Best Earth science and Geoscience Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#31 in Europe #123 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

2

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#33 in Europe #127 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

3

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#37 in Europe #132 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

4

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#40 in Europe #143 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

5

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#42 in Europe #149 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

6

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#50 in Europe #170 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

7

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#52 in Europe #174 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

8

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Earth science and Geoscience

#60 in Europe #192 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

9

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Earth science and Geoscience

#63 in Europe #196 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Earth science and Geoscience

#64 in Europe #199 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

11

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Earth science and Geoscience

#78 in Europe #229 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

12

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Earth science and Geoscience

#81 in Europe #239 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

13

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Earth science and Geoscience

#83 in Europe #241 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

14

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Earth science and Geoscience

#85 in Europe #248 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

15

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Earth science and Geoscience

#88 in Europe #263 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

16

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#89 in Europe #265 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

17

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Earth science and Geoscience

#92 in Europe #270 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

18

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#93 in Europe #275 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

19

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Earth science and Geoscience

#98 in Europe #292 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

20

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Earth science and Geoscience

#101 in Europe #298 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

21

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Earth science and Geoscience

#108 in Europe #316 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

22

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#117 in Europe #342 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

23

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Earth science and Geoscience

#118 in Europe #343 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

24

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Earth science and Geoscience

#121 in Europe #347 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

25

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#134 in Europe #364 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

26

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#174 in Europe #466 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

27

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#179 in Europe #479 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

28

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Earth science and Geoscience

#197 in Europe #541 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

29

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Earth science and Geoscience

#210 in Europe #572 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

30

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#230 in Europe #640 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

31

Hesse | Marburg

University of Marburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#268 in Europe #767 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

32

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#274 in Europe #785 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

33

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#286 in Europe #818 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

34

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Earth science and Geoscience

#298 in Europe #875 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

35

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Earth science and Geoscience

#306 in Europe #910 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

36

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Earth science and Geoscience

#329 in Europe #977 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

37

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Earth science and Geoscience

#358 in Europe #1074 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

38

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Earth science and Geoscience

#755 in Europe #3001 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

39

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#746 in Europe #2956 in the World

49% Acceptance

17,125 Enrollment

1970 Founded

40

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Earth science and Geoscience

#219 in Europe #602 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

41

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

University of Greifswald

For Earth science and Geoscience

#301 in Europe #886 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,366 Enrollment

1456 Founded

42

Bavaria | Munich

Munich University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#700 in Europe #2648 in the World

43% Acceptance

18,183 Enrollment

1971 Founded

43

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Earth science and Geoscience

#423 in Europe #1349 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

44

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#481 in Europe #1611 in the World

49% Acceptance

2,587 Enrollment

1972 Founded

45

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#352 in Europe #1041 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

46

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

University of Rostock

For Earth science and Geoscience

#269 in Europe #769 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,996 Enrollment

1419 Founded

47

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#751 in Europe #2976 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

48

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Earth science and Geoscience

#398 in Europe #1249 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

49

Hesse | Giessen

Mittelhessen University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#876 in Europe #3619 in the World

31% Acceptance

17,668 Enrollment

1971 Founded

50

Thuringia | Weimar

Bauhaus – University Weimar

For Earth science and Geoscience

#647 in Europe #2355 in the World

37% Acceptance

3,988 Enrollment

1860 Founded

51

Baden-Wurttemberg | Weingarten

Ravensburg-Weingarten University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#867 in Europe #3579 in the World

35% Acceptance

3,734 Enrollment

1964 Founded

52

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

For Earth science and Geoscience

#847 in Europe #3424 in the World

32% Acceptance

11,170 Enrollment

1971 Founded

53

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#425 in Europe #1355 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

54

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Earth science and Geoscience

#281 in Europe #797 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

55

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#418 in Europe #1323 in the World

53% Acceptance

16,136 Enrollment

1971 Founded

56

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#461 in Europe #1494 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

57

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#665 in Europe #2435 in the World

