Best Evolutionary Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Evolutionary

#19 in Europe #83 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

2

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Evolutionary

#23 in Europe #93 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

3

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Evolutionary

#36 in Europe #129 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

4

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Evolutionary

#46 in Europe #147 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

5

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Evolutionary

#52 in Europe #164 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

6

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Evolutionary

#59 in Europe #172 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

7

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Evolutionary

#60 in Europe #177 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

8

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Evolutionary

#63 in Europe #184 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

9

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Evolutionary

#67 in Europe #196 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Evolutionary

#68 in Europe #200 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

11

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Evolutionary

#70 in Europe #206 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

12

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Evolutionary

#82 in Europe #224 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

13

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Evolutionary

#83 in Europe #225 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

14

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Evolutionary

#87 in Europe #239 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

15

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Evolutionary

#92 in Europe #246 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

16

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Evolutionary

#100 in Europe #258 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

17

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Evolutionary

#103 in Europe #265 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

18

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Evolutionary

#114 in Europe #288 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

19

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Evolutionary

#115 in Europe #290 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

20

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Evolutionary

#123 in Europe #318 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

21

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Evolutionary

#127 in Europe #328 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

22

Hesse | Marburg

University of Marburg

For Evolutionary

#128 in Europe #331 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

23

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#133 in Europe #347 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

24

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Evolutionary

#137 in Europe #359 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

25

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#153 in Europe #393 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

26

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Evolutionary

#159 in Europe #421 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

27

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Evolutionary

#162 in Europe #429 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

28

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Evolutionary

#172 in Europe #446 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

29

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#177 in Europe #462 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

30

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Evolutionary

#192 in Europe #492 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

31

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Evolutionary

#197 in Europe #497 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

32

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Evolutionary

#210 in Europe #522 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

33

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Evolutionary

#217 in Europe #538 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

34

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Hannover Medical School

For Evolutionary

#222 in Europe #553 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

35

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Evolutionary

#236 in Europe #587 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

36

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Evolutionary

#274 in Europe #697 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

37

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Evolutionary

#328 in Europe #845 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

38

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Evolutionary

#345 in Europe #911 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

39

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#461 in Europe #1331 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

40

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Evolutionary

#518 in Europe #1560 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

41

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Evolutionary

#363 in Europe #969 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

42

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Evolutionary

#361 in Europe #963 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

43

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

University of Hildesheim

For Evolutionary

#772 in Europe #2893 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,307 Enrollment

1978 Founded

44

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

For Evolutionary

#390 in Europe #1094 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

45

Bavaria | Regensburg

University of Regensburg

For Evolutionary

#132 in Europe #345 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,702 Enrollment

1962 Founded

46

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Evolutionary

#182 in Europe #471 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

47

Lower Saxony | Hanover

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

For Evolutionary

#299 in Europe #748 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,274 Enrollment

1778 Founded

48

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Evolutionary

#484 in Europe #1400 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

49

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#758 in Europe #2805 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,833 Enrollment

1971 Founded

50

Saxony | Freiberg

Freiberg University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#371 in Europe #1011 in the World

49% Acceptance

4,016 Enrollment

1765 Founded

51

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Clausthal University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#608 in Europe #1981 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,446 Enrollment

1775 Founded

52

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Evolutionary

#102 in Europe #262 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

53

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Evolutionary

#348 in Europe #924 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

54

Brandenburg | Frankfurt

European University Viadrina

For Evolutionary

#587 in Europe #1874 in the World

50% Acceptance

5,210 Enrollment

1991 Founded

55

Saxony | Chemnitz

Chemnitz University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#362 in Europe #966 in the World

46% Acceptance

9,873 Enrollment

1836 Founded

56

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Evolutionary

#559 in Europe #1747 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

57

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

University of Ulm

For Evolutionary

#144 in Europe #375 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

58

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Evolutionary

#384 in Europe #1069 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

59

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Evolutionary

#562 in Europe #1764 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

60

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Evolutionary

#130 in Europe #341 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

61

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Evolutionary

#229 in Europe #568 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

62

Bavaria | Freising

Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#736 in Europe #2650 in the World

34% Acceptance

5,755 Enrollment

1971 Founded

63

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Evolutionary

#117 in Europe #294 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

64

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Evolutionary

#194 in Europe #494 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

65

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Evolutionary

#262 in Europe #674 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

66

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Evolutionary

#275 in Europe #699 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

67

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Evolutionary

#575 in Europe #1822 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

68

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Evolutionary

#80 in Europe #222 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

69

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Evolutionary

#393 in Europe #1106 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

70

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

University of Lubeck

For Evolutionary

#268 in Europe #684 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,968 Enrollment

1964 Founded

71

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

University of Greifswald

For Evolutionary

#293 in Europe #739 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,366 Enrollment

1456 Founded

72

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

For Evolutionary

#507 in Europe #1490 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

73

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Evolutionary

#165 in Europe #435 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

74

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Evolutionary

#561 in Europe #1754 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

75

Thuringia | Erfurt

University of Erfurt

For Evolutionary

#647 in Europe #2180 in the World

50% Acceptance

6,052 Enrollment

1994 Founded

76

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

University of Rostock

For Evolutionary

#237 in Europe #591 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,996 Enrollment

1419 Founded

77

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Evolutionary

#396 in Europe #1119 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

78

Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen

TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#716 in Europe #2563 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,295 Enrollment

1897 Founded

79

Hesse | Frankfurt

University of Banking of Frankfurt

For Evolutionary

#737 in Europe #2653 in the World

20% Acceptance

1,278 Enrollment

1957 Founded

80

Thuringia | Weimar

Bauhaus – University Weimar

For Evolutionary

#592 in Europe #1906 in the World

37% Acceptance

3,988 Enrollment

1860 Founded

81

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

Folkwang University of the Arts

For Evolutionary

#727 in Europe #2599 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,506 Enrollment

1927 Founded

82

Bavaria | Munich

Munich University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#770 in Europe #2886 in the World

43% Acceptance

18,183 Enrollment

1971 Founded

83

Rhineland-Palatinate | Vallendar

WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management

For Evolutionary

#625 in Europe #2067 in the World

37% Acceptance

1,669 Enrollment

1984 Founded

84

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#465 in Europe #1340 in the World

53% Acceptance

16,136 Enrollment

1971 Founded

85

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

For Evolutionary

#512 in Europe #1503 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

86

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Evolutionary

#480 in Europe #1390 in the World

51% Acceptance

13,671 Enrollment

1971 Founded

87

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Evolutionary

#629 in Europe #2084 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

88

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Evolutionary

#482 in Europe #1397 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

89

Hesse | Giessen

University of Giessen

For Evolutionary

#148 in Europe #386 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

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