Best Sports Universities in Germany [2026 Rankings]

1

Baden-Wurttemberg | Heidelberg

Heidelberg University – Germany

#6 in Europe #49 in the World

45% Acceptance

28,413 Enrollment

1386 Founded

2

Bavaria | Munich

University of Munich

#12 in Europe #69 in the World

55% Acceptance

52,418 Enrollment

1472 Founded

3

Baden-Wurttemberg | Tubingen

University of Tubingen

#35 in Europe #128 in the World

33% Acceptance

28,238 Enrollment

1477 Founded

4

Brandenburg | Berlin

Charite – Medical University of Berlin

#102 in Europe #267 in the World

38% Acceptance

9,340 Enrollment

1710 Founded

5

Baden-Wurttemberg | Freiburg im Breisgau

University of Freiburg

#54 in Europe #161 in the World

33% Acceptance

23,938 Enrollment

1457 Founded

6

Bavaria | Munich

Technical University of Munich

#17 in Europe #85 in the World

46% Acceptance

44,000 Enrollment

1868 Founded

7

Schleswig-Holstein | Kiel

Kiel University

#105 in Europe #272 in the World

45% Acceptance

27,468 Enrollment

1665 Founded

8

Hamburg State | Hamburg City

University of Hamburg

#28 in Europe #110 in the World

39% Acceptance

43,957 Enrollment

1919 Founded

9

Bavaria | Erlangen

University of Erlangen Nuremberg

#64 in Europe #190 in the World

46% Acceptance

39,658 Enrollment

1743 Founded

10

Lower Saxony | Gottingen

University of Gottingen

#46 in Europe #149 in the World

34% Acceptance

31,619 Enrollment

1734 Founded

11

Hesse | Frankfurt

Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main

#188 in Europe #442 in the World

50% Acceptance

43,461 Enrollment

1914 Founded

12

Lower Saxony | Hanover

Hannover Medical School

#247 in Europe #612 in the World

10% Acceptance

3,843 Enrollment

1965 Founded

13

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

University of Cologne

#57 in Europe #168 in the World

33% Acceptance

52,204 Enrollment

1388 Founded

14

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bochum

Ruhr University Bochum

#91 in Europe #242 in the World

28% Acceptance

42,954 Enrollment

1962 Founded

15

Brandenburg | Berlin

Free University of Berlin

#36 in Europe #131 in the World

15% Acceptance

37,908 Enrollment

1948 Founded

16

Brandenburg | Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin

#50 in Europe #157 in the World

34% Acceptance

36,232 Enrollment

1809 Founded

17

Thuringia | Jena

Friedrich Schiller University of Jena

#127 in Europe #326 in the World

60% Acceptance

17,345 Enrollment

1558 Founded

18

Rhineland-Palatinate | Mainz

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

#76 in Europe #215 in the World

28% Acceptance

33,132 Enrollment

1946 Founded

19

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

RWTH Aachen University

#59 in Europe #171 in the World

35% Acceptance

47,521 Enrollment

1870 Founded

20

Hesse | Marburg

University of Marburg

#116 in Europe #294 in the World

54% Acceptance

22,612 Enrollment

1527 Founded

21

North Rhine-Westphalia | Munster

University of Munster

#70 in Europe #200 in the World

14% Acceptance

43,728 Enrollment

1780 Founded

22

Bavaria | Wurzburg

University of Wurzburg

#89 in Europe #239 in the World

23% Acceptance

27,149 Enrollment

1402 Founded

23

Saxony | Dresden

Dresden University of Technology

#67 in Europe #196 in the World

28% Acceptance

31,517 Enrollment

1828 Founded

24

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bonn

University of Bonn

#42 in Europe #139 in the World

36% Acceptance

38,043 Enrollment

1818 Founded

25

Baden-Wurttemberg | Karlsruhe

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

#68 in Europe #197 in the World

26% Acceptance

23,321 Enrollment

2009 Founded

26

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dortmund

TU Dortmund University

#193 in Europe #463 in the World

59% Acceptance

34,616 Enrollment

1968 Founded

27

Saxony-Anhalt | Halle

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg

#160 in Europe #383 in the World

50% Acceptance

19,387 Enrollment

1817 Founded

28

Bremen State | Bremen City

University of Bremen

#170 in Europe #400 in the World

52% Acceptance

17,984 Enrollment

1971 Founded

29

Baden-Wurttemberg | Mannheim

University of Mannheim

#254 in Europe #625 in the World

27% Acceptance

11,532 Enrollment

1907 Founded

30

Lower Saxony | Braunschweig

Braunschweig University of Technology

#203 in Europe #502 in the World

51% Acceptance

17,794 Enrollment

1745 Founded

31

Hesse | Kassel

University of Kassel

#298 in Europe #723 in the World

36% Acceptance

21,352 Enrollment

1971 Founded

32

Baden-Wurttemberg | Stuttgart

University of Hohenheim

#282 in Europe #678 in the World

34% Acceptance

8,392 Enrollment

1818 Founded

33

Bavaria | Augsburg

University of Augsburg

#299 in Europe #724 in the World

30% Acceptance

19,975 Enrollment

1970 Founded

34

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Greifswald

University of Greifswald

#275 in Europe #664 in the World

32% Acceptance

10,366 Enrollment

1456 Founded

35

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

