Best Photography Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

For Photography

#28 in Europe #86 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

2

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

For Photography

#29 in Europe #87 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

3

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

For Photography

#45 in Europe #126 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

4

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

For Photography

#64 in Europe #171 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

5

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

For Photography

#70 in Europe #189 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

6

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

For Photography

#91 in Europe #242 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

7

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

For Photography

#125 in Europe #320 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

8

Brandenburg | Berlin

Technical University of Berlin

For Photography

#126 in Europe #324 in the World

23% Acceptance

34,842 Enrollment

1946 Founded

9

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

For Photography

#138 in Europe #350 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

10

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

For Photography

#145 in Europe #361 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

11

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

For Photography

#146 in Europe #363 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

12

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

For Photography

#158 in Europe #401 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

13

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

For Photography

#164 in Europe #419 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

14

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

For Photography

#196 in Europe #482 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

15

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

For Photography

#201 in Europe #495 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

16

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Leibniz University of Hanover

For Photography

#235 in Europe #588 in the World

50% Acceptance

28,018 Enrollment

1831 Founded

17

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

For Photography

#239 in Europe #599 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

18

Hesse | Darmstadt

Darmstadt University of Technology

For Photography

#249 in Europe #617 in the World

56% Acceptance

24,969 Enrollment

1877 Founded

19

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

For Photography

#285 in Europe #752 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

20

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

For Photography

#287 in Europe #760 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

21

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Stuttgart

For Photography

#290 in Europe #774 in the World

48% Acceptance

22,616 Enrollment

1829 Founded

22

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

For Photography

#301 in Europe #806 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

23

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

For Photography

#324 in Europe #885 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

24

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

For Photography

#215 in Europe #537 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

25

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

For Photography

#160 in Europe #407 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

26

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

For Photography

#124 in Europe #318 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

27

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

For Photography

#42 in Europe #118 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

28

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

For Photography

#222 in Europe #557 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

29

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

For Photography

#289 in Europe #771 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

30

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

For Photography

#246 in Europe #612 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

31

Baden-Wurttemberg | Offenburg

Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

For Photography

#323 in Europe #884 in the World

37% Acceptance

4,161 Enrollment

1967 Founded

32

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

For Photography

#261 in Europe #668 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

33

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

For Photography

#319 in Europe #861 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

33 Best Universities in Germany for Photography

Academic Filters

Academic Filters

Join our global network