Best Entrepreneurship Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Entrepreneurship

#36 in Europe #80 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

2

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Entrepreneurship

#72 in Europe #159 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

3

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Entrepreneurship

#73 in Europe #160 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

4

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Entrepreneurship

#135 in Europe #304 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

5

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Entrepreneurship

#144 in Europe #319 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

6

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Entrepreneurship

#147 in Europe #327 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

7

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Entrepreneurship

#161 in Europe #348 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

8

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Entrepreneurship

#172 in Europe #375 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

9

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Entrepreneurship

#176 in Europe #383 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Entrepreneurship

#177 in Europe #384 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

11

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Entrepreneurship

#185 in Europe #400 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

12

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Entrepreneurship

#202 in Europe #425 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

13

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Entrepreneurship

#215 in Europe #454 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

14

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Entrepreneurship

#224 in Europe #482 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

15

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Entrepreneurship

#243 in Europe #529 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

16

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Entrepreneurship

#256 in Europe #551 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

17

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#265 in Europe #569 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

18

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Entrepreneurship

#290 in Europe #630 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

19

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Entrepreneurship

#301 in Europe #648 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

20

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Entrepreneurship

#339 in Europe #740 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

21

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Entrepreneurship

#356 in Europe #800 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

22

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Entrepreneurship

#383 in Europe #877 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

23

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Entrepreneurship

#119 in Europe #271 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

24

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Entrepreneurship

#143 in Europe #318 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

25

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Entrepreneurship

#123 in Europe #277 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

26

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Entrepreneurship

#86 in Europe #187 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

27

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Entrepreneurship

#351 in Europe #784 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

28

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Entrepreneurship

#65 in Europe #144 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

29

Saxony | Leipzig

HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management

For Entrepreneurship

#263 in Europe #566 in the World

32% Acceptance

737 Enrollment

1898 Founded

30

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Entrepreneurship

#200 in Europe #422 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

31

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Entrepreneurship

#354 in Europe #795 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

32

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Entrepreneurship

#31 in Europe #70 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

33

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Entrepreneurship

#320 in Europe #694 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

34

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Entrepreneurship

#113 in Europe #255 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

35

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Entrepreneurship

#276 in Europe #603 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

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