14% Acceptance

8,371 Enrollment

1878 Founded

58

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

Munster University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#840 in Europe #3407 in the World

40% Acceptance

15,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

59

Bavaria | Regensburg

University of Regensburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#297 in Europe #872 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,702 Enrollment

1962 Founded

60

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#188 in Europe #514 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

61

Hesse | Giessen

University of Giessen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#225 in Europe #627 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

62

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#789 in Europe #3148 in the World

28% Acceptance

4,081 Enrollment

1832 Founded

63

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

Cologne University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#695 in Europe #2621 in the World

51% Acceptance

27,000 Enrollment

1971 Founded

64

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin Technical University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#868 in Europe #3580 in the World

28% Acceptance

12,833 Enrollment

1971 Founded

65

Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen

TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#598 in Europe #2158 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,295 Enrollment

1897 Founded

66

Lower Saxony | Vechta

University of Vechta

For Earth science and Geoscience

#648 in Europe #2358 in the World

47% Acceptance

4,540 Enrollment

1830 Founded

67

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Earth science and Geoscience

#316 in Europe #939 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

68

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

Folkwang University of the Arts

For Earth science and Geoscience

#726 in Europe #2803 in the World

46% Acceptance

1,506 Enrollment

1927 Founded

69

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#796 in Europe #3171 in the World

51% Acceptance

14,167 Enrollment

1994 Founded

70

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Earth science and Geoscience

#554 in Europe #1911 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

71

Lower Saxony | Hanover

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

For Earth science and Geoscience

#828 in Europe #3333 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,274 Enrollment

1778 Founded

72

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

University of Ulm

For Earth science and Geoscience

#289 in Europe #841 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

73

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#499 in Europe #1672 in the World

51% Acceptance

13,671 Enrollment

1971 Founded

74

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#393 in Europe #1226 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

75

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Earth science and Geoscience

#347 in Europe #1026 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

76

Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Clausthal University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#234 in Europe #652 in the World

50% Acceptance

3,446 Enrollment

1775 Founded

77

Bavaria | Freising

Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

For Earth science and Geoscience

#803 in Europe #3196 in the World

34% Acceptance

5,755 Enrollment

1971 Founded

78

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#785 in Europe #3132 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

79

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Earth science and Geoscience

#53 in Europe #180 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

80

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#256 in Europe #722 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

81

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#652 in Europe #2372 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

82

Bavaria | Eichstatt

Catholic University of Eichstatt-Ingolstadt

For Earth science and Geoscience

#573 in Europe #2016 in the World

50% Acceptance

4,910 Enrollment

1980 Founded

83

North Rhine-Westphalia | Hagen

University of Hagen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#688 in Europe #2562 in the World

43% Acceptance

71,351 Enrollment

1974 Founded

84

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#359 in Europe #1076 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

85

Saxony | Freiberg

Freiberg University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#132 in Europe #361 in the World

49% Acceptance

4,016 Enrollment

1765 Founded

86

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Earth science and Geoscience

#405 in Europe #1269 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

87

Bavaria | Passau

University of Passau

For Earth science and Geoscience

#693 in Europe #2615 in the World

70% Acceptance

11,846 Enrollment

1973 Founded

88

North Rhine-Westphalia | Siegen

University of Siegen

For Earth science and Geoscience

#434 in Europe #1401 in the World

54% Acceptance

17,805 Enrollment

1972 Founded

89

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

HafenCity University Hamburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#921 in Europe #3809 in the World

53% Acceptance

2,426 Enrollment

2006 Founded

90

Saxony | Chemnitz

Chemnitz University of Technology

For Earth science and Geoscience

#349 in Europe #1029 in the World

46% Acceptance

9,873 Enrollment

1836 Founded

91

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Earth science and Geoscience

#214 in Europe #581 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

92

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

For Earth science and Geoscience

#392 in Europe #1218 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

93

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Earth science and Geoscience

#414 in Europe #1308 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

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