded

87

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ludwigsburg

College of Education, Ludwigsburg

For Economics

#1048 in Europe #4158 in the World

64% Acceptance

5,620 Enrollment

1962 Founded

88

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Wismar

UniveWismar University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1053 in Europe #4206 in the World

36% Acceptance

8,403 Enrollment

1908 Founded

89

Bavaria | Augsburg

Augsburg University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1054 in Europe #4211 in the World

26% Acceptance

5,895 Enrollment

1971 Founded

90

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1056 in Europe #4224 in the World

40% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

91

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1059 in Europe #4248 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,633 Enrollment

1971 Founded

92

Bavaria | Deggendorf

Deggendorf Institute of Technology

For Economics

#1073 in Europe #4317 in the World

56% Acceptance

9,476 Enrollment

1994 Founded

93

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

HafenCity University Hamburg

For Economics

#1074 in Europe #4321 in the World

53% Acceptance

2,426 Enrollment

2006 Founded

94

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

Trier University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1103 in Europe #4519 in the World

55% Acceptance

6,951 Enrollment

1996 Founded

95

Saxony | Leipzig

Leipzig University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1119 in Europe #4601 in the World

42% Acceptance

6,431 Enrollment

1992 Founded

96

Brandenburg | Berlin

SRH University of Applied Sciences Berlin

For Economics

#1124 in Europe #4639 in the World

53% Acceptance

518 Enrollment

2002 Founded

97

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Bucerius Law School

For Economics

#1131 in Europe #4672 in the World

12% Acceptance

670 Enrollment

2000 Founded

98

Lower Saxony | Wolfenbuttel

Ostfalia – Braunschweig/Wolfenbuttel, University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1136 in Europe #4694 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,035 Enrollment

1971 Founded

99

Brandenburg | Berlin

Steinbeis University

For Economics

#1140 in Europe #4722 in the World

37% Acceptance

6,344 Enrollment

1998 Founded

100

Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen

TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

For Economics

#1141 in Europe #4729 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,295 Enrollment

1897 Founded

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