Best Horticulture Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

For Horticulture

#4 in Europe #47 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

2

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Horticulture

#11 in Europe #85 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

3

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Horticulture

#13 in Europe #91 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

4

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Horticulture

#28 in Europe #133 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

5

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Horticulture

#36 in Europe #159 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

6

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Horticulture

#57 in Europe #218 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

7

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Horticulture

#59 in Europe #223 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

8

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Horticulture

#68 in Europe #243 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

9

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

For Horticulture

#72 in Europe #250 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

10

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Horticulture

#82 in Europe #278 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

11

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

For Horticulture

#89 in Europe #291 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

12

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Horticulture

#92 in Europe #299 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

13

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Horticulture

#94 in Europe #305 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

14

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Horticulture

#101 in Europe #332 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

15

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Horticulture

#102 in Europe #335 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

16

Bavaria | Bayreuth

University of Bayreuth

For Horticulture

#104 in Europe #341 in the World

30% Acceptance

12,773 Enrollment

1972 Founded

17

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

For Horticulture

#112 in Europe #364 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

18

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Horticulture

#124 in Europe #395 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

19

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

For Horticulture

#127 in Europe #400 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

20

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

For Horticulture

#163 in Europe #525 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

21

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Horticulture

#167 in Europe #537 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

22

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Horticulture

#170 in Europe #544 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

23

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Horticulture

#173 in Europe #547 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

24

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Horticulture

#175 in Europe #550 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

25

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Horticulture

#185 in Europe #598 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

26

Hesse | Marburg

University of Marburg

For Horticulture

#191 in Europe #620 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

27

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Horticulture

#209 in Europe #679 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

28

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

For Horticulture

#213 in Europe #690 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

29

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Horticulture

#221 in Europe #718 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

30

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

For Horticulture

#246 in Europe #797 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

31

Rhineland-Palatinate | Kaiserslautern

Technical University of Kaiserslautern

For Horticulture

#255 in Europe #840 in the World

30% Acceptance

13,607 Enrollment

1970 Founded

32

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

For Horticulture

#258 in Europe #848 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

33

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Horticulture

#299 in Europe #1059 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

34

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Horticulture

#309 in Europe #1127 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

35

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Horticulture

#333 in Europe #1284 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

36

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Hannover Medical School

For Horticulture

#388 in Europe #1497 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

37

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

For Horticulture

#404 in Europe #1581 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

38

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

For Horticulture

#635 in Europe #2877 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

39

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

Hamburg University of Technology

For Horticulture

#664 in Europe #3035 in the World

45% Acceptance

7,223 Enrollment

1978 Founded

40

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Horticulture

#448 in Europe #1846 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

41

Bavaria | Regensburg

University of Regensburg

For Horticulture

#269 in Europe #902 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,702 Enrollment

1962 Founded

42

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

University of Rostock

For Horticulture

#259 in Europe #855 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,996 Enrollment

1419 Founded

43

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Horticulture

#311 in Europe #1150 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

44

Brandenburg | Senftenberg

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus – Senftenberg

For Horticulture

#507 in Europe #2199 in the World

70% Acceptance

7,280 Enrollment

2013 Founded

45

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

Aachen University of Applied Sciences

For Horticulture

#723 in Europe #3369 in the World

51% Acceptance

13,671 Enrollment

1971 Founded

46

Saxony | Freiberg

Freiberg University of Technology

For Horticulture

#633 in Europe #2866 in the World

49% Acceptance

4,016 Enrollment

1765 Founded

47

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

For Horticulture

#248 in Europe #809 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

48

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

For Horticulture

#682 in Europe #3152 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

49

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Horticulture

#280 in Europe #978 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

50

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

For Horticulture

#540 in Europe #2375 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

51

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

For Horticulture

#551 in Europe #2457 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

52

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

For Horticulture

#492 in Europe #2109 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

53

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

For Horticulture

#423 in Europe #1672 in the World

53% Acceptance

16,136 Enrollment

1971 Founded

54

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

For Horticulture

#473 in Europe #1970 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

55

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

University of Lubeck

For Horticulture

#271 in Europe #909 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,968 Enrollment

1964 Founded

56

Hesse | Giessen

University of Giessen

For Horticulture

#48 in Europe #200 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

57

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

For Horticulture

#194 in Europe #627 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

58

Thuringia | Ilmenau

Ilmenau University of Technology

For Horticulture

#623 in Europe #2812 in the World

42% Acceptance

4,889 Enrollment

1953 Founded

59

Lower Saxony | Hanover

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

For Horticulture

#312 in Europe #1155 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,274 Enrollment

1778 Founded

60

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Horticulture

#81 in Europe #276 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

61

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Horticulture

#210 in Europe #681 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

62

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

For Horticulture

#610 in Europe #2748 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

63

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Horticulture

#348 in Europe #1344 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

64

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

University of Ulm

For Horticulture

#204 in Europe #670 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

65

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Horticulture

#367 in Europe #1416 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

66

Rhineland-Palatinate | Bingen

TH Bingen University of Applied Sciences

For Horticulture

#608 in Europe #2733 in the World

41% Acceptance

2,295 Enrollment

1897 Founded

67

Bavaria | Freising

Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences

For Horticulture

#456 in Europe #1882 in the World

34% Acceptance

5,755 Enrollment

1971 Founded

68

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Horticulture

#409 in Europe #1597 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

69

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

For Horticulture

#385 in Europe #1488 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

70

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

For Horticulture

#697 in Europe #3233 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

71

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

University of Greifswald

For Horticulture

#414 in Europe #1619 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,366 Enrollment

1456 Founded

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