Trier University of Applied Sciences

#885 in Europe #2824 in the World

55% Acceptance

6,951 Enrollment

1996 Founded

36

Bavaria | Regensburg

University of Regensburg

#171 in Europe #404 in the World

50% Acceptance

20,702 Enrollment

1962 Founded

37

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | Rostock

University of Rostock

#191 in Europe #453 in the World

48% Acceptance

12,996 Enrollment

1419 Founded

38

Rhineland-Palatinate | Koblenz

University of Koblenz-Landau

#642 in Europe #1780 in the World

51% Acceptance

15,757 Enrollment

1990 Founded

39

Brandenburg | Potsdam

Potsdam University of Applied Sciences

#874 in Europe #2792 in the World

46% Acceptance

3,639 Enrollment

1991 Founded

40

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

Bielefeld University of Applied Sciences

#892 in Europe #2875 in the World

60% Acceptance

8,633 Enrollment

1971 Founded

41

Rhineland-Palatinate | Trier

University of Trier

#318 in Europe #773 in the World

60% Acceptance

11,564 Enrollment

1970 Founded

42

Brandenburg | Potsdam

University of Potsdam

#196 in Europe #478 in the World

45% Acceptance

20,406 Enrollment

1991 Founded

43

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

University of Applied Sciences Dusseldorf

#732 in Europe #2132 in the World

32% Acceptance

11,170 Enrollment

1971 Founded

44

Baden-Wurttemberg | Offenburg

Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

#1063 in Europe #3830 in the World

37% Acceptance

4,161 Enrollment

1967 Founded

45

Saarland | Saarbrucken

Saarland University

#140 in Europe #350 in the World

36% Acceptance

16,250 Enrollment

1948 Founded

46

Bremen State | Bremen City

Jacobs University Bremen

#588 in Europe #1585 in the World

53% Acceptance

1,531 Enrollment

2001 Founded

47

North Rhine-Westphalia | Cologne

German Sport University Cologne

#539 in Europe #1426 in the World

30% Acceptance

6,000 Enrollment

1947 Founded

48

Baden-Wurttemberg | Furtwangen

Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences

#809 in Europe #2490 in the World

44% Acceptance

4,461 Enrollment

1971 Founded

49

Saxony | Leipzig

University of Leipzig

#73 in Europe #208 in the World

10% Acceptance

31,088 Enrollment

1409 Founded

50

Hesse | Giessen

University of Giessen

#129 in Europe #331 in the World

70% Acceptance

27,184 Enrollment

1607 Founded

51

North Rhine-Westphalia | Aachen

Aachen University of Applied Sciences

#509 in Europe #1318 in the World

51% Acceptance

13,671 Enrollment

1971 Founded

52

Baden-Wurttemberg | Konstanz

University of Konstanz

#190 in Europe #452 in the World

51% Acceptance

10,939 Enrollment

1966 Founded

53

Saxony-Anhalt | Magdeburg

Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg

#276 in Europe #666 in the World

32% Acceptance

13,143 Enrollment

1993 Founded

54

Lower Saxony | Hildesheim

University of Hildesheim

#618 in Europe #1694 in the World

51% Acceptance

8,307 Enrollment

1978 Founded

55

North Rhine-Westphalia | Witten

Witten/Herdecke University

#457 in Europe #1182 in the World

50% Acceptance

2,894 Enrollment

1982 Founded

56

Baden-Wurttemberg | Ulm

University of Ulm

#181 in Europe #421 in the World

50% Acceptance

10,164 Enrollment

1967 Founded

57

Schleswig-Holstein | Lubeck

University of Lubeck

#292 in Europe #698 in the World

37% Acceptance

5,968 Enrollment

1964 Founded

58

Lower Saxony | Hanover

University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover

#516 in Europe #1344 in the World

12% Acceptance

2,274 Enrollment

1778 Founded

59

North Rhine-Westphalia | Wuppertal

University of Wuppertal

#304 in Europe #739 in the World

40% Acceptance

22,601 Enrollment

1972 Founded

60

Bavaria | Regensburg

Regensburg University of Applied Sciences

#798 in Europe #2439 in the World

40% Acceptance

10,586 Enrollment

1971 Founded

61

Lower Saxony | Luneburg

Leuphana University of Luneburg

#469 in Europe #1216 in the World

50% Acceptance

9,620 Enrollment

1946 Founded

62

North Rhine-Westphalia | Bielefeld

University of Bielefeld

#164 in Europe #390 in the World

50% Acceptance

23,342 Enrollment

1969 Founded

63

Bavaria | Neubiberg

Munich University of the Federal Armed Forces

#447 in Europe #1154 in the World

32% Acceptance

1,084 Enrollment

1973 Founded

64

Lower Saxony | Osnabruck

Osnabruck University

#334 in Europe #815 in the World

50% Acceptance

13,628 Enrollment

1974 Founded

65

North Rhine-Westphalia | Dusseldorf

Heinrich Heine University of Dusseldorf

#157 in Europe #376 in the World

51% Acceptance

37,473 Enrollment

1965 Founded

66

Bavaria | Bamberg

University of Bamberg

#426 in Europe #1101 in the World

40% Acceptance

11,000 Enrollment

1972 Founded

67

Lower Saxony | Oldenburg

Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg

#315 in Europe #766 in the World

52% Acceptance

15,899 Enrollment

1973 Founded

68

North Rhine-Westphalia | Essen

University of Duisburg – Essen

#156 in Europe #372 in the World

51% Acceptance

43,281 Enrollment

2003 Founded

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