Best Music Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

#12 in Europe #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

2

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

#6 in Europe #49 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

3

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

#36 in Europe #131 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

4

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

#28 in Europe #110 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

5

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

#188 in Europe #442 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

6

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

#35 in Europe #128 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

7

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

#127 in Europe #326 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

8

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

#54 in Europe #161 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

9

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

#70 in Europe #200 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

#57 in Europe #168 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

11

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

#17 in Europe #85 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

12

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

#89 in Europe #239 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

13

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

#50 in Europe #157 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

14

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

#64 in Europe #190 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

15

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

#81 in Europe #224 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

16

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

#42 in Europe #139 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

17

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

#91 in Europe #242 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

18

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

#46 in Europe #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

19

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

#193 in Europe #463 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

20

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

#68 in Europe #197 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

21

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

#67 in Europe #196 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

22

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

#123 in Europe #312 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

23

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

#76 in Europe #215 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

24

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

#59 in Europe #171 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

25

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

#111 in Europe #286 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

26

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

#170 in Europe #400 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

27

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

#105 in Europe #272 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

28

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

#157 in Europe #376 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

29

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

#140 in Europe #350 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

30

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

#73 in Europe #208 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

31

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

#276 in Europe #666 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

32

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

#190 in Europe #452 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

33

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

#299 in Europe #724 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

34

Brandenburg | Berlin

Berlin University of the Arts

#779 in Europe #2375 in the World

12% Acceptance

4,201 Enrollment

1975 Founded

35

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

#196 in Europe #478 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

36

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

#315 in Europe #766 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

37

North Rhine-Westphalia | Paderborn

University of Paderborn

#321 in Europe #778 in the World

60% Acceptance

19,110 Enrollment

1972 Founded

38

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

#164 in Europe #390 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

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